Complete Clue List
Across
1. (With 6 across) Nominal charge to a tenant for the occupation of property (British term) (10)
6. (With 1 across) second word of the expression (4)
9. To denounce or brand as disgraceful (UK spelling) (10)
10. A soft white cheese from northern France (4)
12. A small flat wooden boat (4)
13. Small dog bred originally in Mexico (9)
15. Woodland plants also known as windflowers (8)
16. A 2006 novel by Ellen Hopkins (6)
18. Vagabonds or vagrants (6)
20. Aquatic monotreme native to Australia (8)
23. A small breakfast sausage (9)
24. The ___, English rock band who released 'Just Like Heaven' in 1987 (4)
26. Surname of the French singer known as the Little Sparrow (4)
27. American actress Jessica Chastain was born in this city (10)
28. . (With 29 across) 'The First Lady of Song' was a title often bestowed upon this US jazz singer (4)
29. (With 28 across) second word of answer (10)
Down
1. (With 14 down) Form of a verb indicating a completed action (4)
2. A soldier of the lowest rank (7)
3. Actress who starred as Margaret Schlegel in 1992 film 'Howards End' (4,8)
4. Areas of hardened skin at the base of fingernails (8)
5. Characteristic of rural life (6)
7. Made of baked clay (7)
8. (With 25 down) 'Sorry Seems to be ___', Elton John song released in 1976 (3, 7)
11. Frenchman born 1798, founder of positivist philosophy (7,5)
14. (With 1 down) second word of answer (10)
17. US island known as The Rock (8)
19. Given name of mother of John Quincy Adams (7)
21. South American flesh-eating river fish (7)
22. 1956 film starring Victor Mature and Janet Leigh (6)
25. (With 8 down) third word of the answer (4)