Complete Clue List
Across
1. Solving problems by an indirect and creative approach, and not using traditional methods (7,8)
9. The Trisan Centre in Ontario is the home rink of the ___ Cougars ice hockey team (9)
10. The debut album from singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor, released in 2015 (5)
11. Mark ___, American professional golfer and winner of the Masters Tournament in 1998 (1'5)
12. A secret group of letters or phrase known only to a restricted group (8)
13. Support a proposal made by another person at a meeting (6)
15. The islets of langerhans are found in the ___ (8)
18. Physicist noted for developing the theory of relativity (8)
19. Brad Pitt was cast as Mickey O'Neil, in this crime comedy film released in 2000 (6)
21. A structure usually of stone, supporting the wall of a building (8)
23. A full skirt with a gathered waistband, in the style of an Alpine peasant costume (6)
26. The African capital city where As-Sunna Mosque is located (5)
27. Actress cast as Jenny in the 2014 romantic drama "Endless Love" (4,5)
28. A 1941 American film starring Fredric March, Martha Scott and Beulah Bondi (3,4,2,6)
Down
1. A studio album by American duo Capone-N-Noreaga, released in 2015 (7)
2. Large American freshwater lake, on the California-Nevada border (5)
3. Charles Laughton starred in the title role of this 1936 British biographical film (9)
4. Okka Rau, an Olympic beach volleyball player from Germany, was born here in 1977 (4)
5. In Scotland, New Year's Eve and the celebrations that take place (8)
6. The Greek god of the south wind (5)
7. A person concerned only with their own thoughts rather than with external things (9)
8. Birth name of H.P. Baxxter, lead vocalist of the German techno band Scooter (7)
14. The 1828 oil painting "The Vale of Dedham" is by the celebrated English painter John ___ (9)
16. In France, the caretaker of an apartment complex or small hotel (9)
17. A 1984 album from Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, "Glorious Results of a ___ Youth" (8)
18. A government order imposing a trade barrier (7)
20. A studio album by English singer Ellie Goulding, released in 2012 (7)
22. The relative magnitude of two quantities (5)
24. An arid region forming much of southern Israel (5)
25. A sign of something good or bad about to happen (4)