Complete Clue List
Across
1. An album released in 1988 by the British band Nurse with Wound, "___ for Lilith" (9)
6. According to Greek mythology he eloped with Helen, which instigated the Trojan War (5)
9. The Pont de Recouvrance vertical-lift bridge is located in this port city in France (5)
10. Jesse Aaron Dwyre was cast as Fenton, in this 2006/07 Canadian film (9)
11. In 1958, Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward starred in the drama film "The Long, ___" (3,6)
13. Lusitano G.C. sports club is based in this Portuguese city (5)
14. Australian Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the Canterbury Stakes in 1947 (7)
15. Changed or modified, especially to make a correction or an improvement (7)
17. Manama is the capital and largest city of this island nation (7)
19. In Greek mythology the goddess of fertility, the harvest, and agriculture (7)
20. An accumulation of rocky debris lying at the base of a hill or cliff (5)
22. A person who tells stories and anecdotes with skill and wit (9)
24. The opening track on Side B of Dusty Springfield's 1990 album "Reputation" (2,7)
25. A 1987 Canadian drama film, with David Palffy as Lowell Stein (5)
27. A 2005 science fiction novel by Mike McCormack, "___ from a Coma" (5)
28. People who are missing, especially from work or school (9)
Down
1. Kota Kinabalu is the capital city of this state of Malaysia (5)
2. Ang ___ directed the 2012 adventure-drama "Life of Pi" (3)
3. The 14th century Trakai Island Castle, is a tourist attraction in this Baltic country (9)
4. The birthplace in 1949 of Academy Award-winning actress Sissy Spacek (7)
5. A solo studio album by English singer-songwriter Ian Hunter, released in 1989 (3,4)
6. A novel by American writer Gene Wolfe, published in 1975 (5)
7. A French phrase meaning the reason or justification for existing (6,1'4)
8. A Spanish port city and capital of the region of Cantabria (9)
12. This 1958 American romantic comedy starred both Clark Gable and Doris Day (8,3)
14. A song by British rock band Cockney Rebel, from their 1973 album "The Human Menagerie" (9)
16. Adrian (Ade) ___ starred as Dennis Carter in the 1985 British comedy "The Supergrass" (9)
18. A goal hoped for but apparently unattainable, and also Kurt Cobain's rock band (7)
19. "The ___" a British Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the St Leger Stakes in 1816 (7)
21. Canadian actor ___ Koteas starred as Thomas Dagget, in the 1995 thriller "The Prophecy" (5)
23. In Roman mythology the twin brother of Romulus (5)
26. "The ___", a 2011 romantic comedy film, with Jon Prescott and Margaret Anne Florence (3)