DINGBATS CROSSWORD

This puzzle blends cryptic, concise and general knowledge clues – as well as picture clues from our Dingbats archive. Answer below.

Across 1 Anatoly – – –, world chess champion from 1975-85 (6) 5 Alec – – –, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar-winner for The Bridge On The River Kwai (8) 9 Exact copies (8) 10 – – – Kidman, Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar-winner for The Hours (6) 11 See Dingbat A (4,3,3) 12 Excellent wings of divine assistant (4) 13 Strong and sturdy (8) 16 Plays performed on stage or TV (6) 17 Boxers perhaps used in novel (6) 19 Re-evaluate (8) 21 Shingle going around bricks? (4) 22 See Dingbat B (3,2,5) 25 Alberto – – –, 1952 F1 motor racing world champion (6) 26 Daniel – – –, Irish nationalist leader known as The Liberator who died in 1847 (8) 27 Corrupt books seen after ten years (8) 28 Pact or agreement (6)

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1892 Sergei Rachmaninoff opera after Alexander Pushkin’s poem The Gypsies (5) 3 Michael – – –, writer and star of 1982 film comedy The Missionary (5) 4 City in Veneto, Italy, overlooked by Monte Berico (7) 5 Hampshire town near Portsmouth (7) 6 Fired due to poor editing (7) 7 Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for Twilight Of Honor (1963) (4,5) 8 See Dingbat C (5,4) 14 See Dingbat D (9) 15 Spanish road cyclist, 1973 Tour de France winner (4,5) 18 Become less intense or severe (7) 19 Plant with yellow, daisy-like flowers that is toxic to livestock (7) 20 Insult could be naff rot (7) 23 Unit of weight (5) 24 Story about one raised in Red Sea resort (5)