Complete Clue List
Across
1. Campo Grande is the largest city and capital of this Brazilian state (4,6,2,3)
9. Cymer Abbey is just to the north of this Welsh market town (9)
10. 2008 album from US rap group Lord T & Eloise, "Chairmen of the ___" (5)
11. Sophia ___, Italian actress who was born "Sofia Villani Scicolone" (5)
12. Indian actor given the role 'Pappy' in the 2015 Bollywood film "Singh Is Bliing" (4,5)
13. Bivalve mollusks eaten as a delicacy and also farmed for pearls (7)
15. Author of "The Naked Ape" published in 1969, ___ Morris (7)
17. Bandleader Percy Faith was born here in 1908 (7)
19. The social reformer Elizabeth Fry was born here in 1780 (7)
20. An indirect expression substituted for one considered too blunt or harsh (9)
22. Jean-Paul ___ French revolutionary leader stabbed to death by Charlotte Corday (5)
24. Thoroughbred racehorse, ___ Board, winner of the Hong Kong Vase in 2005 (5)
25. An arm of the Mediterranean between Greece and southern Italy (6,3)
26. Studio album released by "The Undertones" in 2007 (3,8,4)
Down
1. Opinions that are moderate and not extreme (6-2-3-4)
2. English leader of the Peasants' Revolt in 1381, 'Wat' ___ (5)
3. Slender immature pod eaten as a vegetable (5,4)
4. Louis Armstrong "Satchmo" was born in New ___ in 1901 (7)
5. Debut album from NZ band 'Mother Goose' released in 1977 (7)
6. Studio album released by German punk rock band "Die Arzte" in 1984 (5)
7. A volcanic island off the NE coast of Sicily (9)
8. 1955 Disney film with characters voiced by Barbara Luddy and Larry Roberts (4,3,3,5)
14. Undressing or removing paint from a surface (9)
16. Welsh rugby union legend Gareth Edwards played in this field position (5-4)
18. Laurence ___ starred as Crassus in the 1960 film "Spartacus" (7)
19. Person proposed as the recipient of an award (7)
21. In Greek mythology the Muse of lyric and poetry (5)
23. Studio album from "Fairport Convention" released in 1973 (5)