| ANSON | Admiral George ___, whose reforms of the British navy contributed to its success in the Seven Years' War of 1756- 63 (5) |
| VORTICISM | Short-lived British abstract style of modern art, named by Ezra Pound who contributed to its 1914 manifesto |
| DUBCEK | Alexander ___, statesman whose reforms as first secretary of the Czechoslovak Communist Party prompted the Russian occupation |
| BERNARDSHAW | Irish playwright George ___ whose volume of work including Man and Superman won him a Nobel Prize in Literature: 2 wds. |
| RRMARTIN | American novelist George ___ whose epic fantasy novel series was adapted into HBO's award-winning series Game of Thrones: 3 wds. |
| DOCHERTY | Rev. George _, whose sermon based on 51-Across inspired Dwight Eisenhower to initiate the 1954 change |
| PLAINSOFABRAHAM | Plateau in E Canada between the city of Quebec and the St Lawrence River; scene of an important British victory (1759) in the Seven Years' War (6,2,7) |
| PLAINSOF | Field between central Quebec City and the St Lawrence River, Canada; site of a 1759 British victory in the Seven Years" War (6,2,7) |
| ABRAHAM | Field between central Quebec City and the St Lawrence River, Canada; site of a 1759 British victory in the Seven Years" War (6,2,7) |
| AMHERST | Jeffrey ?, British Commander-in-Chief, North America from 1758-63 who fought in the Seven Years' War |
| MARQUIS | ____ of Granby, pub name deriving from an English military leader in the Seven Years' War (7) |
| ALFRED | Anglo-Saxon king and only English monarch known as "the great" who is often claimed to be the founder of the British navy (6) |
| HENRYVII | The constitutional reforms of the Provisions of Oxford were forced upon this king of England (5,3) |
| TERAGRAM | In a familiar way ex-PM returns, getting the whole weight of the British Navy (8) |
| JEZEBEL | Diluted drink of rum issued to the British Navy whose name derived from the nickname of admiral Edwa |
| GROG | Diluted drink of rum issued to the British Navy whose name derived from the nickname of admiral Edwa |
| GROA | Diluted drink of rum issued to the British Navy whose name derived from the nickname of Admiral Edward Vernon (4) |
| PITT | British leader in the Seven Years' War |
| PRAGUE | Central European city where the reforms of the 1968 spring led to repression and reprisal by Warsaw |
| BOYAR | Member of the old aristocracy of Russia ranking just below a prince, abolished by the reforms of Peter the Great (1672-1725) |
