DOUBLE TROUBLE
ACROSS
1 Frederick’s daughter in As You
Like It (5) 4 Birthplace of South American revolutionary leader Simon Bolivar (7)
8 The Last Days of ___, novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton (7) 9 ___ Cook, artist renowned for painting fat ladies (5) 10 First name of Welsh composer Mr Novello (4)
11 Dragons’ ___, TV series (3) 12 French term for the South of France (4) 15 One of Just William’s chums (6) 16 Darker (6) 19 ___ in a Lifetime, 1981 hit for Talking Heads (4) 21 Orkney island (3) 22 ___ and the Man, GB Shaw play (4) 26 Overeat (5) 27 Buddhist heaven (7) 28 Peter ___, former Goon (7) 29 Herman and Lily’s son in
The Munsters (5)
DOWN
1 Island near Sorrento (5) 2 Parody (7) 3 Sir ___ Issigonis, car designer (4) 4 Peninsula in the Black Sea (6) 5 Abrades (4) 6 Brand of die-cast model cars (5)
7 The Steadfast Tin ___, Hans Christian Andersen story (7) 13 ___ Jonson, author of Volpone (3) 14 Truffle-hunting animal (3) 15 First name of Belgian novelist Simenon (7)
17 The Little ___, 1989 Disney film about an underwater princess (7) 18 Limits (6) 20 A Christmas ___, Dickens novel (5) 23 Large flatfish (5) 24 ___ Kelly, actor and dancer (4) 25 Under the Greenwood ___, 1872 novel by Thomas Hardy (4)
ACROSS
1 ___ Imrie, dinnerladies actress (5) 4 Venezuela’s capital
city (7) 8 Roman city destroyed by a volcanic eruption (7) 9 Blue-green gemstone (5) 10 ___ the Engine, children’s story (4) 11 Animal’s lair (3) 12 Calf-length garment (4) 15 ___ beer, fizzy spicy drink (6) 16 Switch for regulating light (6) 19 ___ upon a time, fairy-tale opening (4) 21 Chris ___, Olympic cyclist (3) 22 Upper limbs (4) 26 Ravine or valley cut in steep rocks (5) 27 1990s US band led by Kurt Cobain (7) 28 Merchants (7) 29 ___ Redmayne, actor (5)
DOWN
1 ___ pants, trousers (5) 2 Criticise by means of ridicule or sarcasm (7) 3 Smart ___, know-all (4) 4 1850s Russian war zone (6) 5 Massages (4)
6 Breed of dog favoured by the Queen (5) 7 Army member (7) 13 Scottish peak (3) 14 Animal from which we get bacon (3) 15 ___ Pompidou, 1970s
French president (7)
17 Half woman and half fish (7) 18 Jumps (6) 20 Christmas hymn (5) 23 Boot with a blade for ice (5) 24 Transferred unit of heredity (4) 25 Elm, for example (4)