Complete Clue List
Across
1. The French national anthem, composed in 1792 as a war song for the Rhine army (11)
9. Author and illustrator of the 1969 children's book "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" (4,5)
10. Rapper who released the 2019 studio album "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" (5)
11. Track 7 on the Red Hot Chili Peppers 1999 album "Californication" (6)
12. The Muttart Conservatory botanical garden can be visited here in Alberta, Canada (8)
13. Screenwriter of both "Roman Holiday" in 1953 and "Spartacus" in 1960, Dalton ___ (6)
15. Track 9 on the 1994 album "The Good, the Bad, and the Argyle" by punk band The Bouncing Souls (8)
18. A green three leaf clover, one of the symbols of Ireland (8)
19. City in Queensland, Australia, where the poet and actor Danilo Jovanovitch was born in 1919 (6)
21. The administrative capital of South Africa (8)
23. American actress and talk show host Karan Ashley was born here in Texas (6)
26. An Eskimo dwelling built of blocks of snow in the shape of a dome (5)
27. A monstrous sea creature symbolizing evil, mentioned in the Old Testament (9)
28. "The Man with the Golden Arm" won the National Book Award in 1950 for this American writer (6,6)
Down
1. The 1978 musical comedy "Sextette" was the final role of ___ who starred as Marlo Manners (3,4)
2. Ciarán Hinds was Dr Jonathan ___ in the 2003 film "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life" (5)
3. In Arthurian legend, the sword belonging to King Arthur (9)
4. Vanadzor is the capital of this Province in the northern part of Armenia (4)
5. Marischal College is located in this Scottish city, which is known as the Granite City (8)
6. The simultaneous discharge of several guns in military action, or as a salute (5)
7. "The ___", a 1945 British drama film starring William Hartnell as Peter Pettinger (8)
8. On Madonna's 2015 album "Rebel Heart" this song is at track 9 (6)
14. Irish singer who released her first album "The Waiting Game" in 2017 (3,5)
16. British novelist of Norwegian descent, whose children's book "Matilda" was published in 1988 (5,4)
17. Greek mythological hero of the Trojan War, who had a vulnerable heel (8)
18. Scottish novelist Charlotte Lennox authored this novel that was published in 1762 (6)
20. Irish river, the longest in the British Isles, which reaches its estuary at Limerick (7)
22. Birth place of actress Karolina Wydra, who appeared in the Fox medical drama series "House" (5)
24. The American television series "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" was created by Dan Goor and Michael ___ (5)
25. Lead vocalist and founding member of the Canadian band Men Without Hats, ___ Doroschuk (4)