Complete Clue List
Across
1. Italian novelist and dramatist, awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature (5,10)
9. "The ___", a novel by John Grisham published in 1999 (9)
10. An album released by the American jazz band Chase in 1972 (5)
11. A bicycle with two sets of pedals and two seats (6)
12. American rock band whose studio album "New Surrender" was released in 2008 (8)
13. An island of southern Italy in the Mediterranean, Palermo is its capital (6)
15. Australian chef and TV presenter, winner of series 5, "MasterChef Australia" (4,4)
17. Located in South America, the highest lake in the world that is navigable by large vessels (8)
18. "The ___", a 2014 Canadian film featuring Paz de la Huerta as Josephine Jardin (6)
20. The Maori name for New Zealand (8)
21. The 2013 album "Wild Card" was released by this Dutch metal band (6)
24. Formed in 1980, the British pop duo Eurythmics consisted of ___ Lennox and Dave Stewart (5)
25. Any two places or regions on diametrically opposite sides of the Earth (9)
26. A 2007 novel by Anne Fine, awarded the "Nestlé Children's Book Prize" Silver Award (4,3,8)
Down
1. Understatement for rhetorical effect, for example: "I was not a little upset" (7)
2. "The Wild Duck", an 1884 play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik ___ (5)
3. Canadian winner of the women's 500m at the 1996 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships (8,7)
4. A wild goat with large curved horns, found in mountain areas of Eurasia (4)
5. The power or right of self-government (8)
6. Track 4 on Madonna's 1992 studio album "Erotica" (6,3,6)
7. "The ___ Guy", is at track 4 on David Bowie's 2003 album "Reality" (9)
8. American film director who wrote the screenplay for the 1979 film "Alien", Dan ___ (1'6)
14. Welsh rock band, whose final studio album "Paper Scissors Stone" was released in 2001 (9)
16. Formed in 2008, the first all-female rock band from Saudi Arabia "The ___" (8)
17. A city on the west coast of Sicily, the Castello di Terra is located here (7)
19. A quick reply to a question, especially a witty or critical one (7)
22. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt, approximately equal to 0.195 cubic metres (5)
23. An infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid (4)