Complete Clue List
Across
1. A letter usually written anonymously, intended to abuse or insult the recipient (6,3,6)
9. A group of sporting activities including track and field, road running and cross country (9)
10. Stephen Dunham portrayed ___ Henderson in the 1999 adventure film "The Mummy" (5)
11. To provide or dress with a coating of clothes (6)
12. Town located in County Louth on the east coast of Ireland, Pierce Brosnan was born here in 1953 (8)
13. "The ___" a 1920 silent Western film featuring Louise Lovely as Helen Shields (6)
15. A studio album by American singer songwriter Poppy, released in 2018 (2,1,1,4)
18. In Greek Mythology the wife of Orpheus, whom he failed to rescue from the underworld (8)
19. Isis is another name for the River ___ when it flows through Oxford (6)
21. Japanese novelist and translator Ito Ogawa was born in this city in 1973 (8)
23. Birth place of Ronald Ross, winner of the 1902 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (6)
26. To place in a grave or tomb (5)
27. Irish bred racehorse, winner of the Futurity Trophy in 1999 (9)
28. Queen of France who was tried and executed during the French Revolution (5,10)
Down
1. An inert medication given in experiments to determine the efficacy of a drug (7)
2. In Greek mythology the liquid said to flow in the veins of the Gods (5)
3. A 1987 movie starring Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell (9)
4. A person who is formally precise or proper (adj) (4)
5. A 1904 novel by Joseph Conrad, and also a starship in the 1979 film "Alien" (8)
6. Dan ___ starred as Chase, in the 2018 Australian film "Chasing Comets" (5)
7. A bone in the hand which forms the radial border of the carpal tunnel (9)
8. In 2021 ___ Blackmore became the first female jockey to win the Aintree Grand National (7)
14. Boundary indicating the outer limits of an area (9)
16. The first Saxon ruler (895-939), who extended his kingdom to include almost all of England (9)
17. A ring name of American professional wrestler Harold Fitzgerald Hogue (3,5)
18. The abode of the blessed after death in Greek Mythology (7)
20. A triangle having three sides of different lengths (7)
22. A deep ravine, usually with a river running through it (5)
24. A set of eight similar things considered as a unit (5)
25. People from Turin and Milan may use this informal verbal greeting (4)