Complete Clue List
Across
1. XVII and MDCVI for instance (5,8)
9. By the Grace of God (Latin) (3,6)
10. Eighth studio album of Jennifer Rush released in 1997 (5)
11. The first letter of the Hebrew alphabet (5)
12. An insect similar to a butterfly that usually flies at night (4)
13. Successful Swedish pop group, particularly in the 1970s (4)
15. ___ Dekker or Tutu (7)
17. An inverted V in heraldry (7)
18. An inhabitant of Jerusalem perhaps (7)
20. The three little kittens lost these! (7)
21. A wild cat that has a short tail (4)
22. Abbreviation used after a name to mean 'and other people whose names are not mentioned' (2,2)
23. The pointed top of a church tower (5)
26. ___ Marsh, New Zealand writer of detective stories (5)
27. An animal such as a kangaroo or opossum (9)
28. 1970 romantic drama starring Robert Mitchum and Sarah Miles (5,8)
Down
1. English author of poems "If" and "Gunga Din" (7,7)
2. Author Stephen King was born in this US State (5)
3. Communist country established in 1948 (5,5)
4. 1955 adventure film starring Tyrone Power and Susan Hayward (7)
5. Material capable of returning to its original shape after being stretched (7)
6. The raised area on the bottom of the human foot (4)
7. Market town on the River Yeo in north-west Dorset (9)
8. German astronomer best known for his 'Laws of Planetary Motion' (8,6)
14. Site of an American Civil War battle in July 1863 (10)
16. The second-largest town in Dumfries and Galloway (9)
19. A narrow strip of land with water on each side that joins two larger areas of land (7)
20. An infectious disease caused by the bite of mosquitoes (7)
24. A person who behaves in an extremely stupid way (5)
25. 2001 album by American heavy metal band Slipknot (4)