Answer: ironcurtain

AnswerCrossword Clue
IRONCURTAINChurchill said it, 1948.
IRONCURTAINChurchill's political barrier
IRONCURTAINSymbolic barrier
IRONCURTAINChurchill named it
IRONCURTAINInformation barrier
IRONCURTAINChurchill's 1946 characterization
IRONCURTAINCold War symbol
IRONCURTAINPost-WWII barrier
IRONCURTAINContinental divide, once
IRONCURTAINCold war barrier
IRONCURTAINSixth shade
IRONCURTAINNotation on a laundry slip
IRONCURTAINImaginary divider
IRONCURTAINChurchill phrase, 1946.
IRONCURTAINPost-World War II barrier
IRONCURTAINState of rigid censorship and secrecy, coined by Churchill, 1946.
IRONCURTAINSymbolic political barrier
IRONCURTAINFormer East-West "barrier"
IRONCURTAINBarrier noted by Churchill
IRONCURTAINOnetime European barrier
IRONCURTAINCold War term
IRONCURTAINCold War barrier between East and West
IRONCURTAINFormer European barrier
IRONCURTAINBarrier until 1991
IRONCURTAINBarrier named by Churchill
IRONCURTAINCold War barrier
IRONCURTAINIt "fell" in 1991