Complete Clue List
Across
1. English portrait painter, who was the first President of the Royal Academy of Arts (6,8)
9. A crustacean such as a shrimp, crab, or lobster (7)
10. Maurice ___ French painter born in Montmartre, the son of the artist Suzanne Valadon (7)
11. Letter of the Greek alphabet, between Sigma and Upsilon (3)
12. In 1999 the American band 'Information Society' released the compilation album "InSoc ___" (11)
14. The 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to ___ Hemingway (6)
15. New Zealand writer Vanda Symon's first novel, published in 2007 (8)
17. American golfer, 82nd winner of 'The Open Championship' in 1953 (3,5)
19. Rupert Grint of 'Harry Potter' fame, was born in this English town in 1988 (6)
22. Author whose book "The Hellbound Heart" was published in 1986 (5,6)
23. In 1989, Paul Newman starred as General Leslie Groves in "___ Man and Little Boy" (3)
24. American astrophysicist and Nobel Prize winner John C. Mather was born here in 1946 (7)
26. Brad Thor's spy thriller novel "The ___" was published in 2009 (7)
27. American Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the Ohio Derby in 2006 (6,8)
Down
1. Thomas Hardy's final novel, first published in 1895 (4,3,7)
2. The city of Chengdu, is the capital of this Chinese province (7)
3. James Garner and Edmond O'Brien starred in this 1959 World War 2 movie (2,9)
4. Robert von Stein ___, award winning author of "The Fire Sacraments Trilogy" (6)
5. A studio album by rock duo America, released in 1983 (4,4)
6. Music for the 1959 film "First Man into Space" was by Scottish composer Buxton ___ (3)
7. Original Italian title of the 1964 film "A Fistful of Dollars", 'Per un pugno di ___' (7)
8. A 1968 British drama, starring Ray Milland as Simon Crawford - Q.C. (7,7)
13. ICAO: OOIA is the international code for the airstrip serving this town in Oman (4,7)
16. Leading artist of op art, whose work "Zebra" was created in 1937, Victor ___ (8)
18. Film studio founded by Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, Danny Dimbort, and Danny Lerner in 1992 (2,5)
20. In the 2016 thriller film "Elle", Laurent ___ starred as Patrick (7)
21. Annika ___, Swedish textile artist awarded the Prince Eugen Medal (Artisan) in 2013 (6)
25. The Japanese 1992 Olympic judo gold medalist Hidehiko Yoshida was born here in 1969 (3)