Complete Clue List
Across
1. A novel by Joseph Conrad, first published in 1899 (5,2,8)
9. Birthplace of Richard Krajicek, who won the men's singles title at Wimbledon in 1996 (9)
10. Attorney General of South Dakota from 1903-1907, ___ Hall (5)
11. National Hunt racehorse, winner of the Queen Mother Champion Chase in 1998 (3,3)
12. In the 1965 science fiction film "Dr Who and the Daleks", Yvonne ___ was cast as Dyoni (8)
13. A set of small beads used by Roman Catholics for counting a series of prayers (6)
15. The 2020 American war film "The Outpost" was directed by this Israeli-American (3,5)
18. The process of scraping or wearing something away (8)
19. A United States dry measure equal to 4 pecks (6)
21. American actor Patrick Dempsey was born here in Maine in 1966 (8)
23. Thelma ___ American computer scientist, winner of the 1991 IEEE Haraden Pratt Award (6)
26. The fruit of the oak tree, a smooth oval nut in a cup-shaped base (5)
27. A 1964 American War film, with Jim Davis as Sgt. Walsh (4,5)
28. "The ___" published in 1989, is a children's novel by Mary Downing Hahn (4,2,3,6)
Down
1. Hong Kong is a phonetic translation of the city's Cantonese name which means "Fragrant ___" (7)
2. Doug McClure and Peter Cushing starred in the 1976 science fiction film "___ Earth's Core" (2,3)
3. A book that lists words in groups of synonyms and related concepts (9)
4. A studio album from rock band Wishbone Ash released in 2002, "Bona ___" (4)
5. French Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the Irish Champion Stakes in 2016 (8)
6. Birth place of Tinkara Kovac, who represented Slovenia in the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest (5)
7. Capital city, and the birth place of actor Sean Connery in 1930 (9)
8. Multi award winning actress ___ Kurtz, was Dana Appleton in the 1997 comedy film "Liar Liar" (7)
14. An unofficial ballot conducted as a test of opinion (5,4)
16. State in the Deep South of the United States, location of the Atchafalaya Basin (9)
17. A 2013 romantic comedy film starring Aubrey Plaza as Brandy Klark, "The ___" (2,2,4)
18. John ___ was cast as Warden Keefer, in the 1999 thriller "Instinct" (7)
20. A fatty substance found naturally on sheep's wool, and used in cosmetics (7)
22. The larger of the two main branches of Islam (5)
24. Incapable of or resistant to bending (5)
25. A humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter (4)