Complete Clue List
Across
1. A brothel
6. Drowse
9. A person of authority in the armed forces
10. Russian born author of "Pale Fire" (1962) (Surname)
12. Perform an operation from a distance, usually by use of a radio signal (Two words 6,7)
14. Lead astray
15. US western swing band, recorded "The Letter That Johnny Walker Read" (1975); ___ at the Wheel
17. One of the three states of matter
19. 490 BC Persian/Greek battle that inspired a running event
21. Occurring regularly on an annual basis (Three words 4,5,4)
24. Runaway lovers with the intention of getting married
25. Provided with excessive nourishment
26. Thomas Hardy's pure woman of the d'Urbervilles
27. Athletics contest consisting of seven disciplines
Down
1. A type of golf club
2. Shoes that feature closed lacing (Plural)
3. Officially exclude from participating in church services and sacraments
4. Units of magnetic field strength (Plural)
5. A famous hedgehog
7. It grows from a simple acorn (Two words 3,4)
8. Surrounding completely
11. A record that shows deposits and withdrawals on your cheque or savings account (Two words 4,9)
13. The state of being in paid work
16. UK folk rockers, dubbed "the British Jefferson Airplane"; ___ Convention
18. Hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria) (Plural)
20. Having the ability to cause damage or injury
22. One of the five senses
23. John Steinbeck's epic story about good and evil from 1952; "East of ___"