Complete Clue List
Across
1. Type of long bridge with multiple arches carrying a road/railway over low-lying land
5. Waistine around the world
9. Famous Latin phrase from Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" after Caesar was stabbed (2,2,5)
10. 'Rubbery' major city in Ohio but with a different material to 18D
11. Marketing name for a soft drink without sugar (2-3)
12. Southern US state with a French accent
13. Handbooks of instructions (are not automatic)
15. Envelops (surrounded by a sea perhaps, hmmm?)
17. Knitted garments with long sleeves (possibly made in one of the Channel Islands)
19. Coiled wire full of potential energy OR Bubbly watercourses
21. US president who had five more children than his presidential number (4,5)
23. Third largest city in Zambia, centre for the country's copper mining industry
25. New York City Borough needs an article
26. Protected and cared for in a loving way. (Often substituted for "obeyed" in wedding vows)
27. Cowboy hat named after its creator
28. Extravagant spending of money with little restraint
Down
1. Land of Pho and Banh Mi in SE Asia
2. Mesoamerican civilisation (c. 1300 - 1521) centred in Tenochtitlan
3. Bell-shaped (sounds like it needs a brolly)
4. Ruffles or rumples. Makes dishevelled
5. Kill without mercy (or in a corporate world - initiate a course of action))
6. High-level landmasses that divide east and west in Russia
7. Waterproofed canvas
8. Ground-level highways for aeroplanes
14. Theoretically, a frozen stick at the top of the world (5,4)
16. Pertaining to an English verb ending in "-ing" that acts as a noun (eg Swimming)
17. Small, light green oval fruits that ripen reddish brown. Also known as Chinese or red dates
18. 'Rubbery' Valley in California is high-tech
19. Throughfares (but not too wide)
20. Wrap someone (usually a baby) tightly in cloth or clothes
22. Rather large US state known for many men wearing a 27A
24. Biblical place of undefined location, famous for its gold