Complete Clue List
Across
1. A horse-drawn covered wagon, used by pioneers crossing the North American plains (7,8)
9. A studio album by American soul band the Commodores, released in 1988 (4,5)
10. ___ Elba starred in the title role of the 2013 film "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom" (5)
11. Marine scientist whose 2018 book "The Shipwreck Hunter" secured the Mountbatten Award, David ___ (6)
12. LaFayette is the county seat here in Alabama (8)
13. The standard monetary unit of Morocco, divided into 100 centimes (6)
15. The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (London), from 2017-2022, ___ Dick (8)
18. Wildcat Canyon Regional Park borders this city in California (9)
19. Winner of the 1971 French Open Women's singles tennis tournament, ___ Goolagong (6)
21. A graphic novel by American comic book creator Chynna Clugston, published in 2005 (5,3)
23. Actress ___ Melly starred as Nina Wentworth, in the 1960 British film "The Big Day" (6)
26. In 1935 American country music singer Hank Cochran was born in this town in Mississippi (5)
27. A 1996 American crime film, featuring Gwyneth Paltrow as Clementine (4,5)
28. British explorer who sailed to New South Wales in 1795, and mapped the Australian coast (7,8)
Down
1. A structure with triangular lateral surfaces which converge to an apex (7)
2. The largest city in Ghana, and location of the Jamestown Lighthouse (5)
3. Michael ___ was cast as Todd Gendler, in the 2003 romantic comedy film "Bringing Down the House" (9)
4. "___: A Modern Cinderella Tale", a 2010 teen musical film with Sterling Knight as Ty Parker (4)
5. Actress cast as Brooke, in the 2012 American comedy-drama "Magic Mike" (4,4)
6. A drug made from the seeds of a poppy, used to control pain or to help people sleep (5)
7. Language spoken by an inhabitant of Lillehammer or Sandefjord perhaps? (9)
8. An arm of the South Pacific in Antarctica, between Victoria Land and the Edward VII Peninsula (4,3)
14. Champ-du-Moulin railway station is where one alights if visiting this Swiss town (9)
16. Alfred Hitchcock directed the 1932 thriller "Number ___" (9)
17. "The Disappearance of ___", a book for young people published in 1928 by Augusta Huiell Seaman (4,4)
18. "___ for a Dream", a 2000 psychological drama film starring Ellen Burstyn and Jared Leto (7)
20. Released in 1980, a studio album by rock band Blue Oyster Cult, "Cultosaurus ___" (7)
22. In the 2021 action film "Wrath of Man", Irish actress ___ Algar was cast as Dana Curtis (5)
24. A novel by American writer Danielle Steel, published in 2008 (5)
25. The capital and administrative centre of the West Kazakhstan Region (4)