Complete Clue List
Across
1. Town in southern England named "Casterbridge" in novels of Thomas Hardy (10)
6. "White ___" a novel by Jack London published in 1906 (4)
9. The brightest star in the constellation Cygnus (5)
10. Author of the children's novel "Matilda" published in 1988 (5,4)
12. Pilot episode of the BBC comedy series "Fawlty Towers" aired in 1975 (1,5,2,5)
14. Musician "Sting" was born in this town located at the end of Hadrian's Wall (8)
15. Indian author and crossword compiler 'A N Prahlada Rao' was born in this village (6)
17. ___ Durairaj was cast as Balakrishnan in the 2009 Tamil film "Eeram" (6)
19. Appeared as Trishelle in the 2007 comedy film "Year of the Dog" (4,4)
21. Appeared as Christina Alperin in the 1988 film "Sunset" (8,5)
24. The rank of a senior police officer (9)
25. Studio album from Nelly Furtado released in 2006 (5)
26. Steffi ___ married tennis player Andre Agassi in 2001 (4)
27. Term used in the 1960's for the music of groups from Liverpool (6,4)
Down
1. An extinct flightless bird, formerly inhabiting Mauritius (4)
2. Meg ___ starred as Jane Saunders in the 1952 film "Without Warning! (7)
3. The option of taking what is available or nothing at all (7,6)
4. Winners of the European Rugby Champions Cup in both 2016 and 2017 (8)
5. The Greek muse of lyric poetry (5)
7. "Heart of Dixie" is just one of the nicknames of this US state (7)
8. Gala Fairydean Rovers Football Club is based in this Scottish Borders town (10)
11. American runner who tied for first place in the 1981 London Marathon (4,9)
13. Annual ceremony of rounding up and ringing royal cygnets on the River Thames (4-6)
16. Keith ___ lead guitarist for the Rolling Stones (8)
18. Her debut album "Unwritten" was released in 2004, ___ Bedingfield (7)
20. Something that is unpleasant or offensive to view (7)
22. "___ Bedroom" a 2001 film starring Tom Wilkinson and Sissy Spacek (2,3)
23. A novel by Michael Crichton published in 2006 (4)