Complete Clue List
Across
1. English market town where the rock group 'The Barron Knights' were formed in 1959 (8,7)
9. The International System unit of radioactivity (9)
10. A city in Hidalgo County, Texas, the birth place of former NFL player Leo Araguz (5)
11. The debut album by Swedish metal band Darkane released in 1999, "___ Angel" (6)
12. A tailless South American mammal with partly webbed feet, the largest living rodent (8)
13. In Greek mythology a member of a race of female warriors believed to exist in Scythia (6)
15. "The ___ Is the Deepest", a track on Rod Stewart's 1976 album "A Night on the Town" (5,3)
18. The studio album "Wonderland" was released by this English group in 2017 (4,4)
19. A 2021 Indian romantic drama film, with Krithi Shetty as Sangeetha "Bebbamma" (6)
21. A flat metal disk ready for stamping as a coin (8)
23. A studio album by English rock band Shriekback, released in 1988 (2,4!)
26. A 2013 novel by Australian author Chris Womersley, and an African capital city (5)
27. Catriona MacColl starred in the title role of this 1979 romantic period drama film (4,5)
28. Song by American group the Shangri-Las, which became a number one hit in 1964 (6,2,3,4)
Down
1. Ellen Sirleaf was the first elected female head of state in Africa, in the Republic of ___ (7)
2. A small anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear (5)
3. A 1958 romantic comedy film, starring Cary Grant and Sophia Loren (9)
4. In the 1993 American fantasy film "Hocus Pocus", ___ Katz was cast as Max Dennison (4)
5. The medieval stronghold Tsarevets is located in the north of this European country (8)
6. The mascot of the University of Akron, Ohio (5)
7. A studio album by Danish soul duo Quadron, released in May, 2013 (9)
8. In a condition of biological rest or suspended animation (7)
14. The 2019 American comedy-drama "The Farewell" starred ___ as Billi Wang (9)
16. A student studying in the second year of a course at a US college or high school (9)
17. An 1815 battle, a London rail station, and also a studio album by Swedish pop group ABBA (8)
18. "___ Male", the opening track on Tina Turner's 1986 album "Break Every Rule" (7)
20. The city of ___ is the administrative centre of the Angarsky District in Russia (7)
22. A 2019 action thriller film, starring Noomi Rapace as Sam Carlson (5)
24. The capital and largest city of Ghana (5)
25. An almost horizontal passage leading into a mine for the purposes of access (4)