World History Crossword for Adults

This hard crossword about world history has 14 entries on a 15 by 15 grid, 6 across and 8 down.

Answers average 8.7 letters and the longest runs fourteen, clued as "Prague's favorite way to dispose of diplomats" (2 Down). It crosses two other answers, which makes it a useful one to try first.

  • 14 clues
  • 15 x 15 grid
  • Hard
  • Answers 4 to 14 letters

The three longest answers

  1. 9 Across (13)An age where reason finally outshone faith
  2. 2 Down (14)Prague's favorite way to dispose of diplomats
  3. 3 Down (14)The messy process of breaking up with an empire

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Across

  1. 5. The restoration that dragged Japan into the modern world
  2. 7. A giant leap for mankind but a small step for a god
  3. 9. An age where reason finally outshone faith
  4. 12. The people who built a city on a lake and saw an eagle
  5. 13. A fleet that found the English weather quite stormy
  6. 14. The German house that ruled the British Isles

Down

  1. 1. A ruler who spent his life building his own tomb
  2. 2. Prague's favorite way to dispose of diplomats
  3. 3. The messy process of breaking up with an empire
  4. 4. The culture Alexander left behind in his dust
  5. 6. A long war between a land power and a sea power
  6. 8. A metal drapery that divided a continent
  7. 10. A Caesar who preferred snow to sunshine
  8. 11. An office with a very long line of succession

Answer key

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