Complete Clue List
Across
1. In English folklore a mischievous sprite commonly known as Puck (5,10)
9. The seaside city of Wollongong is located in this region of New South Wales (9)
10. A person who stands in temporarily for another of the same profession, (esp. British) (5)
11. A small purple-black fruit similar to the plum (6)
12. Shakespeare's play "___ That Ends Well" was first published in 1623 (3'1,4)
13. Track 9 on Ringo Starr's 1998 studio album "Vertical Man" (2,2,2)
15. Island county of north-west Wales, separated from the mainland by the Menai Strait (8)
18. A legendary island, said by Plato to have sunk beneath the sea (8)
19. A studio album from the American band Commodores, released in 1986 (6)
21. "The Song of ___", an epic 19th century poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (8)
23. The Kocatepe Mosque is located in this large Turkish city (6)
26. The 24th and final letter of the Greek alphabet (5)
27. A studio album by American indie rock band Silkworm, released in 1994 (9)
28. A friendly understanding or informal alliance between two or more countries (7,8)
Down
1. Carl ___ was cast as Lt Comroe, in the 1971 science fiction thriller "The Andromeda Strain" (7)
2. Utinga State Park is located in this Brazilian city (5)
3. The United States Coast Guard Academy is located in this seaport city (3,6)
4. American band, whose 2001 studio album "Distorted Lullabies" was released in 2001 (4)
5. "Down by Law" released in 1985, was the debut album from this Electronic music group (8)
6. In the 1936 American romantic comedy "Snowed Under", Patricia ___ was cast as Pat Quinn (5)
7. French politician and former astronaut Claudie Haigneré was born here in 1957 (2,7)
8. Site of the English national soccer stadium (7)
14. Anthony Edwards starred as Mike Bishop in this 1992 action movie (5,4)
16. Former name of the Russian city Saint Petersburg (9)
17. Closing track on side one of the Beatles 1965 album "Rubber Soul" (8)
18. In 2010, this Irish town hosted the European Triathlon Championships (7)
20. A novel by Mark Greaney in his Gray Man series, published in 2013 (4,3)
22. ___ de Royer-Dupré, trainer of Zarkava, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner in 2008 (5)
24. A solo studio album by Radiohead singer Thom Yorke, released in 2019 (5)
25. A Spanish river, the longest running entirely within Spain (4)