Complete Clue List
Across
1. 17th century English poet who penned "To Althea, from Prison" in 1642 (7,8)
9. In the card game Bridge, the bidding and winning of all thirteen tricks (5,4)
10. American rock band The ___ released the album "Outside Inside" in 1983 (5)
11. Morihei Ueshiba, the founder of the martial art Aikido, was born here in 1883 (6)
12. The head office of the Suez Canal Authority is located in this city in NE Egypt (8)
13. A unit of electric current equal to a flow of one coulomb per second (6)
15. Term used for New Year's Eve celebrations in Scotland (8)
18. A polygon with three straight sides and three angles (8)
19. Australian science fiction film released in 2003, starring Felicity Mason and Mungo McKay (6)
21. Mary Ann Evans' first novel, published in 1859 under the pen name George Eliot (4,4)
23. A bicycle 'made for two' (6)
26. Thoroughbred racehorse winner of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in 2013 and 2014 (5)
27. A large and impressive room or set of rooms (9)
28. Published in 1939, "The Big Sleep" was this author's first novel (7,8)
Down
1. A sports event consisting of races between yachts (7)
2. A measure of length equivalent to 66 feet (5)
3. The brightest star in the constellation Taurus (9)
4. Southampton Football Club played their home games at 'The ___' from 1898-2001 (4)
5. Birthplace of missionary Robert Moffat, father-in-law of David Livingstone, in 1795 (8)
6. An uncredited background actor in a movie (5)
7. Eric Roberts and James Earl Jones starred in the 1990 thriller film "The ___" (9)
8. Track 9 on the 1999 album "Risk" from American heavy metal band Megadeth (7)
14. The collection and study of postage stamps (9)
16. The Empire State Building is located in this borough of New York City (9)
17. From ZZ Top's 1972 track "Just Got Paid" : I had one ___ and the other behind (4,4)
18. A powerful motor vehicle with large rear wheels, used chiefly on farms (7)
20. In Greek mythology the goddess of agricultural and fertility (7)
22. Maria ___ winner of the Wimbledon ladies singles title in 1959, 1960 and 1964 (5)
24. "The House Where Angels ___" by Henry K. Ripplinger, was first published in 2017 (5)
25. The voice of Disney's cartoon character Donald Duck was provided by Clarence ___ (4)