Complete Clue List
Across
1. The dialect adopted as the official language for China (8)
5. A pattern produced by arranging small colored pieces of stone or glass (6)
9. A 1978 studio album released by Canadian jazz artiste Gil Evans (8)
10. An Asian wild ass, native to northern Iran (6)
12. Russian chemist who developed the periodic table of elements (6,9)
13. Title of Mary Shelley's Gothic novel, first published in 1818 (12)
17. Track 2 on Clay Walker's debut studio album, released in 1993 (5,2,2,3)
20. Character from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," more commonly called Puck (5,10)
22. Former Australian cricketer Steve Waugh was born in Campsie, a suburb of this city (6)
23. Chris Elliott starred as Nathaniel Mayweather in this 1994 comedy film (5,3)
24. A small stirrup-shaped bone in the middle ear (6)
25. A soft tufted cord used in embroidery, and a French caterpillar (8)
Down
1. Lightweight low-powered motorbikes, that can also be driven by pedals (6)
2. The third-largest moon of Neptune, discovered in 1949 by Gerard Kuiper (6)
3. A waxy substance produced by sperm whales, used in the manufacture of perfume (9)
4. This studio album from R&B group Earth Wind & Fire, was released in 2005 (12)
6. Another name for the snow leopard, and also equal to 28.35 grams (5)
7. An Australian rules football club, based at the Dave Harding Oval (8)
8. Anthony Quinn starred as Zulffiqar in this 1978 movie (8)
11. A novel by British author Jack Higgins, published in 1995 (5,2,5)
14. Nationality of a person born in Maribor or Ljubljana (9)
15. In the 1910 American silent film "The ___," Marie Eline was Tony, an Italian boy (3,5)
16. Prey Lang Forest is a nature reserve in the north of this Asian country (8)
18. A studio album by American rock musician Todd Rundgren, released in 2015 (6)
19. In 1987, Patrick ___ memorably appeared as Johnny Castle in "Dirty Dancing" (6)
21. A daughter of one's brother or sister (5)