Complete Clue List
Across
1. A classical album released in 1978, "David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev's ___" (5,3,3,4)
9. The second largest city in Estonia, and birth place of children's author Eno Raud (5)
10. 19th century English Poet, son of Frances, Countess of Gainsborough (5,4)
11. An album released in 1992 by the Irish rock band Energy Orchard (4,3,7)
13. In the Bible the archangel who was the messenger of God (7)
15. A medieval form of trombone used in Renaissance music (7)
17. A task involving much effort and is difficult to deal with could be described thus (7)
19. A sweet German bread containing fruit and nuts, traditionally eaten at Christmas (7)
20. Chess grandmaster, winner of the 1976/77 Hastings International Chess Congress (4,10)
24. Adrian Lulgjuraj represented Albania with this song in the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest (9)
25. The relative magnitude of two quantities (5)
26. US rock band named after a Shakespeare play, their album "An Obelisk" was released in 2019 (5,10)
Down
1. Co-founder, guitarist and lead singer of English rock band The Who, ___ Townshend (4)
2. The circular rotating platform of a record player (9)
3. Brazilian politician who served as Governor of Rondônia from 1995-1999, Valdir ___ de Mattos (5)
4. A small arctic whale with a long spiral ivory tusk (7)
5. Author of "The Exiles of Marcel Duchamp" published in 2007 (1,1,5)
6. Actress who in 2009 was the voice of Madison, in "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" (6,3)
7. Amelia ___, was the Gold Medal winner for high jump at the 1965 All-Africa Games (5)
8. William Hall-Jones the 16th Prime Minister of New Zealand, was born here in England (10)
12. An expert in soil management and the production of crops (10)
14. Ancient Greek orator, of the speech treatise "Antidosis" (9)
16. In 2002 Lucy Liu starred as DIA Agent Sever, in the action thriller "___: Ecks vs Sever" (9)
18. United States Senator Harlan Mathews was born here in Alabama in 1927 (7)
19. A member of a political Senate (7)
21. Chris ___ American racehorse, winner of the Demoiselle Stakes in 1973 (5)
22. An acoustic device producing a loud wailing sound as a signal or warning (5)
23. Released in 2008, the album "Sub Templum" is by this British metal band (4)