| Across 6. Steep-sided gullies formed by the action of fast-flowing water in an arid or semi-arid region, found chiefly in the south-western US (7) 7. Honoured (5) 9. Radio _ _, 1984 hit single by Queen, written by Roger Taylor (2,2) 10. Bakery item (4,6) 11. Washing may be this (8) 13. Container for writing fluid (6) 15. A town in northwest Italy famous for its sparkling wine (4) 17. To make confused (5) 18. City that replaced Taiping as the state capital of Perak in western Malaysia in 1937 (4) 19. A very small person or thing (6) 20. A pale greenish colour (3,2,3) 23. The site of a nuclear reprocessing plant in west Cumbria (10) 26. L Frank _, American author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (4) 27. Thrown (5) 28. State of NW Mexico (7) | Down 1. Coordinating or arranging people, events, etc (10) 2. A class of imaginary beings said to inhabit the air (6) 3. I doubt it (2,2) 4. The Rite _ _, ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky (2,6) 5. _ Redding, singer (4) 6. First name of the French Formula 1 champion Prost (5) 8. Italian dramatist awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1997; Accidental Death of an Anarchist, The Open Couple etc (5,2) 12. Daniel _, author of Moll Flanders (5) 14. Solar system region beyond Neptune's orbit (6,4) 16. Sandals with a piece across the front of the foot but not behind the heel (7) 17. A dance step in the Brazilian samba (8) 21. A water nymph (6) 22. Plant genus of the family Asteraceae that includes elecampane or elfwort (5) 24. Noisy (4) 25. Otherwise (4) |