Complete Clue List
Across
1. Rene ___, Belgian artist who painted "The Palace of Memories" in 1939 (8)
5. Police officer in Enid Blyton's series of "Noddy" books (1,1,4)
10. The mean spirited miser in Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" (8,7)
11. The brightest star in the constellation Scorpio
12. In Greek Mythology she helped Theseus escape from the labyrinth (7)
13. Jose ___ one of "The Three Tenors" (8)
14. A native music of the British Virgin Islands (5)
17. Raise to an upright position (5)
19. Studio album released by punk band 'The Offspring' in 1992 (8)
22. Cruel and bitter criticism (7)
24. Increased threefold (7)
25. 1965 musical starring Julie Andrews as Maria von Trapp (3,5,2,5)
26. An instruction for a piece of music to be played slowly (6)
27. Estimates the value of properties (8)
Down
1. The acclaimed novel "Atonement" by Ian ___ was published in 2001 (6)
2. A large powerful European dog with a short smooth coat (5,4)
3. In a way that is not correct (2,5)
4. A 1972 film starring Orson Welles as Long John Silver (8,6)
6. The author of the bestseller "The Key to Rebecca" was born here (7)
7. British Prime Minister at the end of WW1, David ___ George (5)
8. A mark over a vowel to show it is sounded as a separate syllable, as in naïve (8)
9. The murders of public figures for political reasons (14)
15. Abnormal new growths of tissue that serve no purpose (9)
16. The Latin name for Switzerland (8)
18. 1950 adventure movie starring John Payne and Maureen O'Hara (7)
20. "___ Romae" a Japanese manga series by Mari Yamazaki (7)
21. Official orders issued by persons in authority (6)
23. The eighth letter of the Greek alphabet (5)