| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| EONS | Great cycles of years. |
| ERAS | Cycles of years. |
| YSAYE | Great violinist of 50 years ago. |
| SOCRATES | Great name of 2400 years ago. |
| EMP | Great Brit., e.g., in years past |
| JSBACH | Musical great whose grave went unmarked for nearly 150 years |
| STEVEMCQUEEN | "The Great Escape" actor [or] "12 Years a Slave" director |
| SENECA | 1,800 years before Lincoln, he observed that "a great man can come from a cabin" |
