DOUBLE TROUBLE

Test yourself with our general knowledge double crossword ... one grid fits all

ACROSS 8 Digression (from the usual) (9) 9 Fleetwood ___, Go Your Own Way singers (3) 10 The ___ Always Rings Twice, Jack Nicholson film (7) 11 Bohemian dance (5) 12 Roman Sun god (3) 14 Characterised by extreme economy of expression (8) 16 Present-day Verulamium (2,6) 18 ___ sequitur, remark that does not logically follow (3) 21 ___ Many a Summer, Aldous Huxley novel (5) 23 Dutch writer of the 1509 essay The Praise of Folly (7) 25 The Cincinnati ___, 1965 Steve McQueen film (3) 26 Au courant (2,3,4)

DOWN 1 Assumes (6) 2 Dawn of the Planet of the ___, 2014 film (4) 3 Thomas ___, chief minister to Henry VIII 1531-40 (8) 4 Animal’s burrow (6) 5 Castle tower (4) 6 Light-sensitive coating on photographic plates (8) 7 Make of 1970s Lotus fastback (5) 13 Licence, leeway (8) 15 Sea voyages (8) 17 Delegates (6) 19 Swiss chocolate company (6) 20 Bob ___, 1983-91 Australian PM (5) 22 ___ beer, US soft drink (4) 24 ___ Girls, 2004 film starring Lindsay Lohan (4)

ACROSS 8 Aircraft’s leaving (9) 9 Waterproof coat (3) 10 Letter deliverer (7) 11 ___ dots, spotty pattern (5) 12 Costa del ___, holiday region (3) 14 Having a regular oval shape (8) 16 Hertfordshire cathedral city (2,6) 18 French refusal? (3) 21 Later than (5) 23 ___ Darwin, 18th-century physician and natural philosopher (7) 25 Goat’s young (3) 26 Alert to new ideas (2,3,4)

DOWN 1 Takes on (another’s child) (6) 2 Simian creatures (4) 3 Oliver ___, Lord Protector from 1653 to 1658 (8) 4 Underground passageway (6) 5 Hang on to (4) 6 Paint variety (8) 7 Showy splendour (5) 13 Angular distance from the Equator (8) 15 Short extracts from a book (8) 17 Secret ___, spies (6) 19 Get comfortable, snuggle (6) 20 Ethan ___, Oscarwinning actor (5) 22 Origin (4) 24 Tight-fisted (4)