Complete Clue List
Across
1. Baseball player for Pittsburgh Pirates, the MLB Player of the Month in July 1969 (7,8)
9. A young adult fiction novel published in 2004, by American writer Lois Lowry (9)
10. Stage name of New Zealand singer songwriter Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor, born 1996 (5)
11. A play in three acts by Nobel laureate Eugene O'Neill, which premiered in 1929 (6)
12. A battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians defeated the Persians (8)
13. Walther Hermann ___, German scientist and winner of the 1920 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (6)
15. The highest mountain peak on the Isle of Man (8)
18. "The ___", a 1973 supernatural horror film starring Ellen Burstyn as Chris MacNeil (8)
19. American author of the 1989 novel "The Joy Luck Club" (3,3)
21. The wife of the musician Orpheus in Greek mythology (8)
23. The 2015 studio album "Animal Nature" was recorded by this American band (6)
26. A studio album by the American band Lycia, released in 1991 (5)
27. A broad cartridge belt worn over the shoulder by soldiers (9)
28. A studio album by American rock band the Used, released in 2007 (4,3,3,5)
Down
1. The ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and the month of fasting (7)
2. The second-most populous city in South Korea, and birth place of singer Sulli (5)
3. A compilation album of Beatles songs that featured in their films, released in March 1982 (4,5)
4. Former Olympic gymnast nicknamed the "Sparrow from Minsk", ___ Valentinovna Korbut (4)
5. In the 2011 American drama "Soul Surfer", ___ Nicholson portrayed Alana Blanchard (8)
6. Island country in the Mediterranean Sea, awarded the George Cross in 1942 (5)
7. The compass point at 315 degrees illustrates this direction (5-4 or 9)
8. English R&B girl group, whose studio album "Before the Rain" was released in 1997 (7)
14. A North American river forming the boundary between the United States and Mexico (3,6)
16. Claudia Bryar portrayed ___, in the 1983 American film "Psycho II" (4,5)
17. An American drama TV series 2015-16, with Patricia Arquette as Dr. Avery Ryan, FBI (3:5)
18. A book of the Old Testament in the Christian Bible, between Lamentations and Daniel (7)
20. Oscar winning documentary film directed by James Algar, released in 1951, "___ Half Acre" (7)
22. Dopey, Bashful or Grumpy for instance, in Disney's "Snow White" (5)
24. The 24th letter of the Greek alphabet, and a 2003 book by Jack McDevitt (5)
25. A unit of length equal to 2.54 centimetres (5)