Complete Clue List
Across
1. The first novel that was written by Ellery Queen, published in 1929, "The ___" (5,3,7)
9. Track 4 on Canadian country music artist Dean Brody's 2023 album "Right Round Here" (4,5)
10. An album released by American musician Logan Lynn in 2016 (5)
11. Stephen ___, Scottish snooker player who was seven times world champion in the 1990's (6)
12. An Italian dessert made with sponge soaked in coffee and Marsala (8)
13. The colour of the rainbow between blue and violet (6)
15. A unit of power equal to one thousand million watts, abbreviated as GW (8)
18. An epic poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "The Song of ___" (8)
19. Italian racing driver Federico Leo was born here in 1988 (6)
20. Bowler Wayne Webb winner of 20 PBA Tour titles, was born here in Massachusetts in 1957 (8)
22. Anne Heche starred as Marion Crane in this 1998 horror film (6)
25. An early double-reed wind instrument, forerunner of the modern oboe (5)
26. A mixture of dried fragrant plant material, often in a decorative bowl (9)
27. A short story collection by Louis de Bernières, published in 2009 (15)
Down
1. Actor cast as Ulrich of Cragganmore in the 1981 movie "Dragonslayer" (5,10)
2. Lindner Family Tennis Center is a facility located here in Ohio (5)
3. The largest country in Central America, Managua is its capital and largest city (9)
4. The Latin word for water, and also a greenish-blue colour (4)
5. Inflammation of the spinal column (8)
6. The 2021 crime drama "Judas and the Black Messiah" was directed by ___ King (5)
7. "___ the Night", track 10 on Joan Osborne's 2007 album "Breakfast in Bed" (9)
8. A 1965 British comedy film, with Michael Callan as Lieutenant Timothy Morton (3,4,2,6!)
14. Bryan Brown starred as Ray Lorkin in this 1996 Australian film (4,5)
16. The capital and only settlement of the Pitcairn Islands (9)
17. A Yiddish term meaning audacity or insolence (8)
21. Track 6 on Prince's 1979 self-titled studio album (5)
23. A small Welsh breed of dog with short legs and pointed ears (5)
24. In printing a word indicating that deleted typeset is to be retained (4)