| SEAS | "Today ... the ___ bear only commerce": MacArthur (9/1945) |
| NAGASAKI | The second atomic bomb of WWII fell on this Japanese city on August 9, 1945 |
| PREVENT | Smoky Bear: "Only you can ___ forest fires" (7) |
| KODIAK | One of the largest species of brown bear, the _ bear (6) |
| PROPAGANDA | The first use of this word in English was in reference to a Roman Catholic organization established in the 17th century by Pope Gregory XV; this word was part of its much longer Latin name. Today the |
| TEDDYBEARS | "For every bear that ever there was; Will gather there for certain because; Today's the day the ... |
| CHAPELOFLOVE | The Dixie Cups classic with the lyric "today's the day we'll say 'I do'," from this clip |
| ATENO | "She ___ meat today"; The Taming of the Shew |
| CAVE | Auel's "The Clan of the __ Bear" |
| POLAR | Churchill, Manitoba, 'The ___ Bear Capital of the World' |
| POLAV | 'The ___ Bear Capital of the World' (Churchill, Manitoba) |
| PIPER | Pay the ___ (bear the consequences) |
| NAPOOED | Dictionary bears only half of Bonaparte's name, rubbed out in the war |
| QUEBEC | On July 3, 1608, Samuel de Champlain founded the city of Quebec, which is today the capital of this Canadian province |
| DEADTREEEDITION | Dendrology Today: The Dutch Elm Disease Issue (in hard copy) (4,4,7) |
| YOGI | "The ___ Bear Show" (1961-62) |
| MOTOROLA | 50 years ago today, the first-ever cell phone call was made by Martin Cooper, an engineer with this company |
| TITLE | A carved label or tag in an ancient time, today the distinctive name of a book, painting, poem or rhyme (5) |
| THREE | Fairy tale, Goldilocks and the ___ Bears |
| BADNEWS | "The ___ Bears" (1976 baseball film) (3,4) |
