Complete Clue List
Across
1. The most easterly island in the Aegean Sea (6)
5. Puccini's final opera that was unfinished when he died in 1924 (8)
9. Richard Adams fantasy novel published in 1972 (9,4)
10. Putin or Lenin (8)
11. The person in charge of the production of a newspaper (6)
12. A respiratory condition that causes difficulty in breathing (6)
14. Arctic whales with long spiral tusks (8)
16. Small aphid, a pest to garden plants (8)
19. Boris ___, the first German to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon (6)
21. City where singer Alanis Morissette was born (6)
23. Actress Anna Paquin was born in this city (8)
25. Monument at the Champs-Élysées in Paris commissioned by Napoleon (3,2,8)
26. A child's friend in recreation (8)
27. Erase, cancel or strike out (6)
Down
2. Author of "The Time Machine" (1,1,5)
3. Old fashioned (5)
4. In rugby union this players shirt number is nine (5-4)
5. The Azadi Tower is a monument in this city (7)
6. Unit of currency in Mauritius (5)
7. Cultural period of the Stone-age (9)
8. In sport a player's inadvertant score for the opposing team (3,4)
13. System where people are ranked according to their importance (9)
15. Legendary English outlaw who lived in Sherwood Forest (5,4)
17. Hairstyle characterized by a thin length of hair at the back of the head (3-4)
18. Evergreen conifer of the genus Taxus (3,4)
20. 2015 survival film starring Jason Clarke and Josh Brolin (7)
22. The central part of a Roman amphitheater (5)
24. Push or drive into motion (5)