Complete Clue List
Across
1. A 1944 American musical film, starring Judy Garland as Esther Smith (4,2,2,2,5)
9. The St Leger Stakes horse race, oldest of Britain's five Classics, is run here annually (9)
10. Acadia National Park is located in this New England state (5)
11. A provincial governor in the ancient Persian empire (6)
12. The 1976 thriller "Taxi Driver" was directed by Martin ___ (8)
13. In 2001, record voted top song in the "Top 100 New Zealand Songs of All Time" (6)
15. A large island in the Irish Sea, off the northwest coast of Wales (8)
18. The remains of Tintagel Castle is a tourist destination in this English county (8)
19. A sanctuary and place of refuge and protection (6)
21. "The Color of Lightning", a novel published in 2009, was written by ___ Jiles (8)
23. The studio album "Fallen Leaves & Dead Sparrows" was released by this metal band in 2014 (6)
26. The longest river in France, which flows over 1,000 km to the Bay of Biscay (5)
27. Bellatrix ___ is a female Death Eater in the 'Harry Potter' novels and films (9)
28. A 1947 Hitchcock drama, starring Gregory Peck and Ann Todd (3,8,4)
Down
1. Olbrich Botanical Gardens can be visited in this US state capital (7)
2. "The Eye of Silence" is a 1943 painting by the German surrealist artist Max ___ (5)
3. In the 1960s television serial "Peyton Place", actress cast as Allison MacKenzie (3,6)
4. A very small amount, and a letter of the Greek alphabet (4)
5. English professional rugby union team, who moved to Allianz Park in 2012 (8)
6. An arboreal primate, native to Madagascar (5)
7. A 1996 studio album, from Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (9)
8. The painted background used to represent natural features on a movie set (7)
14. A blue-green mineral, valued as a gemstone (9)
16. The studio album "Storm & Grace" was released in 2012 by ___ Presley (4,5)
17. A fleet of small naval vessels (8)
18. The family of Juliet in Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" (7)
20. French playwright, whose theatrical comedy "Tartuffe" was first performed in 1664 (7)
22. Gold medal winner of the women's tennis singles at the 2008 Olympics, ___ Dementieva (5)
24. In 1993 Patrick ___ was cast as Hamilton Porter, in the sports comedy film "The Sandlot" (5)
25. Italian city in the Piedmont region, where the bell tower Torre Troyana is located (4)