Complete Clue List
Across
1. French fashion designer Guy Laroche was born in this city seaport in 1921 (2,8)
6. English rock band, whose studio album "Gravitas" was released in 2014 (4)
9. Gottlieb ___, German engineer who gave us the first internal-combustion engine in 1876 (7)
10. Louis ___, French chemist whose work with fermentation led to a process for sterilising food
12. George Bernard Shaw's comedy play, which premiered in April 1894 (4,3,3,3)
14. In Greek mythology the mother of Achilles (6)
15. In the 2007 jukebox musical "Across the Universe", T.V. Carpio was cast as ___ (8)
17. In 1901, Jacobus Henricus ___ became the first winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (3'1,4)
19. An album from American indie rock band Fairmont, released in 2003 (6)
22. The dark horny egg case of a skate, ray or small shark (8,5)
24. The 1997 historical novel "An Acquaintance with Darkness" was authored by Ann ___ (7)
25. The line of latitude equidistant from both the North and South Poles (7)
26. In Greek mythology, the god of love and son of Aphrodite (4)
27. The winner of the 2019 BAFTA Rising Star Award, Letitia Wright, was born here in 1993 (10)
Down
1. A moon of Jupiter, also known as Jupiter XIII (4)
2. English ballerina Dame Margot Fonteyn was born here in Surrey in 1919 (7)
3. The opening words in Herman Melville's 1851 novel "Moby-Dick" (4,2,7)
4. The 1999 book "Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium" was written by Bart D. ___ (6)
5. A person who cuts, polishes, or engraves precious gemstones (8)
7. Bess Flowers, known as "The Queen of the Hollywood Extras" was born here in 1898 (7)
8. The 2010 album "Not Guilty Anymore" was recorded by this American musician (5,5)
11. Pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune, (German origin) (13)
13. The studio album "Structural Damage" was released in 1995 by this guitarist (5,5)
16. In cricket, a shot from the batsman hitting the ball along the ground towards mid-off (3,5)
18. The 1983 Colombian film "The Bicycle Racer" was directed by Lisandro Duque ___ (7)
20. A novel by Australian author Peter Goldsworthy, published in 1989 (7)
21. From the Carpenters "Close to You" ... "Why do birds suddenly ___, Every time you are near?" (6)
23. The image of this bird was shown on the reverse of the British farthing 1937-60 (4)