Complete Clue List
Across
1. In 1978 Boney M sang "By the Rivers of Babylon". Which river fits here?
5. Royal European house 15th-18th Centuries
9. Coastal Mid-Californian city or one of Columbus' ships (5,5)
10. Shakespeare villain (perhaps the worst)
11. One bl**dy big rock. Just one. Ask Lindy
12. Wyoming city or a ghost of the amiable type
13. Second largest city in Romania
15. Airline essentials
18. Capital of Turkmenistan (heads up - Not too many songs have been written about this place)
19. Southwest Colombian city
21. Powered flight started here (disputed by Brazilians and New Zealanders)
23. A pilot or flight attendant sat in an airborne plane but not working OR a Grateful Dead fan
25. Involving more than a single country but less
26. Description of a metropolitan area extended beyond its intended geographical limits
27. Bill's but not Hillary's home turf
28. Ikea, ABBA, home base
Down
2. Hemingway haunt
3. Controlled distribution of scarce resources particularly necessary during/after WWII
4. A geographical peak
5. The act of a lack of sympathetic understanding. Pitilessness (4-11)
6. Tofu precursor (4,4)
7. Shorter Englishmen
8. Sad feeling that launched a million pop songs
14. A person who does not touch alcohol
16. Equine bred for competition
17. Leaves with no intention of returning
20. Noted rock band or US mid-western Sunflower state
22. Oklahoma city (24 hours from now sang Gene Pitney)
24. Starting material for Tequila