DOUBLE TROUBLE
ACROSS
1 Extremely big person (5) 4 Great event which cannot be explained (7) 8 Regards as the same (7) 9 Jumps over a twirling rope (5) 10 ___ Ora, Anywhere singer (4)
11 Sir ___ Ramsey, football legend (3) 12 Frank or ajar (4) 15 Moistened with the
tongue (6) 16 Famous movie VW
Beetle (6) 19 Long period of
unconsciousness (4) 21 Amusement (3) 22 Image not in focus (4) 26 Channing ___, US actor (5) 27 Retaining possession
of (7) 28 Patrick ___, StarTrek
actor (7) 29 Caster or granulated,
eg (5)
ACROSS
1 James Dean’s last film (5) 4 ___ on34thStreet, 1947 Christmas film remade in 1994 (7) 8 Corresponds (to) (7) 9 Omits, passes over (5) 10 Beatles’ meter maid (4) 11 Johnny Speight’s Mr Garnett (3) 12 Golf or tennis championship (4) 15 Beat easily (6) 16 ___ Hancock, jazz musician (6) 19 1978 medical thriller starring Michael Douglas (4) 21 ___ inAcapulco, Elvis film (3) 22 90s Britpop band fronted by Damon Albarn (4) 26 Ryan O’Neal’s actress daughter (5) 27 Preserving (7) 28 ___ Granger, BhowaniJunction star (7) 29 ___ Kane, Marilyn Monroe’s character in SomeLikeItHot (5)
DOWN
1 ___ Garson, 40s actress (5) 2 Pertaining to a river or sea (7) 3 Betting system (4)
DOWN
1 Germaine ___, writer (5) 2 Water-based (sports) (7) 3 ___ bag, roomy shopping container (4) 4 Body part built up by exercise (6) 5 Put your feet up (4) 6 Dry and brittle (5) 4 Brawn (6) 5 Snooker-cue prop (4) 6 Quentin ___, author of TheNakedCivilServant (5) 7 Fundamental nature (7) 13 One of the Flowerpot Men (3) 14 ___ Hom, Chinese-American chef (3) 15 Tracks down (7) 17 Fleeing in panic (7) 18 Hyacinth ___, TV character played by Patricia Routledge (6) 20 Archbishop’s head-dress (5) 23 ___ Bannister, 50s miler (5) 24 Lady ___ Hamilton, Nelson’s mistress (4) 25 ___ oftheD’Urbervilles, Hardy novel (4) 7 Concentrate obtained from a plant and used in perfume (7) 13 Any Scottish peak (3) 14 Range of knowledge (3) 15 Determines the position of (7) 17 Locking (a door) (7) 18 Pail (6) 20 Carpentry joint (5) 23 ‘Received and understood’ in radio jargon (5) 24 ___ Thompson, LoveActually actress (4) 25 ___ Daly, TV presenter (4)