Complete Clue List
Across
1. A fast sailing ship and also an implement used for cutting hair and fingernails (7)
5. Dorothy P. ___, illustrator of children's books and winner of the 1938 Caldecott Medal (7)
9. Harry Potter Jr. was portrayed by Noah Hathaway in this 1986 American film (5)
10. Karen Gillan, once Doctor Who's companion as Amy Pond, was born here in the Scottish Highlands (9)
11. A person born in Scotland's "Granite City" (10)
12. Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia is located here on the world's most populous island (4)
14. The capital city of the Mexican state of Tabasco (12)
18. British Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 2000 Guineas Stakes in 1997 (12)
21. American musician, former keyboardist and bass guitarist with the Monkees, Peter ___ (4)
22. American novelist awarded the 2013 Man Booker International Prize (5,5)
25. Borough of Greater London, accepted internationally as the prime meridian of longitude (9)
26. Leonhard ___, Swiss mathematician and physicist, whose work "Mechanica" was published in 1736 (5)
27. Fictional locale of Rupert Bear in the children's book series (7)
28. "The ___", a 1927 comedy film starring Charles Murray as Doc Murphy (4,3)
Down
1. Medieval name for China, popularized by Marco Polo on his travels (6)
2. Line on a weather map connecting points that receive equal amounts of sunshine (6)
3. Studio album released by the English rock band Status Quo in December 1972 (10)
4. The period of time during which a monarch rules a country (5)
5. British Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the Dee Stakes in 1826 (9)
6. The fictional home of Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone with the Wind" (4)
7. Indian actress who starred as Nisha, in the 1984 crime thriller "Karishmaa" (5,3)
8. Capital of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan (8)
13. A 1987 Australian drama film, featuring Donald Pleasence as Prosper Gaffney (6,4)
15. Former American professional basketball player, known as "the Hick from French Lick" (5,4)
16. The ___, headquarters of the United States Department of Defense (8)
17. In the 1974 Western comedy "Blazing Saddles", Claude Ennis ___ was cast as Gabby Johnson (8)
19. A 1965 novel by Anya Seton, set in Anglo-Saxon England (6)
20. Liveliness of mind or spirit (6)
23. A 1983 album by jazz guitarist John Pizzarelli, "___ (Please Don't Tell My Father)" (2,3)
24. Released in 2003, "Songs for the Restless" is an album by this Florida-based rock band (4)