Go At It

Words:  69 (14×15)

Average Length: 5.10

If a compelling crossword, like compelling drama, requires tension, then today’s theme entries should assure a gripping grid.

Because it’s one of Churchill’s finest orations (which is saying a lot), here’s the relevant passage of the speech excerpted in 1 Down:

“The gratitude of every home in our Island, in our Empire, and indeed throughout the world, except in the abodes of the guilty, goes out to the British airmen who, undaunted by odds, unwearied in their constant challenge and mortal danger, are turning the tide of the World War by their prowess and by their devotion. Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.”

Rest assured that your odds of surviving today’s solving experience are far better than those faced by the RAF.

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