Hispanic-American History

1st Lt. Tony Wickman
Alaskan Command
Public Affairs

ACROSS
1. Mexican-American former U.S. Secretary of Transportation and Energy
5. Spanish-American Nobel Prize winner in Medicine and Physiology (1959)
9. First person
12. Allow
13. Musical group ___ Na Na
14. One of the 5 Ws
15. Inlet
16. Of the ocean below 6,000 meters
17. Shakespeare play King ___
18. Mock
19. Own
20. Mil. abbreviation for information gathering and observation
21. Concise
23. Bolivian educator who fought for equality; Stand & Deliver
27. “Queen of salsa;” Cuban singer Celia ___
28. ___ Abner
29. Promotions
30. Acquit
33. Massed closely together
35. Bridge
36. Florida school, in short
38. Internet provider
39. Alaska city
40. Sphere
42. Compass dir.
43. Puerto Rican actress is 1 of only 2 to win Tony, Grammy, Emmy, Oscar
45. Luxuriant
47. Alt. to street
48. Explosive
49. Type of plane
50. Assistant
51. Snakelike fish
52. Singer Braxton
53. Org. that governs Olympic Games
55. Italian-born fashion designer Schiaparelli
57. Soon
58. Everything
59. ___ Alamos, NM
60. Nothing more than
61. Supreme Greek god
62. Abided by
63. ___ Francisco, CA

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2. Run off, as in marriage
3. Definitive “no!”
4. Dined
5. Safety org.
6. Mexican-American leader who started United Farm Workers of America
7. Greek underworld
8. Auger
9. Popular form of Latin-American dance music
10. Forever
11. Cuban American playwright who has won 6 Obie Awards
15. Feline
19. German mister
20. Infections
22. Racket
24. First Puerto Rican baseball player to be named MVP
25. Aboriginal of Japan
26. Mil. acronym for temporary assignment
30. First Costa Rican-American to become astronaut
31. Noted Cuban-American composer and conductor Tania ___
32. Fashion magazine
33. British title for a woman
34. British title for a man
36. Golf shout
37. First Cuban-American woman elected to Congress; Ros-___
39. First Puerto Rican and woman to become US Surgeon General
41. Cuban-American ballet dancer to be first American to win Gold Medal
43. Earned
44. Connected, as in Internet
46. Spanish lady
50. Org. concerned with individual rights
51. Relieve
52. __ o’shanter; type of hat
54. Bullring cheer
56. Cry