DOUBLE TROUBLE
ACROSS
1 Bow and ___, archer’s weapon (5) 4 Sending by mail (7) 8 Large swimming shoe (7) 9 Jerome ___, TV actor (5) 10 ___ Brockovich, 2000 film (4) 11 Scottish slang word meaning ‘antisocial youth’ (3) 12 Added to (4) 15 Divine messengers (6) 16 Big top entertainment! (6) 19 Shelf for spice bottles (4) 21 ___ Perignon, champagne brand (3) 22 ___ Clapton, guitarist (4) 26 Bushy field or garden barrier (5) 27 Side view of a human face (7) 28 Sailor (7) 29 Fish ‘lungs’ (5) DOWN 1 ___ Allen, Game of Thrones actor (5) 2 Metal fence section (7) 3 ___ out, destroy (4) 4 Nosey ___, over inquisitive person (6) 5 Strongbox (4) 6 Scene of rustic innocence (5) 7 Band to which Phil Collins belonged (7) 13 Bluebottle (3) 14 ___ Bonnin, TV science presenter (3) 15 ___ Lincoln, 16th US president (7) 17 Diluted fruit drink (7) 18 Low value coin (6) 20 Large coniferous tree with fragrant wood (5) 23 Board game for two players (5) 24 Broad or runner, eg (4) 25 Opposite of ‘short’ (4)
ACROSS
1 The Black ___, historical novel by RL Stevenson (5) 4 Assignment abroad (7) 8 1960s TV series about a dolphin (7) 9 Surname of swashbuckling actor Errol (5) 10 The Green Isle (4) 11 Homer Simpson’s neighbour (3) 12 ___ fours, baggy breeches gathered at the knee (4) 15 1997 Robbie Williams ballad (6) 16 Piccadilly ___, famous London site (6) 19 Old instrument of torture (4) 21 Title of dignity in Portugal and Brazil (3) 22 George Orwell’s real first name (4) 26 Make non committal statements (5) 27 Short biographical sketch (7) 28 Series of US space probes between 1962 and 1973 (7) 29 Quarter pint measures (5)
DOWN
1 1966 Michael Caine movie (5) 2 Protesting (against) (7) 3 Erase (the content) from tape (4) 4 Lady Penelope’s chauffeur in Thunderbirds (6) 5 Harmless (4) 6 Arcadian poem (5) 7 Book of the Bible in which Noah’s Ark appears (7) 13 Angler’s lure (3) 14 ___ Taylor, legendary actress (3) 15 ___ Maslow, one of the founders of humanistic psychology (7) 17 Genial (7) 18 Metal, symbol Cu (6) 20 Symbol of Lebanon (5) 23 1986 Tim Rice/Benny Andersson musical (5) 24 1997 Rowan Atkinson film (4) 25 ___ Tall Sally, Little Richard song (4)