Complete Clue List
Across
1. The motto of the Royal Air Force (3,5,2,5)
9. A 1981 Tamil film directed by J. Mahendran (5)
10. A woman assistant in a theatre who shows people to their seats (9)
11. The attorney who conducts the case against a defendant in a criminal court (10)
12. Sour or sharp to the taste (4)
14. Statesman and scientist whose work "The Great Instauration" was published in 1620 (7,5)
18. Difficult or embarrassing situations (12)
21. To be wide open (4)
22. A 2011 western starring Sam Shepard and Eduardo Noriega (10)
25. Album released in 2012 from US jazz trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith (9)
26. Norwegian playwright who gave us "Peer Gynt" (5)
27. The capital of the Russian Empire from 1712-1918 (5,10)
Down
1. David Bowie's seventh studio album released in 1973 (3,3)
2. A 1996 US crime thriller starring Mel Gibson and Rene Russo (6)
3. "___ Pursuivant" an officer at the College of Arms, named after St George's Cross (5,5)
4. Large Australian sandstone formation also known as Ayers Rock (5)
5. In Greek mythology the goddess of love and beauty (9)
6. One of the smaller Brazilian states, bordering Peru (4)
7. The highest navigable lake in the world, situated in the Andes (8)
8. A road that is closed at one end and leads nowhere (1,4,3)
13. Branch of medicine dealing with childbirth (10)
15. Joined Hawkwind in October 2008 where he plays keyboards, guitar and bass (5,4)
16. Witty sayings or satirical statements (8)
17. Italian explorer after whom the continent of America was named (8)
19. The largest of the Japanese islands (6)
20. To loosen or ease from being entangled (6)
23. Thomas William Robertson's comedy drama shown in London's West End in 1867 (5)
24. "___ it Romantic" a 1948 film starring Veronica Lake and Billy De Wolfe (4)