Complete Clue List
Across
1. The celebrated songwriter Burt Bacharach was born here in 1928 (6,4)
6. Olympic gold medal winning gymnast, nicknamed the "Sparrow from Minsk" ___ Korbut (4)
9. Autonomous region of China nicknamed the "Roof of the World" (5)
10. The author of "Don Quixote" Miguel de ___ (9)
12. A metal weapon that is worn on the back of the hand (7-6)
14. A Dutch liqueur made with eggs, sugar and brandy (8)
15. French word for the Sun, Le ___ (6)
17. Friedrich ___, co-writer of the Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx
19. African landlocked country, formerly the Bechuanaland Protectorate (8)
22. A 1981 single recorded by Queen with David Bowie (5,8)
24. A 2011 film starring Mel Gibson, and Jodie Foster who also directed the film (3,6)
25. The Claremont Institution for the Deaf and Dumb was founded by Charles ___ in 1816 (5)
26. Sir Walter ___ was the 27th Prime Minister of New Zealand (4)
27. A male student society in North American universities or colleges (10)
Down
1. "The Kick Inside" (1978) was the first studio album from English singer ___ Bush (4)
2. The 1955 novel "Lolita" was written by Russian American author Vladimir ___ (7)
3. The novel "2001: A Space Odyssey" was penned by this British writer in 1968 (6,1,6)
4. A 2006 Malaysian superhero film starring Saiful Apek and Fasha Sandha (5,3)
5. A fixed goal, or an area at which a marksman aims (6)
7. The final studio album from the Beatles, released in 1970 (3,2,2)
8. A person born in Wollongong or Toowoomba (10)
11. The watery fluid within the eyeball, between the cornea and the lens (7,6)
13. "Mansfield Park" and "Emma" are just two of the novels written by this English author (4,6)
16. The spar projecting from the front of a sailing vessel (8)
18. Aphrodite was the ancient Greek ___ of Love and Beauty (7)
20. "Walking on the Ceiling of the Sky" was released by this American Band in 2005 (7)
21. Golf club usually used for making long shots from the tee (6)
23. A 2004 American comedy film starring Ben Stiller and Jack Black (4)