WHAT A KNOCKOUT!
EUROPEAN ART & ARTISTS
RUSSIAN TO THE BORDER
2008 OBITS
CROSSWORD CLUES "V"
200
'His 1974 knockout of supposedly invincible George Foreman in Zaire shocked the world'
(Muhammad) Ali
200
'The Nazarenes of 19th c. Germany wore biblical clothes & hairstyles & aimed to revive this wall painting method'
fresco
200
'(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) For more than 100 years, this northern neighbor was a grand duchy ruled by Russia'
Finland
200
'This "Andromeda Strain" author died in Los Angeles at 66'
Michael Crichton
200
'Straight up & down
(8)'
vertical
400
'In 1937 he became the first African-Amer. heavyweight champ since Jack Johnson, with a K.O. of James J. Braddock'
Joe Louis
400
'In the language of its creator, this sculpture is "Le Penseur"'
The Thinker
400
'A 1966 treaty entitles this nation bordering China to Russian military help if it's ever invaded'
Mongolia
400
'House Peters Jr., the original portrayer of this imposing P&G advertising icon, passed away at 92; call him Mr. this'
Mr. Clean
400
'A super-strict vegetarian
(5)'
vegan
600
'On June 16, 1949 this "Raging Bull" TKOed Marcel Cerdan to take the middleweight title'
Jake LaMotta
600
'In a 2006 film Stellan Skarsgard played this Spanish painter, with Randy Quaid as King Carlos IV'
Goya
600
'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) This country contains a strategic peninsula whose ownership is disputed between it & Russia'
Ukraine
600
'Forest Ackerman, who coined this short term for a genre after hearing a radio announcer say "hi fi", died at 92'
sci fi
600
'Short, pointed beard
(7)'
Vandyke
800
'In 1981, behind on all 3 scorecards, this welterweight came back with a TKO over Thomas Hearns in the 14th; sweet!'
"Sugar" Ray Leonard
800
'"Madonna of the Long Neck" was painted in 1534 but could have been the title for this Italian's works of the 19-teens'
Modigliani
800
'Russia's longest border is its 4,250-mile one with this "stan"'
Kazakhstan
800
'Hang down your head: Nick Reynolds, a founding member of this clean-cut trio, sang his last harmony at 75'
The Kingston Trio
800
'Orchid with a tasty bean
(7)'
vanilla
1000
'In 1972 this Panamanian's "Hands of Stone" stopped Ken Buchanan to win the lightweight crown'
Roberto Duran
1000
'Joseph Smith, British consul in Venice, was a patron of this mid-17th century view painter'
Canaletto
1000
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) The small Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, home to one of Russia's ice-free European ports, borders this Baltic state to the east'
Lithuania
1000
'A Russian nobelist, he shuffled off this mortal gulag at age 89'
Solzhenitsyn
1000
'To ad lib, as a musician
(4)'
vamp
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