Across
- 2. God, title for landed gentry (4)
- 5. Espionage agent (3)
- 8. European country, borders the Black Sea, geologically active (7)
- 10. Cache, treasure, collection (5)
- 11. Sea-faring military (4)
- 12. Ten years (6)
- 14. Earth's natural electrical current (8)
- 16. Ambiguous, arcane, cryptic (6)
- 17. Canaanite kingdom south of Israel (4)
- 19. Common earth, dirt (4)
- 20. To tarnish, spoil, damage something's purity (8)
- 21. Saint, Apostle of Christ, First Pope (5)
- 23. 8th century BC Israelite prophet, Old Testament Book(6)
- 24. Empire, fought the Russian Coalition during the Russo-Turkish War 1877-1878 (7)
- 26. Outdated term for animate, quicken, to endow with life (6)
- 29. Obsession or imitation of East Asian cultures (11)
Down
- 1. Tale of the future, told by an oracle or seer (8)
- 3. Study, investigation, educate oneself on a subject (8)
- 4. Geology study concerning geochemical phenomena (11)
- 6. 19th century horror novelist (4,6)
- 7. European Island, made up of three countries (5,7)
- 9. Abrv. UK intelligence department of Admiralty 1887-1912 (3)
- 13. Collection of documents on a single subject (7)
- 15. To employ, enlist (7)
- 18. Mystical or supernatural phenomena (6)
- 22. Blood-sucking monster (7)
- 25. Mesopotamian and Jewish she-demon (6)
- 27. Sleep, relax, restore (4)
- 28. Bird of prey (4)