"USA"!
A religious military expedition
a crusade
"The Madman of Macedonia"
Alexander the Great
This puzzle is so-named for the tool used to create the intricate lines & curves of its pieces
jigsaw
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
the 1910s
"The student usu. of the highest rank in a graduating class"
valedictorian
Adjective for an action that can't be forgiven
inexcusable
"The Serpent of the Nile"
Cleopatra
Solving one of these in London's Daily Telegraph in 1942 could've made you a Bletchley codebreaker in WWII
a crossword
The Lindbergh baby is kidnapped
the 1930s
"To sing in a manner common among the Swiss and Tyrolean mountaineers"
yodel
Adjective meaning pertaining to marriage
spousal
France's "Magician of Iron"
(Gustave) Eiffel
A confused mess, or a syndicated newspaper puzzle with letters in circles & squares
jumble
Mary Surratt is found guilty of conspiracy
the 1860s
"A machine for beheading"
guillotine
Braunschweiger is a liver type of this
sausage
"The Father of Rhode Island"
Roger Williams
A classic logic puzzle from 1962 deals with the surnames of 3 train employees: the brakeman, the fireman & him
the engineer
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre takes place
the 1920s
"A bay or recess in the shore of a sea, lake, or river"
inlet
A voluntary withdrawal by a judge
recusal
"The Knight of the Cloak"
(Walter) Raleigh
"The Da Vinci Code" saw Robert Langdon decode one of these puzzle containers
a cryptex
The Achille Lauro cruise ship is hijacked, Leon Klinghoffer is killed
the 1980s
"Die... or faint typically because of noxious gas or want of adequate oxygen"
asphyxiate