Complete Clue List
Across
1. Birth name of the best-selling 1960's English singer Billy Fury (6,9)
9. The amount by which something is less than expected or required (9)
10. ___ Keating, Irish singer and songwriter, lead singer of the Irish pop group Boyzone (5)
11. A small hole designed to receive a cord or used for decoration (6)
12. Poorly, or insufficiently illuminated (8)
13. The chair of state of a monarch (6)
15. A 1995 novel by Australian author Kate Orman, based on the TV series "Doctor Who" (3,5)
18. The 1969 eponymous album "David Bowie" has "Unwashed and ___ Slightly Dazed" at track two (8)
19. A 2015 studio album by California heavy metal band Huntress (6)
21. The 1982 album "Something's Going On" by ABBA's Anni-Frid Lyngstad, has this song on side 2 (8)
23. "The ___", a novel published in 1947 by American writer Saul Bellow (6)
26. The capital city of Vietnam, located in the northern part of the country on the Red River (5)
27. Fees paid to people for doing something which is not part of their normal job (9)
28. A novel published in 2015 by Irish writer Edna O'Brien, "The ___" (6,3,6)
Down
1. A 2021 musical drama about the life of Aretha Franklin, with Jennifer Hudson in the lead role (7)
2. Peter ___, singer-songwriter who was lead singer in the 1960s pop group Herman's Hermits (5)
3. Track 4 on Irish singer Róisín Murphy's 2007 album "Overpowered" (3,2,4)
4. A 2008 romantic comedy film starring Cameron Diaz as Joy McNally, "___ Happens in Vegas"(4)
5. A chamber within which pistons move (8)
6. ___ Page became the 11th Prime Minister of Australia in 1939, holding office for just 19 days (5)
7. "The ___ Guy", a track on David Bowie's 2003 studio album "Reality" (9)
8. The longest river of China and of Asia (7)
14. Horse ridden by Nicole Uphoff, winner of the Individual dressage at the 1992 Olympics (9)
16. Term attributed to the male head of family or tribe (9)
17. A city in Afghanistan where De Maiwand Atalan Football Club are based (9)
18. A small strong bag used for carrying school books (7)
20. A navigational instrument indicating the direction of magnetic poles (7)
22. New Zealand actor cast as King Charles II in the 1995 film "Restoration", Sam ___ (5)
24. A 2011 American comedy-drama film, with Jacob Wysocki in the title role (5)
25. Given name of the English writer, of "The Famous Five" series of children's books (4)