Complete Clue List
Across
1. First-century Jewish preacher and religious leader. Messiah
4. US federal agent or police officer who specialises in illegal drugs enforcement (informal)
7. Rough, clumsy man usually considered unintelligent
8. Mr Bosch, 15th Century Dutch painter OR a Michael Connelly character
9. British pop band led by Andy Partridge "Senses Working Overtime"
10. Dr Rutherford, New Zealand Nobel Prize Winning physicist
14. Ms Bogataj, Slovenian 2022 Olympic champion OR a Superman comic villain OR constellation name
16. A devotional painting of a holy figure (in its truest sense) or a venerated person (modern meaning)
18. Mr Irons, British actor "Brideshead Revisited"
21. Insecticide known by its initials first synthesized in 1874 by Othmar Zeidler, now banned
24. Edvard Munch AND Roald Amundsen AND Magnus Carlsen
25. Sports ump
26. Chinese currency OR a dynasty of China ruled by the Mongol Borjigin family
27. Ms Morgenstern, Mary Tyler Moore sidekick, earned her own eponymous TV show
Down
1. Follower of 1A. Gospel writer
2. Ingvar Kamprad AND Ingrid Bergman AND Mats Wilander OR root vegetables
3. Alfred P. ____, Chairman of General Motors 1920-56 but NOT Ms Peterson, Ferris Bueller's girlfriend
4. Alfred, (1880?1958), UK poet, "The Torch Bearers" (Wonder if he was ever nicknamed "Make-Some")
5. A mixture of flour and fat as a sauce base but NOT Danny La ___, UK drag queen
6. Fidel, Cuban communist dictator (Is that an oxymoron?)
11. Dr Koothrappali, character on "The Big Bang Theory" OR 1858?1947 rule of the British over India
12. Vincent van Gogh was missing one of these
13. Berners-Lee or Brooke-Taylor or Conway
15. Marsh or Marks, Both Australians, test wicketkeeper and Antarctic Astrophysicist respectively
17. Monsieur De Bergerac, French playwright with a prominent proboscis
19. King of Northumbria and Christian saint OR Mr Starr American soul music singer "War"
20. Monsieur Degas, French painter OR Bruce, NZ cricketer OR the butler from "The Aristocats"
22. Chinese bean curd with a Japanese name
23. Ms Fisher, Australian actress "Wedding Crashers" (2005) "The Great Gatsby" (2013)