Complete Clue List
Across
1. Female lead in 19D; ___ Stiles
4. Uma Thurman's character in "Kill Bill Vol. 1" (2003); Beatrix ___
7. Greek word for new or fictional race first featured in "X-Men Vol 2 #100" (May, 2000)
8. Directed the 2011 romantic comedy film "What's Your Number"; Mark ___
10. Track from "Streetcore" (2003) by Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros; "Get Down ___"
12. Circus performer
13. Played Ben Brockman in the BBC One TV series "Outnumbered" (2007-14); Daniel ___
15. Indian chess prodigy ___ Chopra or Norwegian chess grandmaster ___ Tari
17. Disco group, best known for their 1977 cover of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"; ___ Esmeralda
18. Melissa Etheridge's hit from 1988; "___ Me Some Water"
20. Common acronym for a 1978 Donna Summer disco film & R. Kelly single from 1996 (Plural)
23. The violet fairy in the children's book series "Rainbow Magic"
24. Shirley Temple's husband 1945-50, John & Australian cricketer Ashton (Plural)
25. Australian animal welfare organisation formed in 1981(Acronym)
26. 1943 post surrealist painting by Jackson Pollock; "The ___-Wolf"
27. French word for darling or 2009 film based on a 1920 novel by Colette
28. Name of the "smoker's" ship in the film "Waterworld" (1995); ___ Valdez
Down
1. Stage name of US rapper Lorenzo Dechalus; Lord ___
2. Shade of purple or 2019 album by The Early November
3. Tennis legend who lent his name to a 1992 Sega video game "___ Tennis" (Two words 5,6)
4. Shao Khan resurrects Sindel in this 1995 Sega game; "Mortal ___" (Two words 6,5)
5. US professional wrestler, born Virgil Runnels Jr.; ___ Rhodes
6. Clark Kent's (Superman) photographer friend; James Bartholomew ___
9. Swiss rock band, recorded the album "The Rimini Flashdown" (2008); Patent ___
11. Rowing movements (Plural)
14. Sounds like a tool in 11D or friend of Yossarian in "Catch-22" (1961) by Joseph Heller
16. 1986 US sitcom starring Max Wright & featuring an alien named Gordon Shumway
18. Best known for providing the voices of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck & Porky Pig; Mel ___
19. 1999 romantic comedy starring Heath Ledger; "10 Things ___ About You" (Two words 1,4)
21. A genus of corticioid fungi in the order Polyporales
22. Philip Roth's 2000 novel; "The Human ___"