Complete Clue List
Across
1. American singer-songwriter who told us "Nobody Does It Better" in 1977 (5,5)
6. The part of a ticket or other document torn off and kept as a record (4)
9. Frenchman who became Formula One World Drivers' Champion in 1985, 1986, 1989 and 1993 (5,5)
10. The second letter of the Greek alphabet (4)
12. "Rockin' the ___" a studio album by Bill Haley & His Comets, released in 1957 (6)
13. The unfair use of power in providing benefits for family or friends (8)
15. Soprano who provided the singing voice of Bess, in the 1959 musical "Porgy and Bess" (5,7)
18. Largest city of the Dominican Republic, known as Ciudad Trujillo from 1936-1961 (5,7)
21. Founder of the Mexican rock band El Tri, and frontman for more than 50 years (4,4)
22. Released in 2005, the studio album "Firefly" was by Australian country music singer Sara ___ (6)
24. A comedy film released in 2002, starring Eddie Murphy as Kelly Robinson (1,3)
25. Fir Park Football Stadium is the home ground of this Scottish team (10)
26. American author of the 2009 book "Notes from No Man's Land", ___ Biss (4)
27. An island country in the Indian Ocean, Victoria is the capital city (10)
Down
1. In Greek Mythology he carried the dead to Hades over the river Styx (6)
2. Volcanoes National Park is located in this landlocked African country (6)
3. Anglo-American song which is the state anthem of Connecticut (6,6)
4. Track 8 on the 2012 studio album "Wild Ones", by American rapper Flo Rida (1,3)
5. Actor cast as Judge Harry Roosevelt, in the 1994 legal thriller "The Client" (5,5)
7. A 1980 American crime thriller starring Frank Sinatra and Faye Dunaway, "___ Deadly Sin" (3,5)
8. The 1927 American silent film "Closed Gates" featured Lucy ___ as Mary Newell (8)
11. The album "Dust Bowl Ballads" released in 1940, was recorded by this American folk singer (5,7)
14. A studio album by Gladys Knight & The Pips, released in 1987 (3,3,4)
16. An unstable radioactive element, the heaviest of the halogen series (8)
17. An international intelligence agency based in Lyon, France (8)
19. A severe or trying experience (6)
20. A 2016 computer-animated musical, with Anna Kendrick as the voice of Princess Poppy (6)
23. The American comic strip "Blondie" was the creation of cartoonist ___ Young in 1930 (4)