Complete Clue List
Across
1. French physicist Blaise Pascal was born in this city in 1623 (8-7)
9. Trakai Island Castle is a major tourist attraction in this Baltic State (9)
10. "The ___" a 1949 American film starring Robert Ryan as Bill "Stoker" Thompson (3-2)
11. Remove an entry from a document or record (6)
12. A quilted pad worn by fencers to protect the chest (8)
13. The state of being unclothed (6)
15. "The ___" nickname of the New York Stock Exchange (3,5)
18. A sequence of letters used for writing a language (8)
19. The John Frost Road Bridge crosses the Rhine in this Dutch city (6)
20. An ancient city of northern Africa, destroyed by the Romans in 146 BC (8)
22. The largest of the Japanese islands (6)
25. In Greek mythology a nymph of springs and rivers (5)
26. President of the Republic of Venezuela 1964-1969 (4,5)
27. He was given the role of Dr. Christian Szell in the 1976 film "Marathon Man" (8,7)
Down
1. A waterway across northern Scotland linking the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean (10,5)
2. To praise highly (5)
3. The highest volcano in Europe (5,4)
4. A wild goose of the Hawaiian Islands (4)
5. German form of address for a young unmarried woman (8)
6. Becomes coated with oxide (5)
7. Fourth studio album from the Rolling Stones, released in 1966 (9)
8. English writer whose novel "Jamaica Inn" was first published in 1936 (6,2,7)
14. Gérard ___, actor who played the title role in the 1990 film "Cyrano de Bergerac" (9)
16. "Ars Conjectandi" a book on mathematical probability was written by Jacob ___ (9)
17. British TV series 1981 to 1991 starring John Nettles in the title role (8)
21. Intentionally avoid answering a question directly (5)
23. How the people of Finland refer to their country (5)
24. Basic monetary unit of the European Union as introduced in 1999 (4)