Across
- 4. capital before capitals were capitals
- 5. river behind an early script
- 7. ruler remembered more for words than wars
- 9. bloc long on meetings
- 12. off, in a way
- 13. power centre after decline
- 16. thing one might defend
- 18. one unfazed by pain
- 19. green sort
Down
- 1. slip past notice
- 2. king often paired with “the Great”
- 3. arrival said to begin a dynasty
- 6. like a Spartan reply
- 8. feature, not a bug
- 9. more than a few
- 10. something seen through
- 11. plenty, in legalese
- 14. no longer grounded
- 15. thread in a narrative
- 17. bookish, perhaps