DOUBLE TROUBLE
Test yourself with our general knowledge double crossword ... one grid fits all
ACROSS
1 Asian big cat (5) 4 Take into the stomach (7) 8 The Wizard of Oz heroine (7) 9 Environmentally friendly (5) 10 ___ log, Christmas dessert (4) 11 Knowledge (3) 12 1950s Morris saloon model (4) 15 Intense unhappiness or discomfort (6) 16 Personal bodyguard (6) 19 Egyptian river (4) 21 ___ Martin, ITV comedy series (3) 22 ___ Karenina, 2012 film (4) 26 Form of a verb indicating time (5) 27 First letter of a name (7) 28 Bellowing like a lion (7) 29 Occupied (of a seat) (5)
DOWN
1 Child’s toy bear (5) 2 Contented baby noises (7) 3 Brand-name crackers (4) 4 Arranges (hair) (6) 5 In Greek mythology, Jason’s ship (4) 6 ___ Bradford, W Yorkshire international airport (5) 7 Berkshire town with a royal castle (7) 13 Large tea dispenser (3) 14 Half a dozen (3) 15 Computer screen (7) 17 2017 Christopher Nolan wartime film (7) 18 ___ Day, December 26 (6) 20 ___ Carter, Wonder Woman actress (5) 23 Price with no hidden extras (3-2) 24 Penultimate match in a tournament (4) 25 Chewing gum flavour (4)
ACROSS
1 ___ Balm, Asian heat rub (5) 4 Common British bird (7) 8 ___ L Sayers, crime novelist (7) 9 3-point snooker ball (5) 10 Ancient Germanic winter festival (4) 11 ___ Kesey, US novelist (3) 12 Egyptian goddess (4) 15 1990 film starring Kathy Bates, based on a Stephen King novel (6) 16 1980s Dennis Waterman/George Cole TV series (6) 19 ___ Rodgers, Chic musician (4) 21 Bespectacled Disney dwarf (3) 22 Pre-1957 Indian currency unit (4) 26 On edge (5) 27 Introductory (7) 28 ___ forties, stormy areas in the southern hemisphere (7) 29 Captured (5)
DOWN
1 ___ Johnson, 1950s singing partner of Pearl Carr (5) 2 Bubbling sounds (7) 3 Puttin’ On the ___, Fred Astaire song (4) 4 Harry ___, Sign of the Times singer (6) 5 Oscar-winning Ben Affleck film (4) 6 City where the Headingley sports ground is located (5) 7 The Merry Wives of ___, Shakespeare play (7) 13 Ode on a Grecian ___, Keats poem (3) 14 ___ Feet Under, old TV series (3) 15 Large tropical lizard (7) 17 Port in northern France (7) 18 Sport associated with the 9th Marquess of Queensberry (6) 20 ___ La Plante, TV dramatist (5) 23 Exhausted (3-2) 24 Attached house (4) 25 Coin factory (4)