Complete Clue List
Across
1. An amount or level considered to be average, especially in golf (3,3,3,6)
9. A studio album by rock band Thin Lizzy, released in 1974 (9)
10. Clearly expressed and easily understood (5)
11. The raised rear part of a saddle (6)
12. A file or document serving as a basis for others (8)
13. Skill in perceiving or judging (6)
15. Pablo Sáinz ___, Spanish guitarist winner of the 2008 Critical Eye Classical Music Award (8)
18. Kevin Costner starred as Jerico Stewart in this 2016 thriller film (8)
19. Famous exclamation attributed to Archimedes (6)
21. Atumashi Monastery is located here in Myanmar (8)
23. One that's four leafed is a rarity, it's also displayed on the badge of Celtic FC (6)
26. "The Concubine" was the debut novel of Nigerian author Elechi ___ (5)
27. A person obsessed with their own (supposed) importance (9)
28. A 1944 American musical-comedy film, featuring Phil Baker as himself (4,2,2,5,2)
Down
1. A remedy believed to cure all disease, originally sought by alchemists (7)
2. The voice of Pumbaa in the "Lion King" (2019), Seth ___ (5)
3. German-born scientist awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1936 (4,5)
4. Track 5 on the 1995 studio album "A Spanner in the Works" by Rod Stewart (4)
5. An explanation or critical interpretation of a text,(especially of the Bible) (8)
6. The lowest deck of a ship, immediately above the hold (5)
7. A four-sided plane figure with four right angles (9)
8. A 2020 American romantic drama, featuring Alexandra Shipp as Riley Jean Stanheight (7)
14. The flag of the United Kingdom (5,4)
16. The Dragon Bridge is located here in the largest city of Slovenia (9)
17. "Welcome to ___", a 1997 war film with Woody Harrelson and
Marisa Tomei (8)
18. It sounds as if this cosmetics case is closely packed (7)
20. 'Prunus armeniaca' is the most commonly cultivated fruit tree of this species (7)
22. Studio album by American folk rock duo America, released in 1980 (5)
24. Studio album by Alison Moyet, released in 2004 (5)
25. A loose hood or hooded robe as worn by a monk (4)