Complete Clue List
Across
1. An island in the English Channel, the most northerly of the Channel Islands (8)
5. A studio album by American indie band Cults, released in 2013 (6)
9. South African port city, which is the legislative capital (4,4)
10. Tommy ___, born Thomas Hicks in 1936, is regarded as Britain's first rock star (6)
12. The 1943 novel "Johnny ___" for young adults, was penned by Esther Forbes (7)
13. English racecourse over which the Grand National steeplechase is run annually (7)
14. Politician appointed in 1901 as the first Prime Minister of Australia (6,6)
17. American actress who married Orson Welles in September 1943 (4,8)
22. A 1949 crime thriller film, with Cyd Charisse cast as Mary Chanler (7)
23. Billie Joe Armstrong, lead vocalist of the rock band Green Day, was born here in 1972 (7)
24. Michael ___ author of the novel "Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter" published in 2001 (6)
25. In Greek mythology, a monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man (8)
26. "It's ___!" is the first track on Linda Ronstadt's 1977 album "Simple Dreams" (2,4)
27. A legendary island said by Plato to have sunk beneath the sea during an earthquake (8)
Down
1. The 1878 children's novel "Under the Lilacs" was written by Louisa May ___ (6)
2. A house divided into two apartments, with separate entrances (esp. North American) (6)
3. The annual Vermont State Fair is held in this small city (7)
4. English architect remembered for designing the building of New Delhi (5,7)
6. Queen of the fairies in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (7)
7. The twenty-fifth book in
Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, published in 2000 (3,5)
8. Mildred Harris, the first wife of Charlie Chaplin, was born here in 1901 (8)
11. A doctor who specializes with diseases and abnormalities of the heart (12)
15. The brightest star in the constellation Bootes (8)
16. The first known period of prehistoric human culture (5,3)
18. Young cows that have not given birth to calves (7)
19. Kojo Park is located in this Japanese city in the Toyama Prefecture (7)
20. The 1995 Australian film "___ Possession" starred Pamela Rabe as Tessa (6)
21. Makes more attractive by embellishing with ornaments (6)