Complete Clue List
Across
1. Together with Karl Marx he wrote the "Communist Manifesto" (9,6)
9. A glowing piece of coal in a dying fire (5)
10. Shelter for a canine pet (3-6)
11. Helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon and radon (5,5)
12. Both George Orwell and Ian Fleming attended this English College (4)
14. A person with an irrational urge to steal (12)
18. A challenging section of quizzes on the Fun Trivia site (5,7)
21. "The Persistence of Memory" is perhaps this Spanish artist's best known work (4)
22. Stage play written by Leslye Headland in 2008 (10)
25. To destroy something completely (9)
26. The "Potala Palace" can be found in this Tibetan city (5)
27. "She Stoops to Conquer" was penned by this Irish playwright in 1771 (6,9)
Down
1. Film director Sam Peckinpah was born in this Californian city (6)
2. To drink alcoholic beverages (6)
3. A variety of black tea grown in mountainous areas of northern India (10)
4. "Satyameva Jayate (Truth alone triumphs)" is the national motto of this Asian country (5)
5. French Calvinists, especially during the 16th and 17th centuries (9)
6. A 2004 film starring Susan Sarandon and Penelope Cruz (4)
7. He was awarded the Nobel prize for physics in 1921 (8)
8. David O. ___ American film producer of "Gone with the Wind" (8)
13. Chidren's story book written by Terry Jones of Monty Python fame in 1981 (6,6)
15. In the past, to force into military or naval service (5-4)
16. In the Bible he emerged unharmed from Nebuchadnezzar's fiery furnace (8)
17. This Italian city's football club play their matches at "Stadio Sant'Elia"
19. Mohammad Hamid ___ elected Vice-President of India in 2007 (6)
20. An angel of the highest celestial order (6)
23. A novel by Ayn Rand posthumously published in 2015 (5)
24. In Greek mythology the winged goddess of victory (4)