Complete Clue List
Across
1. Kafka, Ferdinand or Liszt (5)
4. Island country known as Ceylon until 1972 (3,5)
10. One who favors progressive political change (7)
11. A legendary Spanish seducer of women (3,4)
12. Small gull with a forked tail (4)
13. The westernmost city on the African mainland (5)
14. Sheryl ___, American singer and songwriter (4)
17. His assassination triggered the outbreak of World War I (5,9)
19. Slightly above average (4,2,8)
22. A river that flows through Newcastle in northern England (4)
23. An imaginary creature in Norse mythology (5)
24. Major European river that flows into the Baltic Sea (4)
27. Italian physicist who invented wireless telegraphy (7)
28. Winner of US Open tennis championship in 1972 (7)
29. Trophy awarded in cricket to winner of England v Australia series (3,5)
30. A dry white wine from north Italy (5)
Down
1. A 1893 opera by Giuseppe Verdi based on this Shakespearean character (8)
2. One of Canada's three prairie provinces (7)
3. 0 (4)
5. English novelist and Nobel Prize winner whose works include 'The Jungle Book' (7,7)
6. The 'Forces Sweetheart' Vera ___ (4)
7. An atomic particle that has no electrical charge (7)
8. Surname of 39th Vice President of the United States (5)
9. A region of NE France liberated after WW11 (6,8)
15. Color sometimes referred to as sky blue (5)
16. A positively charged electrode (5)
18. To distress or give cause for complaint (8)
20. English racecourse where the Grand National is run (7)
21. US State that hosts the 'Brickyard 400' Nascar race (7)
22. To allure or entice (5)
25. Soft green plant that grows in layers on moist ground (4)
26. The reserve rowing eight at Oxford University (4)