Double Crossword
1 Mendicant’s faith is impossible to accept (7,6) 10 As for dog, uncommon knowledge was neglected (11) 11 While speaking, pay off extra (3) 12 Noon light’s turn to an urban legend (4) 13 Displaced person ran slap bang into explosive (10) 15 Traveller’s guide made a bed reek (8) 16 Riding school, say, covered in horse hair (6) 18 Ruling house in Amsterdam or Valencia, say (6) 20 Revile rousing half the idle with a wake-up call (8) 23 Mixed up tonic in appointment book word list (10) 24 Following Bond’s boss, question disguise (4) 27 Beer drained after top was removed (3) 28 Dog my counterpart in Dublin? (5,6) 29 Buck turning handle, putting years on the engineering (5-8) 2 Sign that rose curled under the tip (7) 3 Persevere with a deliberately foolish person (4) 4 Spoken for the slow to speak (8) 5 Stripped down minibike running into bomb site (6) 6 Laid out all progeny in album (4,6) 7 Half of them prepare for a collision and fall into each other’s arms (7) 8 Extremely unedifying, largely (4) 9 Tease the abstract art lover (8) 14 Touching off again to hold sway over it in force (10) 15 A byword, a model for theatre in America (8) 17 Victory around the globe may grow less convincing (4,4) 19 Old man developed nice tan (7) 21 Twisted arms for spare hundred (5,2) 22 A bit unstable and needing kind-hearted company (6) 25 Checkerboard protection for the edge of pavement (4) 26 Sponge soaking up last of the bitter and a lot of ice (4) 1 Simple, straightforward (13) 10 Uninterested, apathetic (11) 11 Commotion (3) 12 Be unsuccessful (4) 13 Motionlessness (10) 15 Awkward, gawky (8) 16 To-do list (6) 18 Wrap in bandages (6) 20 Peaceful, calm (8) 23 Branch of mathematics to do with calculations (10) 24 Slide out of control (4) 27 Hawaiian garland (3) 28 Type of popular music (4,3,4) 29 Awkward self-consciousness or discomfiture (13) Across: - 1 Cardiovascular. 10 Shoplifting. 11 Ass. 12 Cent. 13 Threatened. 15 Enervate. 16 Staple. 19 Saturn. 20 Favoured. 23 Inadequate. 25 Doze. 27 Toy. 28 Gastronomic. 29 Unsatisfactory. 2 Prodding with the elbow (7) 3 Lummoxes (4) 4 Introductory statement (8) 5 Freezer (6) 6 Sharp, refreshing (10) 7 Euphoria (7) 8 Feudal domain (4) 9 Hair tied with a ribbon behind the head (8) 14 Infectious throat disease (10) 15 Precarious, shaky (8) 17 Newcomers, visitors (8) 19 Belief in natural spirits (7) 21 Obscure, undistinguished (7) 22 Swordsman (6) 25 Small wooded valley (4) 26 Type of Dutch cheese (4) Down: - 2 Adornmen. 3 Dale. 4 Off-white. 5 Arisen. 6 Cogitation. 7 Learn. 8 Residue. 9 Psyche. 14 Overweight. 17 Performer. 18 Bacteria. 19 Shiatsu. 21 Drench. 22 Guests. 24 Abyss. 26 Knot. NICOLE Kidman is reportedly planning to write her autobiography.
The Oscar winner has decided the time is right for her to pen a tell-all book which will go into detail about her 2001 divorce from Tom Cruise and her life with husband Keith Urban.
Kidman, 49, is believed to have had some initial contact from publishers.
A source told the new issue of America’s Star magazine: “There’s never been a better time for the superstar to finally consider coming clean. Nicole is famous for fiercely guarding her privacy. But I can guarantee you that if she was willing to write a real ‘tellall’ biography – that includes opening up about her divorce from Tom Cruise – she’d be able to get $8 million from a publisher, that would be one heck of a read.”