Complete Clue List
Across
1. The Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa are located here in Egypt (10)
6. Major river forming part of the border between Russia and China (4)
9. Joan Plowright, actress and wife of Laurence Olivier, was born here in 1929 (5)
10. Leeuwarden is a city in this province of the Netherlands (9)
12. Pago Pago is the capital of this territory in the south Pacific Ocean (8,5)
14. French city, home of the rugby and football stadium 'Stade des Alpes' (8)
16. A former governor of a Persian province (6)
18. French mining and metallurgy company, listed on the Euronext Paris exchange under the symbol ERA (6)
20. Mount Elbert is the highest point in the U.S. state of ___ (8)
22. The resort city Myrtle Beach is located in this US state (5,8)
26. A municipality in the west of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (9)
27. Capital of the state of South Darfur in the south-west of Sudan (5)
28. A valley that is long, and bounded by gently sloped concave sides (4)
29. The Hager Fikir Theatre is located here in Ethiopia (5,5)
Down
1. The Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland (4)
2. The nation or territory ruled by an emir (7)
3. Swiss freestyle skier Fanny Smith was born here in 1992 (5)
4. Ecclesbourne School is a secondary school with academy status situated here in Derbyshire (8)
5. Spanish island in the Mediterranean Sea, the third largest of the Balearics (5)
7. I was once known as Burma! (7)
8. A biennial plant native to northern and central Europe, of species Silene dioica (3,7)
11. A town and commune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy (7)
13. A city in St. Lawrence County, New York, birth place of Rick Carlisle NBA head coach (10)
15. A 2005 Jack Reacher novel by Lee Child (3,4)
17. An active stratovolcano in the Andes Mountains in Ecuador (8)
19. A department located in the west of Neuquén Province, Argentina (7)
21. Huntsville is the most populous city in this U.S. state (7)
23. A 1987 Indian Hindi-language film, directed by Vijay Sadanah (5)
24. Birth place of Jack Cunningham (American screenwriter) in 1882 (5)
25. The world's most populous island, one of the Greater Sunda Islands (4)