Double crossword
ACROSS
1. She received a Critics’ Choice Award nomination for her villainess role in Sherlock (4,6)
7. Rumpole often defended those ------- of a crime (7)
8. Another word for to ‘grill’, used by TV chefs (5) 10 Burt Lancaster did his own circus stunts in the film ------- (1956) (7)
11. Space thriller ----- featured John Hurt (5)
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Hide Ad12. Morse knew that, in a murder case, he had to identify the ------ (reason why) (6)
15. ...... (Stephen Frayn) featured in Mission Impossible on Watch (6)
17. Millionaire cannot really get under way ----- (up to when) Chris says ‘Fingers on the buzzer’ (5)
18. Many a successful quiz entrant has ------- (conjectured) the right answer (7)
21. She was the flowergirl heroine of My Fair Lady (5)
22. Holiday programmes are often of interest to the armchair ------- (traveller) (7)
23. Sherlock’s whip-wielding adversary, played by 1 Across (5,5)
DOWN
1. Mapp and -----, LWT comedy-drama (1980s) with Prunella Scales (5)
2. ----- and Jim, rag-doll puppets (5)
3. Bear featured on Children In Need (6)
4. The BBC keeps a huge ------- of old shows (7)
5. Foreign oddities, often seen late at night (7)
6. Animated crime-fighting rodent on CBeebies (10)
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Hide Ad9. BBC 2’s police-drama with Lennie James as DCI Gates (4,2,4)
13. Sets seen on obscure channels tend to be ------- (scruffier), with smaller budgets (7)
14. A skilled actor can be a hero one week, a ------- the next (7)
16. Mr Christie, creator of Miss Marple and Poirot (6)
19. First Among -----s, Jeffrey Archer book adapted for TV (5)
20. TV shows us a slalom ----- needs different talents from a downhill racer (5)
Last week’s solutions
Across: 1 Larry Hagman; 9 Osborne; 10 Lycra; 11 Sid; 13 Lots; 16 Kiri; 17 Aerial; 18 Ward; 20 Anne; 21 Unreal; 22 Raft; 23 Late; 25 Tea; 28 Whale; 29 Poldark; 30 Andrew Scott.
Down: 2 Abbot; 3 Rory; 4 Hoes; 5 Gold; 6 Auction; 7 Hollow Crown; 8 Maxine Peake; 12 Images; 14 Sad; 15 Bronte; 19 Refrain; 20 All; 24 Adapt; 25 Tear; 26 A pew; 27 Alec.