€500 Star search

For your chance to win €500 fill in the crossword and the shaded squares will spell out the name of a celebrity — this is your prize answer. Solutions in next week’s Irish Sunday Mirror

ACROSS

1 One-sixtieth of a minute (6) 4 Sea east of Italy (8) 9 Marzipan nut (6) 10 Educated guess (8) 12 Ship’s company (4) 13 Laughing African animal (5) 14 Snake’s noise (4) 17 General knowledge reference book (12) 20 Person who gives advice on diet (12) 23 Dry (4) 24 Dreadful smell (5) 25 Brightness of complexion (4) 28 Clear (8) 29 Place for a pane (6) 30 Octopus’s limb (8) 31 — Renner, actor who played Hawkeye in the Captain America film series (6)

DOWN

1 Grabbed (8) 2 Start (8) 3 Zero, not a single one (4) 5 Cleansing fluid that kills germs (12) 6 Showy spring flower (4) 7 Terribly sad (6) 8 Dairy product (6) 11 Two-faced (12) 15 Clean with a stiff brush (5) 16 Aviator (5) 18 Remove from a fixed position (8) 19 Person who hides aboard ship (8) 21 Robber, outlaw (6) 22 Mel —, Hollywood star (6) 26 Italian city famous for its leaning tower (4) 27 Gaelic name for Ireland (4)