| 1863 German invention, for short | 32 |
| 1860s-'80s territory on the Canadian border | 47 |
| 1860s epic set in the Napoleonic Era | 36 |
| 1858 rhetoric between Lincoln and Douglas | 41 |
| 1856 Harriet Beecher Stowe novel | 32 |
| 1850s European war involving Canadian forces | 44 |
| 1850's Republican rallying cry | 34 |
| 1850 American literature classic | 32 |
| 1847 sequel set in the South Seas | 33 |
| 1847 novel set in part aboard a whaler | 38 |
| 1846 novel set on an island of cannibals | 40 |
| 1843 work in five "staves" | 36 |
| 1840s-'50s antislavery party | 32 |
| 1836 siege site, with "the" | 37 |
| 1836 battle site (with "the") | 39 |
| 1830s-'40s Southwestern republic: Abbr. | 43 |
| 1827 poem written as a confession to a priest | 45 |
| 1818 Lord Byron poem with 99 stanzas | 36 |
| 1816 novel set in the village of Highbury | 41 |
| 1816 novel made into a 1996 film | 32 |
| 1814-15 principality for Napoleon | 33 |
| 1804 symphony that includes a funeral march | 43 |
| 1800s law-enforcement family name | 33 |
| 1800s Chinese general now found on menus | 40 |
| 180 degrees from a Hitchcock classic? | 37 |
| 18-yr.-old high schoolers, usually | 34 |
| 18, for a Park Avenue on Park Ave. | 34 |
| 18, e.g., as a minimum for voting | 33 |
| 18 minutes of a TV hour, typically | 34 |
| 17th/18th-century division of New France | 40 |
| 17th-century Spanish painter of religious scenes | 48 |
| 17th-century pope who died 27 days into his reign | 49 |
| 17th-century poet Sor ___ Inés de la Cruz | 44 |
| 17th-century New England settler | 32 |
| 17th-century English diarist Samuel | 35 |
| 17th-century anti-witch application? | 36 |
| 17th-18th century British poet Nicholas | 39 |
| 17th letter of the Greek alphabet | 33 |
| 17th century British philosopher | 32 |
| 1790s clash that almost led to a U.S.-French war | 48 |
| 1786 Springfield insurrectionist | 32 |
| 1785 invention of England's Edmund Cartwright | 49 |
| 1778 epistolary novel by Frances Burney | 39 |
| 1777-78 Continental Army encampment | 35 |
| 1777-'78 Continental Army campsite | 38 |
| 1777 Revolutionary War battle site | 34 |
| 1777 Philadelphia-area battle site | 34 |
| 1777 battle site near Philadelphia | 34 |
| 1776 battle site near New York City | 35 |
| 1773 "party" precursor | 32 |
| 1771 ballad, "_____, Robin Gray" | 42 |
| 1739 South Carolina slave rebellion site | 40 |
| 1729 Jonathan Swift pamphlet, with "A" | 48 |
| 1725 Vivaldi work, in a first language? | 39 |
| 17-year-old sensation at the 1958 World Cup | 43 |
| 17-A, 10-D and 25-D end with these | 34 |
| 16th/17th-century dramatic nickname | 35 |
| 16th-century stringed instrument | 32 |
| 16th-century Portuguese mathematician Pedro | 43 |
| 16th-century Italian poet Torquato ___ | 38 |
| 16th-century founder of Scottish Presbyterianism | 48 |
| 16th-century explorer of Florida | 32 |
| 16th-century English dramatist George | 37 |
| 16th-century English architectural style | 40 |
| 16th-century Ecumenical Council site | 36 |
| 16th-century bowed stringed instrument | 38 |
| 16th-century architect, Tuileries builder | 41 |
| 16th-17th-century Mughal Empire capital | 39 |
| 16th- and 17th-century entertainment in England | 47 |
| 16th seed's bracket win, e.g. | 33 |
| 16th letter of the Spanish alphabet | 35 |
| 16th century Span. Carmelite reformer | 37 |
| 16th century church council site | 32 |
| 16th c. chronicler of Italian art | 33 |
| 1690s Massachusetts witch hunt locale | 37 |
| 1674 architect of Theatre Royal, Drury Lane | 43 |
| 1605 conspiracy led by Guy Fawkes | 33 |
| 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue residents | 34 |
| 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. residents | 32 |
| 16-yr.-old's desire, usually: Abbr. | 39 |
| 16-time World Heavyweight Champion wrestler Flair | 49 |
| 16-time Gold Glove-winning pitcher Jim | 38 |
| 16-bit console of the 1990s, for short | 38 |
| 15th-century prince of Wallachia | 32 |
| 15th-century English ruling house | 33 |
| 15th letter of the Greek alphabet | 33 |
| 15th century Italian friar-turned-artist | 40 |
| 15:40 at Charles De Gaulle, e.g. | 32 |
| 1589-92 teaching venue for Galileo | 34 |
| 1516 classic originally written in Latin | 40 |
| 1500-mile river to the Caspian Sea | 34 |
| 1500-meter winner at the 1964 Olympics | 38 |
| 15 years before the Battle of Hastings | 38 |
| 15 minutes of tightrope walking and animal acts? | 48 |
| 15 miles of it are mentioned in a song | 38 |
| 14th/15th-century period of papal uncertainty | 45 |
| 14th-century European musical style | 35 |
| 1400-mile river to the Caspian Sea | 34 |
| 140-characters-or-fewer messages | 32 |
| 14-year-old Grammy winner of 1997 | 33 |