Complete Clue List
Across
1. English model linked to a government scandal in the 1960's known as the Profumo affair (9,6)
9. Irish born playwright, appointed Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom in 1652 (5,4)
10. The Ogooué River flows through this African country on the Equator (5)
11. Stefan ___, winner of the Wimbledon singles title in both 1988 and 1990 (6)
12. The patron saint of both Greece and Scotland (2.6)
13. The part of the human body between the neck and the diaphragm (6)
15. The term commonly used for New Year's Eve in Scotland (8)
18. A native or inhabitant of Halifax perhaps? (8)
19. A message written in a secret code (6)
21. A butterfly in France (8)
23. British Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the St Leger Stakes in 1809 (6)
26. Track 4 on ZZ Top's 1981 studio album "El Loco" (5)
27. A speech or remark made spontaneously without advance preparation (9)
28. Studio album released in 1998, by hip-hop group 'A Tribe Called Quest' (3,4,8)
Down
1. English actor and comedian Rowan Atkinson was born here in 1955 (7)
2. The studio album "Gullible's Travels" was released in 2012 by this band (5)
3. Islam Karimov the first president of Uzbekistan, was born here in 1938 (9)
4. The Mosul Dam, on the Tigris river, is located in this country (4)
5. A particle of matter smaller than an atom, with a negative electrical charge (8)
6. Scottish poet Robert Alves was born in this town in 1745 (5)
7. A place constructed of intricate passageways and blind alleys (9)
8. This 1961 single by Del Shannon was a chart topper in the US, UK and Australia (7)
14. A lover or connoisseur of fine wines (9)
16. The actor cast as Ragetti in the Pirates of the Caribbean films, was born here in 1971 (9)
17. The Valley of Three Ponds can be visited here in Poland (8)
18. The family name of Juliet in Shakespeare's tragedy (7)
20. French automobile manufacturer, the Clio and Scenic being two of their models (7)
22. A grassy plain with few if any trees, in South America (5)
24. A conical tent consisting of skins, once used by American Indians (5)
25. Lhasa ___ : a small long coated dog, originally bred in Tibet (4)