Complete Clue List
Across
1. ___ starred in "The Eyes of Tammy Faye" in 2021 and gained the Best Actress Academy Award (7,8)
9. The outer limits of an area (9)
10. A desert region of southern Israel (5)
11. A person of rank belonging to the peerage (6)
12. Track 4 on David Bowie's 1970 album "The Man Who Sold the World" (5,3)
13. The largest of the Dodecanese Islands (6)
15. A nickname given to various female leaders including Margaret Thatcher (4,4)
18. Scotland's "Granite City" (8)
19. Requiring immediate attention or action (6)
21. British racehorse, winner of the Epsom Oaks in 1910 (8)
23. A metal tool with a sharp beveled edge, used to cut and shape wood (6)
26. A unit of weight, also another name for the snow leopard (5)
27. A substance applied to the skin to mask or suppress body odours (9)
28. Writer of the 1925 novel "An American Tragedy" (8,7)
Down
1. In Roman mythology the supreme god and counterpart of the Greek Zeus (7)
2. A small herring processed like a sardine (5)
3. Will Smith starred as Dr. Robert Neville in this 2007 action film (1,2,6)
4. The fifth book in the New Testament of the Bible (4)
5. The birthplace of English singer Ellie Goulding in 1986 (8)
6. "Perfect ___", track 10 on the Arctic Monkey's 2022 studio album "The Car" (5)
7. To annoy or exasperate (9)
8. A small decorative or amusing article (7)
14. A gesture of the body such as a curtsy, that expresses deference or homage (9)
16. American professional ice hockey goaltender Pheonix Copley was born here in 1992 (5,4)
17. English rock band formed in 1980 by Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook and Stephen Morris (3,5)
18. Burt Lancaster and Dean Martin led the way in this 1970 disaster movie (7)
20. A chart topping instrumental from the Tornados, released in 1962 (7)
22. To anticipate with alarm (5)
24. A studio album from English band Simply Red, released in 1991 (5)
25. A shallow area in a river that can be crossed safely by car or horseback (4)