DAGO 01

Across

2. Land almost surrounded by water
6. Surname of the prize founder Alfred
7. Playwright of Hamlet and Macbeth
9. Palace associated with Louis XIV
11. Relating to philosopher René Descartes
14. Japanese city devastated by atomic bomb in 1945
16. Inventor of the movable-type printing press
19. U.S. constitutional ban on alcohol (1920–1933)
20. Constructed international auxiliary language
21. Study of Soviet or Russian political affairs
22. Canal connecting the Mediterranean and Red Sea
25. Astronomer tried by the Roman Inquisition
26. Longest side of a right triangle
28. 1215 English charter limiting royal power
30. Ancient Egyptian writing system
32. Treeless Arctic biome
33. Volcano that destroyed Pompeii
34. Battle marking Napoleon’s final defeat
35. Measurement east or west of the Prime Meridian
36. Ancient city later known as Constantinople
37. Anti-apartheid leader who became South Africa’s president
39. Study of Earth’s crustal plate movement
40. Cultural rebirth beginning in 14th-century Europe

Down

1. World’s largest hot desert
3. Moscow fortress complex and seat of power
4. World’s highest mountain above sea level
5. Roman city buried by volcanic ash
8. Chain or cluster of islands
10. Temperature scale used primarily in the U.S.
12. Process by which plants convert light into energy
13. Tribunal established to suppress heresy
15. River Julius Caesar crossed, defying Rome
17. Mathematician known for a famous number sequence
18. Legal principle requiring a person be brought before a judge
23. Astronomer who proposed heliocentrism
24. Author of The Prince
27. Study of heat and energy transfer
29. Greek philosopher sentenced to death by Athens
31. Ancient citadel overlooking Athens
38. 18th-century intellectual movement valuing reason