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Prohibition & Bootleggers

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A few of the words

CAPONE
Al Capone's Chicago operation was estimated to rake in $60 million a year from illegal liquor sales alone — a staggering sum in the 1920s.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
VOLSTEAD
The Volstead Act of 1919 defined the rules enforcing the 18th Amendment, and its author, Andrew Volstead, became a lasting symbol of the dry era.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
MOONSHINE
Home-distilled spirits earned the name 'moonshine' because production happened by moonlight, well out of sight of federal agents.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
SPEAKEASY
The name 'speakeasy' is said to come from the instruction to 'speak easy' — keep your voice low and never let on what was happening inside.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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Prohibition word search — free and large-print — step into the shadowy world of speakeasies, rum-runners, and moonshine stills.

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When the Volstead Act came into force in 1920, it didn't silence the thirst for a drink — it simply drove it underground. Basement speakeasies hummed with jazz and whispered passwords; barrels of hooch crossed state lines in the boots of cars and the hulls of darkened boats. Federal revenuers and local gangsters played a cat-and-mouse game across back roads and city rooftops, making Prohibition one of the most colourful — and lawless — chapters in American life.

How to play

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    Find a word from the list.Press the first letter and drag to the last — across, down or diagonally, forwards or back. Or tap the first letter, then the last.
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    It stays marked.Found words get a soft teal line through them, on the grid and in the list.
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    Make it comfortable.Use the A / A+ / A++ size control any time, or pinch the grid for a closer look.

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