| SUEZCANAL | The first major Olympics boycott was in 1956, when Egypt, Cambodia, Iraq, and Lebanon withdrew over seizure of this waterway |
| LIBERTYBELLBARK | Sound of acknowledgement and appreciation heard in Jerusalem in 1956, when Richardson Dilworth, mayor of Philadelphia, bestowed a gift to our city? |
| SYRIA | Country between Iraq and Lebanon |
| NBC | Company hurt by the 1980 Olympics boycott |
| OPENER | What Boycott was to unfold before the Queen (6) |
| ASCENT | Lhotse's first was in 1956 |
| NILSSON | Birgit ?, Swedish dramatic soprano whose US debut was in 1956 |
| CRECY | Which battle in France in 1346 was the first major English victory of the Hundred Years War? (5) |
| ISRAEL | Country in the Middle East bordering the Mediterranean Sea between Egypt and Lebanon (6) |
| MOUNTHERMON | Peak on the border between Syria and Lebanon proposed as the scene of the Transfiguration of Jesus d |
| BUNKERHILL | Site of the first major battle of the American Revolution in 1775: 2 wds. |
| EDGEHILL | Fought in October, 1642, the first major pitched battle of the English Civil War (8) |
| LORIMAR | The Waltons and Dallas were the first major successes for which TV production company? (7) |
| CANAAN | Ancient land in the southern Levant including present day Israel and Lebanon (6) |
| ARAMAIC | Ancient language of the Middle East still spoken in parts of Syria and Lebanon (7) |
| ACRE | Siege of -; lasting from 1189-91, the first major battle of the Third Crusade (4) |
| GEHRIG | Yankee who was the first major-leaguer to have his number retired |
| FANTASIA | Which 1940 film was the first major film with stereophonic sound? (8) |
| MOONLIGHT | 2016 film that was the first major LGBTQ-themed Hollywood feature with an all-black cast |
| OAHU | Home to the Reef Runway, the first major airport runway built completely offshore |
