Complete Clue List
Across
1. Town in the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland, birth place of theatre director Benno Besson (7-3-5)
9. Melodeon Hall is a historic theatre located in this city in Indiana (9)
10. ___ Station in Kita-ku, Osaka, is the busiest rail station in western Japan (5)
11. Melbourne ___ professional netball team, are based at the John Cain Arena (6)
12. The nationality of a person born in Narva or Tartu (8)
13. A town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, birth place of military officer Jonathan Eddy in 1726 (6)
15. Branded as "Swizzels", this confectionery manufacturer is based here in Derbyshire (3,5)
18. John Stokes, a British soldier and mountaineer, was born in this village in 1945 (8)
19. Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door are both located in this County on the Jurassic Coast (6)
21. The Baltic ethnic group of people who were once known as Letts (8)
23. Woodward Park is located in this city in the San Joaquin Valley of California (6)
26. The most populous city in the US state of Nebraska (5)
27. "Show World" is a 1997 album by this Californian rock band (4,5)
28. Small town in County Roscommon, Ireland, birthplace of theatre director Garry Hynes in 1953 (15)
Down
1. The largest city in Armenia, home to the Hrazdan Sorts Stadium (7)
2. Chelmsford is the county town of this county in south-east England
3. City in Tasmania, the birthplace of documentary filmmaker John Heyer (9)
4. The world's longest river (4)
5. Charles Kingsley author of "The Water-Babies", died in this Hampshire village in 1875 (8)
6. St. Therese Institute of Faith and Mission can be found in this town in Saskatchewan (5)
7. "___ Parkway" is a scenic highway in Canada of 145 miles, between Lake Louise and Jasper (9)
8. Market town in Surrey where the Tottenham Hotspur captain Danny Blanchflower died in 1993 (7)
14. Israeli shopping center designed by architect Naama Malis, located on Golda Meir Boulevard (5,4)
16. A nickname for a person from Wiltshire, England. Hence my FT "handle" (9)
17. The Cape York Peninsula is located in ___ Queensland, Australia (3,5)
18. City in Kansas which was was the site of the Clutter family murders in 1959 (7)
20. City that is the county seat of McDuffie County, Georgia (7)
22. A City located in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, birth place of prolific actress Masami Nagasawa (5)
24. ___-on-Trent is a city in Staffordshire, singer Robbie Williams was born here in 1974 (5)
25. The God of storms in Mesopotamian mythology (var) (4)