DOUBLE TROUBLE

ACROSS

1 Handful (of flowers) (5) 4 Decade of WWII (7) 8 Japanese ruler (7) 9 Small ornament on a bracelet (5) 10 Beaten musical instrument (4) 11 Government department (inits)(3) 12 Animal cages (4) 15 Attractive (6) 16 ___ Mandela, iconic South African president (6) 19 Female relative (4) 21 Half a dozen (3) 22 Joy, delight (4) 26 Belonging to a city (5) 27 Cutting short (an animal’s tail) (7) 28 Football defender (7) 29 Injured by heat (5)

ACROSS

TheBrady ___, American sitcom (5) 4 Shipping forecast area (7) 8 Name of a concerto by Beethoven (7) 9 Allure (5) 10 TheTin ___, Günter Grass novel (4) 11 1960s dapper youth on a scooter (3) 12 Female swans (4) 15 ___ Woman, 1990 film (6) 16 HMSVictory commander (6) 19 Charley’s ___, stage farce (4) 21 ___ FeetUnder, old TV series (3) 22 US high-school musical series (4) 26 ___ Cowboy, John Travolta film (5) 27 Coming into port (7) 28 Broom, brush (7) 29 ___ sienna, oil-paint colour (5) 1

DOWN

1 80s Carla Lane TV sitcom (5) 2 God of the sea (7) 3 ___ Candy, 2008 Madonna album (4)

DOWN

1 Baked dough (5) 2 Distant planet (7) 3 Difficult (4) 4 Litter of pigs (6) 5 Heap of hay or straw (4) 6 Picture, representation (5) 4 Surname of actress Mia (6) 5 First name of TV chef Mr Stein (4) Spitting ___, 80s/90s puppet caricature TV programme (5) Bill ___, actor who played Dr Finlay in the 1960s (7) 13 Greek goddess of mischief (3) 14 1974 hit for Wings (3) 15 Snoopy’s cartoon strip (7) 17 TheSteadfastTin ___, Hans Christian Andersen story (7) 18 Surname of SunsetBoulevard director Billy (6) 20 Ross ___, Geordie comedian (5) 23 Cube root of 512 (5) 24 Card game (4) 25 Blackleg (4) 6 7 7 Bart ___, TV cartoon kid (7) 13 Had a meal (3) 14 Aeroplane (3) 15 Salted or roasted snack items (7) 17 Member of an army (7) 18 More savage (6) 20 Of the aristocracy (5) 23 Number of legs a spider has (5) 24 Break (something brittle) (4) 25 Crust on a healing wound (4)