Complete Clue List
Across
1. Irish racehorse, winner of both the 2,000 Guineas and Irish 2,000 Guineas in 2002 (4,2,9)
9. A 1996 studio album released by electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) (9)
10. A small light boat for rowing or sailing (5)
11. A studio album released in 1999 by Washington-based band Critters Buggin (6)
12. A 1998 action film, featuring Claire Stansfield as Michelle Flynn (8)
13. The 1910 adventure novel "Prester John" was written by Scottish author John ___ (6)
15. A founding member and lead singer of Swedish band ABBA, Anni-Frid ___ (8)
18. An epic poem by English poet John Milton, published in 1667, "___ Lost" (8)
19. In the 2022 romantic comedy "Father of the Bride", Ingrid Herrera was portrayed by ___ Estfan (6)
21. Singer-songwriter whose 1977 song "Undercover Angel" reached No 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 (4,4)
23. 1968 chart topping single from Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich, "The Legend of___" (6)
26. Mentally responsive and perceptive, also a signal that warns of danger (5)
27. New Zealand novelist Fleur Beale, was born here in Taranaki in 1945 (9)
28. A 1988 comedy film starring Tuesday Weld, and also a 1956 song by Elvis Presley (10,5)
Down
1. Ray Milland was cast as Eric Yeager, in this 1951 screwball comedy film (7)
2. Ain Shams University is located in this African capital city (5)
3. Anna Faris was Kate Sullivan, and Eva Longoria was Theresa, in this 2018 romantic comedy film (9)
4. The 1930 comedy film "One Romantic Night" starred Lillian ___ in her first talking role (4)
5. The second largest city in Zimbabwe, which is twinned with Aberdeen, Scotland (8)
6. A passageway between seating areas in an auditorium (5)
7. One of three terms into which an academic year is divided in some universities (9)
8. The 2019 studio album "War Music" was released by this Swedish hardcore punk band (7)
14. A city and major port in Colombia, which houses the Castle San Felipe de Barajas (9)
16. a 1992 opera by the Italian musician Franco Battiato (9)
17. A trellis on which fruit trees or shrubs are trained to grow flat (8)
18. A 2016 novel by Zambian-born author Wilbur Smith (7)
20. A market town in West Sussex, England, the birth place of actress Judy Geeson (7)
22. A set of eight similar things or performers considered as a unit (5)
24. Hugh Grant starred as Will Freeman in the 2002 romantic comedy "___ a Boy" (5)
25. A city in Uttar Pradesh, the site of the Islamic mausoleum Taj Mahal (4)