Complete Clue List
Across
1. "Saving Private Ryan" in 1998 earned him the 1999 Academy Award for Best Director (6,9)
9. Canadian indie rock singer, whose album "Masters of the Burial" was released in 2009 (3,6)
10. A major port and the capital city of Egypt (5)
11. Runs scored in cricket, such as wides and byes (6)
12. A young bird that has not yet fledged (8)
13. Published in June 2000, the novel "Jim the Boy" was written by Tony ___ (6)
15. Danish Painter: 2016 exhibition "Setting Sail in a Teardrop of Fear and Desire" (4,4)
18. A 1973 fantasy novel by English writer Alan Garner (3,5)
19. American punk band, whose 2011 album "Like Shadows" was released in 2011 (6)
20. Published in 1965, the science fiction novel "___ is Grass" was written by Clifford D Simak (3,5)
22. A peninsula in Ukraine that lies between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea (6)
25. The birth place of Christopher Columbus in 1451 (5)
26. French Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the Prix de la Salamandre in 1908 (9)
27. A friendly understanding between political powers (7,8)
Down
1. A three sided polygon with no two sides of equal length (7,8)
2. "Little ___", a 1951 American comedy film, starring Mark Stevens and Rhonda Fleming (5)
3. The county seat of Pasquotank County in North Carolina, ___ City (9)
4. Jonas ___, American physician who developed a vaccine against poliomyelitis (4)
5. An indirect and usually derogatory insinuation (8)
6. American guitarist whose album Rabbi Sky was released in 1999, Alan ___ (5)
7. Get rid of something that is not required nor needed (9)
8. Belgian Catholic priest, mathematician and astronomer, awarded the Francqui Prize in 1934 (7,8)
14. A science fiction film starring Val Kilmer as Robby Gallagher, released in November 2000 (3,6)
16. Something that is learnt and remembered (British spelling) (9)
17. English writer Penelope Fitzgerald's 1979 Booker Prize winning novel (8)
21. The 2002 studio album "Twisted Angel" was recorded by ___ Rimes (5)
23. Molten rock within the earth's crust (5)
24. Roman Emperor, said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome (4)