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1 Music executive with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Simon _ (6) 4 Singer whose most recent album was 2019’s The Christmas Present, Robbie _ (8) 10 _ Badland, played Babe Smith in EastEnders (7) 11 Iconic movie director, Steven _ (9) 12 First name of Sir Paul McCartney’s fashionable daughter (6) 16 Funny man, Vic _ (6) 18 British fashion designer, _ Chung (5) 19 Salma _, Oscar-nominated for her portrayal of Frida Kahlo (5) 22 Retired boxer, _ Calzaghe (3) 23 Former UK Prime Minister, Gordon _ (5) 24 Winner of the third X-Factor series, _ Lewis (5) 25 Vanilla _, rapper born Robert Van Winkle (3) 27 Countdown’s dictionary expert, _ Dent (5) 29 Cleo _, musician made a Dame in 1997 (5) 30 _ Depardieu, French actor (6) 31 Vocalist with Blur, _ Coxon (6) 37 The 40-Year Old Virgin and Get Out actress, _ Keener (9) 38 Caro _, Dutch jazz singer (7) 39 Melanie _, Hollywood star once married to Antonio Banderas (8) 40 First female winner of Big Brother, Kate _ (6)
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1 She presents sport on BBC and C4 (5,7) 2 New York fashion designer, Vera _ (4) 3 Best Supporting Actor Oscar winner for Dallas Buyers Club, Jared _ (4) 5 Russian model, _ Shayk (5) 6 Scottish singer, born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie (4) 7 _ Zuckerberg, Facebook founder (4) 8 Late TV personality once married to Liza Minelli, David _ (4) 9 Legendary 80s pop star and internet trend, Rick _ (6) 13 Stand-up comedian, Stewart _ (3) 14 One quarter of boy band Blue, Simon _ (5) 15 Zsa Zsa _, silver screen veteran (5) 17 Influential recording artist whose hits include Superstition and I Wish (6,6) 19 Star of The Da Vinci Code, Tom _ (5) 20 Ms Minogue, pop diva (5) 21 _ Parton, voluptuous American country musician (5) 22 _ Redknapp, footballer formerly married to pop star Louise (5) 26 The Great Gatsby director, _ Luhrmann (3) 28 Actress famed for her Fawlty Towers role, Prunella _ (6) 31 Harry Potter star, award-winning stage actor Rupert _ (5) 32 Manchester Utd’s ex-manager, Sir _ Ferguson (4) 33 Outspoken US comedian, Roseanne _ (4) 34 Sky presenter, _ Stelling (4) 35 Donnie Darko and The Hunger Games actress, _ Malone (4) 36 Veteran magician, _ Daniels (4)