Complete Clue List
Across
1. What Australians did to their windows before the cyclone hit (5,2)
5. Small watercourse
9. And not; or not; and not either. Acceptable cardinal direction if appended with "east" or "west"
10. John Howard, Olivia Newton-John and John Curtin
11. Bard's river or Christchurch's river
12. Make something inferior or less pure by adding something of a lower quality
15. Type of planet such as Jupiter or Saturn for example (3,8)
16. Bantu nation near Zambia
18. Efficiently
19. An Amphibian called Jeremiah? Oh. Joy To The World.
21. Home of the Bridge of Americas (6,4)
22. Rob Roy nationality
25. Flat expanse of land west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rockies (5,6)
27. Interjection used to express indifference or boredom. Whatever.
28. Russia ____ from the Soviet Union
29. Number of times Adolf Hitler defeated the British on home soil (3,4)
Down
1. South Pacific monarchy
2. Trinidad and Tobago capital (4,2,5)
3. France, 6 June 1944 (1,3)
4. Rose Bowl City
5. Infrequently occurring
6. Status of a military base with limited defenses, for example.
7. Meadow
8. Adorning with tuft of threads (American spelling)
13. English actor 1946-2016. "Die Hard", "Harry Potter" franchise (4,7)
14. Capital city of Curaçao
15. South American Pacific islands with diverse wildlife. Charles Darwin approves
17. Vienna residents' nationality
20. Climbed a ladder or exfoliated a fish
23. Lake straddling the California-Nevada border
24. Smaller offsider
26. Former version of the European Union but shorter