STATEPOINT CROSSWORD - THEME: 20TH CENTURY ACROSS 1. Nibble away 5. *Information space 8. School support org. 11. Royal Indian 12. Short for Dorothea 13. Oak nut 15. And others, for short 16. Seat of intellect 17. Branch of philosophy 18. *War to end all wars? 20. Lump of stuff 21. Type of examination, pl. 22. Owned 23. Downer 26. Wiggle room 29. *___-Wan of “Star Wars,” a 20th Century Fox film 30. Tends to fire 33. Affirm 35. Grabbing tool 37. Blade drops 38. ____ ballerina or ____ donna 39. *Village People song 40. Verse with repeating lines 42. Bartender’s Triple ____ 43. Panhandler 45. *”Cheers” owner 47. Any high mountain 48. Like yellow polka dot bikini 50. Tropical edible root 52. *First on the moon 56. Holy See’s administering body 57. Focuses 58. *____ Lady, a.k.a. Margaret Thatcher 59. Newspapers and such 60. December 24 and 31, e.g. 61. Vena ____ 62. Common conjunction 63. Itty-bitty 64. Fence piece
DOWN 1. Increased in size 2. *North Atlantic Alliance, acr. 3. Slightly open 4. Whack 5. Mark from a lash 6. Is dressed in 7. Dry riverbed 8. *Walt Kelly’s comic strip (1948-1975) 9. *Aldous Huxley’s journey 10. *Mandela’s org. 12. Foil 13. Aquarium scum 14. *Conflict without active fire 19. One step to success? 22. “For ____ a jolly...” 23. Half-rotten 24. *Manhattan Project invention 25. Don’t do this to words! 26. Raunchy 27. Dispatch boat 28. *Aden Emergency locale 31. Skunk’s defense 32. *”The Century Trilogy” author Follett 34. *Space ____ 36. *First in space 38. Manufacturing site 40. *Tupac’s genre 41. Vomiting 44. Triumph maliciously 46. Song words 48. Treasure collection 49. Event host 50. U, on the road 51. Like Mojave 52. “____ ____Good Men” 53. Singular of #21 Across 54. Most luminous star 55. Buzzing pest 56. Number cruncher
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