Puzzle

STATEPOINT CROSSWORD - THEME: 20TH CENTURY ACROSS DOWN

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

Solution on page 23.