Complete Clue List
Across
1. A star in the constellation of Ursa Minor, also known as the North Star (7)
5. Convert organic matter into a stony replica (7)
9. "___: In Search of the Perfect Dram", a 2003 nonfiction book by Scottish author Iain Banks (3,5)
10. Birth place of the former German Olympic athlete Sabine Braun (5)
11. Stephen ___, British MP appointed Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in March 2016 (5)
12. An avant-garde Irish rock group whose album "In Towers and Clouds" was released in 2006, The ___ (9)
13. The spike of a cello making contact with the floor to support the weight of the instrument (6)
15. Moves from one country or political region to another (8)
18. African capital city named after the fifth President of America (8)
20. The county seat of Ector County, Texas (6)
24. An American drama film released in 2006, starring James Franco and Tyrese Gibson (9)
25. A fantasy novel by Michael Moorcock published in 1972, "___ of Melniboné" (5)
26. Jodi Benson was her voice in Disney's 1989 animated film "The Little Mermaid" (5)
27. The tenth book of the New Testament, "Epistle to the ___" (9)
28. Japanese military dictators during the period spanning from 1185 to 1868 (7)
29. The University of Wyoming is located in this city, the county seat of Albany County (7)
Down
1. French actress Marina Foïs was cast as Anastasia in this 2016 Italian crime film (7)
2. "The ___", a novel by American author Jhumpa Lahiri published in 2013 (7)
3. Ngerulmud is the capital of this island nation in the Pacific Ocean (8,2,5)
4. A narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water (6)
5. In 1905 the crew of this Russian battleship mutinied against its officers (8)
6. Author and journalist whose controversial novel "An American Tragedy" was published in 1925 (8,7)
7. Released in 1969, a studio album by American band the Monkees, "___ Replay" (7)
8. Actor Jon Voight was born here in New York in 1938 (7)
14. Alias of Thomas Anderson, the protagonist in the "Matrix" film series (3)
16. The Goddess of the dawn in Greek mythology (3)
17. Author of the 1934 children's adventure novel "Whalers of the Midnight Sun," Alan ___ (8)
18. Rachel ___ starred as Barbara Simon, in the 2023 film "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret." (7)
19. City on the east coast of Vancouver Island, housing the bird sanctuary Buttertubs Marsh (7)
21. A cutting, often ironic remark, intended to express ridicule (7)
22. An opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck, which premiered in Vienna on 26 December 1767 (7)
23. A line drawn on a map connecting points that receive equal amounts of sunlight (6)