Complete Clue List
Across
1. An album by American country music artist Patty Loveless, released in 2008 (9,6)
9. American playwright Chelsea ___ won the M. Elizabeth Osborn New Play Award, 2018 for "Airness" (9)
10. The highest score in judo, awarded for a throw that places the opponent on their back (5)
11. The 2020 American comedy horror film "___ Zombies" featured Robin Sydney as Kendra (6)
12. The highest mountain peak in the Bernese Alps, Switzerland (8)
13. "The Gods Themselves" by Isaac ___, won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1972 (6)
15. The 2011 novel "Ballad of a Dead Nobody" was written by English crime fiction writer ___ (4,4)
18. A person who is involved in a civil lawsuit (8)
19. The 1948 American comedy drama "The Girl from Manhattan", was directed by Alfred ___ (1,5)
20. A sweet topping for pies consisting of beaten egg whites and sugar (8)
22. American singer-songwriter Joan Osborne's debut studio album, released in 1995 (6)
25. The largest monolith in the world, commonly known as Ayers Rock (5)
26. Swedish-American television journalist, and first child of actress Ingrid Bergman, Pia ___ (9)
27. A novel by American writer Ernest Hemingway, published in 1926 (3,3,4,5)
Down
1. A tidal island off the coast of Cornwall, linked to the town of Marazion by a causeway (2,8,5)
2. A misconception resulting from incorrect information (5)
3. A bestselling novel by Kent Haruf, published in October, 1999 (9)
4. The 1992 album "Reverse the Charges" was recorded by jazz singer ___ Jones (4)
5. H2SO4: ___ acid, also known as oil of vitriol (8)
6. Final track on Aretha Franklin's 1961 self titled debut album, "Today ___ the Blues" (1,4)
7. A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect (9)
8. Kempton Park Racecourse is located in this town in Surrey, England (7-2-6)
14. A 1957 romantic drama film, starring June Allyson opposite Rossano Brazzi (9)
16. A British Thoroughbred race horse, winner of the Hardwicke Stakes in 1960 (9)
17. The Valley is the capital and largest city in this British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean (8)
21. An island country in the Central Pacific, Denigomodu is its most populous district (5)
23. In the 2021 science fiction action film "Outside the Wire", Damson ___ was cast as Harp (5)
24. "Loose ___", a 1930 British drama film with Edna Best as Nina Grant (4)