Complete Clue List
Across
1. (and 4 across) Kangaroo Island is located in this State 'down under' (5,9)
4. (see 1 across) (9)
9. Polish artist who organized the Festival "Film as Film - Film as Art" in Lodz in 1977 (3,6)
10. The brightest star in the constellation Cygnus (5)
11. A 1932 American sports drama film, starring Ramon Novarro and Madge Evans (6)
12. American racehorse, winner of the Pimlico Cup in both 1949 and 1951 (8)
14. Wheeler Peak is the highest natural point in this U.S. landlocked State (3,6)
15. Tom Felton was cast as ___ Malfoy, in the film adaptations of the "Harry Potter" novels (5)
17. Norwegian winner of the 2015 European Prize for Literature for "Unnskyld", Ida Hegazi ___ (5)
19. A novel by Terry Pratchett in the Discworld series, first published in 1994 (4,5)
22. "Mr ___", a 2007 comedy film starring Seann William Scott and Billy Bob Thornton (8)
24. An elongated pastry filled with whipped cream and coated with chocolate (6)
26. An adult insect produced after metamorphosis (5)
27. Pakistani actress cast as Maima, in the 2000 romantic film "Mujhe Chand Chahiye" (5,4)
28. (and 29 across) In 2006, "Always and Never" was the debut album by this New Zealand punk band (9,5)
29. (see 28 across) (5)
Down
1. (and 17 down) "The Universe in a Nutshell" was published in 2001 by this astrophysicist (7,7)
2. American rock band The Kingsmen released this studio album in 1966 (2,3,4)
3. American author and journalist whose book "Do Nothing ....." was published in 2020, Celeste ___ (7)
4. The main character of the manga series "Black Clover" (4)
5. The act or habit of talking in one's sleep (10)
6. English poet born in India, awarded the 1907 Nobel Prize in Literature ___ Kipling (7)
7. ___ Masai, winner of woman's 10,000 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin (5)
8. (and 21 down) Director of the 1966 Spaghetti Western film "Blood at Sundown" (7,7)
13. Island in the Firth of Clyde where microgranite is quarried to make curling stones (5,5)
16. Leora ___, American historian and winner of the Quantrell Award in 2023 (9)
17. (see 1 down) (7)
18. An omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North and Central America (7)
20. The 1985 song "Radio Heart" reached top spot on the Country Music chart for Charly ___ (7)
21. (see 8 down) (7)
23. ___ Harbour, the natural harbour of Dunedin, New Zealand (5)
25. A British imperial capacity measure equal to 4 gills (4)