| 15th century prince who was the inspiration for Dracula | 55 |
| 15th-century French king nicknamed "the Prudent" | 58 |
| 15th-century painter of "The Adoration of the Magi" | 61 |
| 15th-century pontiff who was the only pope to write an autobiography | 68 |
| 1606 play of the Shakespeare apocrypha, with "The" | 60 |
| 16th-century Italian composer, subject of a 1917 German opera | 61 |
| 16th-century work also known as "La Gioconda" | 55 |
| 17 of them are sung before "my gosh" in a 2010 #1 Usher hit | 69 |
| 17th-century actress Nell who was Charles II's mistress | 59 |
| 17th-century Dutch philosopher who wrote "Ethics" | 59 |
| 1818 Lord Byron poem subtitled "A Venetian Story" | 59 |
| 1822 Walter Scott novel about Capt. Clement Cleveland | 53 |
| 1830 Hugo play on which a similarly named Verdi opera is based | 62 |
| 1846 book subtitled "A Peep at Polynesian Life" | 57 |
| 1847 "Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas" | 58 |
| 1847 novel based on its author's time in the Society Islands | 64 |
| 1847 novel with the chapter "Life at Loohooloo" | 57 |
| 1848 presidential candidate after whom eight U.S. counties are named | 68 |
| 1860 presidential candidate who won Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia | 69 |
| 1860s novel that is the basis for this puzzle's theme | 57 |
| 1867 book subtitled "Kritik der politischen Ökonomie" | 67 |
| 1869 coastal painting by Gustave Courbet, with "The" | 62 |
| 1870 opera famously excerpted in "Apocalypse Now" | 59 |
| 1876 opera that typically lasts five hours or longer | 52 |
| 1887 novel subtitled "A History of Adventure" | 55 |
| 1887 Victorien Sardou play on which an opera is based | 53 |
| 1891 Chekhov novella featuring pistols that never fire | 54 |
| 1894 novel whose title character likes to collect fingerprints | 62 |
| 1897 novel subtitled "A Grotesque Romance" | 52 |
| 18th-century London political/literary establishment | 52 |
| 1902 Kentucky Derby winner that was named after a fictional character | 69 |
| 1905 George Bernard Shaw play made into a 1941 Rex Harrison film | 64 |
| 1906 novel that helped produce widespread social reforms | 56 |
| 1909 Physics Nobelist for work in wireless telegraphy | 53 |
| 1913 novel whose title ends with an exclamation point | 53 |
| 1918 hit song about "a maid with hair of gold" | 56 |
| 1919 novel set in Paris and Tahiti, with "The" | 56 |
| 1919 Pulitzer-winning autobiography, with "The" | 57 |
| 1919 World Series winners over the "Black Sox" | 56 |
| 1920's musical with the sequel "Yes, Yes, Yvette" | 63 |
| 1920's-40's Yankees manager Barrow and others | 53 |
| 1920s-'30s stone-faced comic actor causes a war of words? | 61 |
| 1920s-'40s baseballer with a retired "4" | 54 |
| 1921 play that introduced the word "robot" | 52 |
| 1924 Kentucky Derby winner or a 1947 Anthony Quinn drama | 56 |
| 1924 novel that won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction | 67 |
| 1924 novel whose 1995 book club edition had elephants on the cover | 66 |
| 1925 hit musical with the song "Tea for Two" | 54 |
| 1925 musical based on the play "My Lady Friends" | 58 |
| 1925 novel for which the author declined a Pulitzer Prize | 57 |
| 1928 #1 song heard in a 1990 Steve Martin film of the same name | 63 |
| 1928 movie subtitled "The King of the Beasts" | 55 |
| 1928 musical composition originally called "Fandango" | 63 |
| 1928 orchestral work originally commissioned by a dancer | 56 |
| 1929's "Street Girl" was its first official production | 68 |
| 1930 Harry Richman hit whose title describes ostentatious living | 64 |
| 1930 novel whose title was taken from "Twelfth Night" | 63 |
| 1930 Physics Nobelist Sir Chandrasekhara Venkara ___ | 52 |
| 1930s bank robber pursued by the FBIÂ’s Melvin Purvis | 56 |
| 1930s French premier, whose name is a homophone of "bloom" | 68 |
| 1932 Barbara Stanwyck film based on a Pulitzer-winning novel | 60 |
| 1932 film with Gary Cooper, Helen Hayes, and Adolphe Menjou | 59 |
| 1933 film in which Claude Raines is seen ... and not seen? | 58 |
| 1934 Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers movie, with "The" | 59 |
| 1934 Kentucky Derby winner or a 1933 film that won Best Picture | 63 |
| 1934 musical featuring "I Only Have Eyes for You" | 59 |
| 1935 film whose title refers to Shirley Temple's hair style | 63 |
| 1935 movie starring Helen Gahagan as Queen Hash-a-Mo-Tep of Kor | 63 |
| 1936 Rodgers and Hart musical that incorporated jazz in its score | 65 |
| 1937 film about Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush's travails | 53 |
| 1937 Ronald Colman adventure film, with "The" | 55 |
| 1937's "The Prince and the Pauper" star | 53 |
| 1938 "The War of the Worlds" broadcast, for one | 57 |
| 1938 Oscar nominee for "You Can't Take It With You" | 65 |
| 1938 play with only chairs, tables and ladders as props | 55 |
| 1939 Best Picture nominee banned in the Soviet Union | 52 |
| 1939 novel about residue from King KongÂ’s dinner? | 53 |
| 1940 screwball comedy based on "The Front Page" | 57 |
| 1940 Tyrone Power adventure film, with "The" | 54 |
| 1940 Tyrone Power swashbuckler, with "The" | 52 |
| 1940s actress known for her yodeling hillbilly roles | 52 |
| 1940s-'50s American Federation of Musicians president James | 63 |
| 1940s-'50s NFLer __ "Crazylegs" Hirsch | 52 |
| 1940s-'60s Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback | 52 |
| 1941 Henry Luce article that coined a name for an era | 53 |
| 1942 John Steinbeck play whose title comes from “Macbeth” | 65 |
| 1944 thriller with Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck | 54 |
| 1945 meeting place for Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt | 54 |
| 1945's ''Little Boy,'' for short | 52 |
| 1946 Best Actor winner for "The Best Years of Our Lives" | 66 |
| 1946 high-tech unveiling at the Univ. of Pennsylvania | 53 |
| 1947 Kentucky Derby winner or a 1957 John Wayne movie | 53 |
| 1947 musical that gave us Cab Calloway's catchphrase | 56 |
| 1947 Tony-winning composer for "Street Scene" | 55 |
| 1948 and 1952 Olympic track gold medalist ___ Zátopek | 56 |
| 1948 Best Actor nominee for "Johnny Belinda" | 54 |
| 1948 Olivia de Havilland drama that takes place in an insane asylum | 67 |
| 1948 Porter musical inspired by "The Taming of the Shrew" | 67 |
| 1949 Emmy winner for Most Outstanding Kinescope Personality | 59 |
| 1949 Emmy winner for Most Outstanding Live Personality | 54 |