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2. Water of life
3. The medieval forerunner of chemistry
7. Not only a naval officer's favorite, this cocktail of gin and Rose's Cordial also helped prevent scurvy
10. The missing link between malty, Dutch gin and neutral, very botanical London Dry Gin
11. The world's first gin brand, going back to 1575
13. There were eight of them, suggesting they weren't that effective in subduing England's epidemic of drams
14. "Drunk for a penny, dead drunk for two pence, clean ____ for nothing"
16. "The Funeral Procession of ____ Geneva"
21. Homemade hooch during the Prohibition era, so named because gin jugs didn't fit under a sink tap
26. Queen Anne's penchant for liquor earned her this nickname
27. The bottle is blue, but this 1988 gin newcomer is only in the black
28. "The smooth gin with the bumpy bottle"
29. Enterprising 18th-century Londoners made a quick shilling selling gin and ____ at the London Frost Fairs
31. The Queen drinks one of these every night with dinner: a gin and ____
32. Gin, above 57% ABV
33. Tom, Daisy, and Jay drink this cocktail "in long, greedy swallows" in F. Scott Fitzgerald's great American novel, "The Great Gatsby"
34. 12th-century Benedictine monks from this town in Italy are credited with producing the first spirit comparable to modern-day gin
35. The name's Bond. James Bond. Make me a ____ Martini. Got it?
36. This 14th-century "doctor" wore a beak-shaped mask stuffed with juniper berries to protect himself against the bubonic plague
37. They took the spirit with them all over the world during the 17th century
40. Holland gin
42. A stark contrast to "Gin Lane"

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1. This Dutchman is credited with ushering in England's obsession with gin
4. With its thicker texture and flavor, Dutch gin is more like this spirit
5. An alcohol-induced boost of confidence
6. E.B. White described this cocktail as "the elixir of quietude"
8. She killed her 2-year old daughter and sold the toddler's clothes for 60 milliliters of gin, setting off an upper-class outcry in London
9. Nickname of a British sailor after the compulsory introduction of citrus on naval ships to prevent scurvy
12. A bar and club all-in-one, this glamorous underground gathering spot was Prohibition's worst-kept secret
14. First company to launch Indian tonic water
15. 2 dashes Fernet Branca + ½ Italian Vermouth + ½ Dry Gin
16. The world's first vending machine, called a Puss & ____ Shop, dispensed gin in secret
17. Sulphuric acid and ____ were common additives to moonshine during London's gin epidemic
18. In the 18th century, this gin brand was at the vanguard of transforming the gin industry in the aftermath of London's gin epidemic
19. "Sympathy in White Major" is an ode to this classic cocktail
20. It's #69 in a list of 110 City of London Livery Companies that descended from medieval trade guilds: The ____ Company of Distillers
22. London's ____ ____, lasting from 1717-1757, has been compared to America's inner-city crack cocaine epidemic
23. Core botanical in gin
24. A unit of volume in the apothecaries' system or a small draught of cordial or alcohol
25. This gin was a catalyst for other small, bespoke gin brands to get back into the game in the early 2000s
30. A lavish, gaudily-decorated Victorian pub
34. This phrase is believed to have descended from 18th-century fear of being buried alive after a big drinking session of gin
35. Gin is really nothing more than flavored ____ whose predominant flavor is juniper
38. This artist satirized London's gin epidemic in a 1751 illustration entitled "Gin Lane"
39. These millennial gins have such low levels of juniper they're really just "almost gins"
41. A nickname for gin during London's gin epidemic: "Mother's ____
42. The etymology of this distilled spirit, a predecessor to gin, literally means "burnt wine"