NAME GAME

HIDDEN in the grid is the name of a soap actress. Answer the questions, then rearrange the letters corresponding to your answers to fill in the name. Solution tomorrow.

BOX 1: Linda Henry (pictured), who plays EastEnder Shirley Carter, previously appeared in the soap as whose mother? Mandy Salter (M) Whitney Dean (K) Aidan Brosnan (D) BOX 2: What is the title of the latest album from The Kooks? Let’s Go Sunshine (O) Rain Here We Come (V) On Our Misty Way (L)

BOX 3: Filé powder is a spice made from the dried and ground leaves of what? Maple tree (Z) Mexican sarsaparilla (I) Sassafras tree (H) BOX 4: Where is the ancient city of Samarkand located? Kazakhstan (T) Uzbekistan (J) Turkmenistan (B) BOX 5: Pule cheese, from Serbia, is a made from goat’s milk and the milk of which other animal? Donkey (E) Yak (P) Cow (H)

BOX 6: Who wrote the 2011 historical fantasy novel A Discovery Of Witches? Erin Morgenstern (A) Jessie Burton (V) Deborah Harkness (N) BOX 7: What is a ziggurat? A hieroglyph depicting a sunbird (E) A massive stone structure built in ancient Mesopotamia (N) A large bazaar in Turkey or Bulgaria (P) BOX 8: Maria Montessori is best known for developing what? An Eighties diet plan (V) An exercise discipline (O) A philosophy of education (S) BOX 9: The new version of Disney TV show Muppet Babies features a main character named what? Autumn Puffin (H) Summer Penguin (O) Spring Chicken (M) BOX 10: The Liver bird is usually represented as what? A cormorant (G) A woodpecker (L) A kestrel (E)

Tuesday’s answer: ROB BRYDON (1R, 2N, 3R, 4B, 5Y, 6O, 7B, 8O, 9D).