Complete Clue List
Across
1. English author of the novels "Frenchman's Creek" and "My Cousin Rachel" (6,2,7)
9. British fashion icon Mary Quant is credited with designing this item of clothing in the 1960s (9)
10. Studio album by English rock group Hawkwind, released in 1992, "Electric ___" (5)
11. Chace Crawford starred as Michael "White Mike" in this 2010 action film (6)
12. Great wealth or abundance (8)
13. Spanish businessman and president of FC Barcelona from 2010-2014, Sandro ___ (6)
15. Yvonne ___, a member of the French Resistance in World War II, code named Nenette and Mimi (8)
18. The Cathedral of San Carlos Borromeo is located in this Californian city (8)
19. A cardinal number represented by ten raised to the power of a hundred (6)
21. The fictional character Philip Marlowe was created by the author Raymond ___ (8)
23. In Norse mythology the heavenly dwelling of the gods (6)
26. A distinctive smell, especially an unpleasant one - (British spelling) (5)
27. Italian racing cyclist Franco ___, winner of the Paris-Roubaix classic in 1995 and 1998 (9)
28. An epic poem of more than 36,000 lines by Edmund Spenser, first published in 1590 (3,6,6)
Down
1. In Greek Mythology daughter of Rhea and Cronus, and the mother of Persephone (7)
2. Mike ___, 48th vice president of the United States 2017-2021 (5)
3. The county seat of Davidson County, Tennessee (9)
4. Charles ___, Mayor of San Diego from 1955-1963 (4)
5. A figure of speech where a word is applied to an object to which it is not literally applicable (8)
6. "The World ___ Yesterday" published in 2012, a book by American historian Jared Diamond (5)
7. Released in 2009, "The Serpent Servant" is an album by the American band "___ Doom" (9)
8. Gold medal winner in the women's 100m and 200m at the 1970 Commonwealth Games, ___ Boyle (7)
14. British Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the St Leger Stakes in 1930 (9)
16. Possessions, such as clothing and linens, that brides assemble for marriage (9)
17. A novel by Saul Bellow published in 1982, "The Dean's ___" (8)
18. The brother of Sherlock Holmes, in Arthur Conan Doyle's detective novels (7)
20. An opponent of industrial change or innovation (7)
22. Producer of the 2001 computer animated film "Monsters, Inc.", ___ K. Anderson (5)
24. Studio album by singer-songwriter Jessie J, released in 2013 (5)
25. British Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the Diamond Jubilee Stakes in 2019, ___ Point (4)