PRIZE CROSSWORD
For the chance to win £150, complete the crossword puzzle, and the yellow squares – reading from top to bottom – will spell out a word linked to the pictured soap character…
ACROSS
3 Robert __, had a regrettable one-night stand with Rebecca White in Emmerdale (6)
7 See 39A
8 __ Blackwood, actor who plays Walford bar owner
Vincent Hubbard (7)
9 __ Hope, owner of Café Main Street in Emmerdale village (3) 11 See 37A
13 __ Wheeler, actress who has played her namesake in
Emmerdale since 2001 (6) 16 Three-letter exclamation often uttered by Weatherfield’s Rosie Webster (1,1,1)
17 __ Britton, mechanic who was dating Tracy Barlow in Corrie (4)
18 Young son of Home
Farm gamekeeper Sam
Dingle in the Dales (6)
21 Bhavna __, actress who plays nurse and newly-wed Rana Nazir in the Street (9)
23 Laura __, actress who plays Ayesha Lee in Doctors (7)
26 See 24D
28 __ Richie, actor who played former Queen Vic landlord Alfie Moon in Eastenders (5)
32 & 30D Gobby new student who clashed with Peri Lomax in Hollyoaks (7,6)
33 Gardening enthusiast and former father-in-law of tragic
Emmerdale character 37A (4,5) 37 & 11A Former village vicar whose funeral was held recently in Emmerdale (6,6)
39 & 7A Scheming teacher at Erinsborough High School who is up to no good (4,5)
40 Christian __, actor who plays Italian Holby City medic Matteo Rossini (3)
41 __ Barber-lane, actress who plays 2D in Hollyoaks (6) 43 See 14D
45 Hollyoaks village resident Ste Hay has this virus (1,1,1)
47 Lisa __, had an affair with her then-fiancé’s dad, Mac Nightingale, in Hollyoaks (7)
48 & 12D Plays Summer Bay arson victim Marilyn Chambers, and formerly played Louise Appleton in the Dales (5,6)
49 Holby City Hospital ward where Jac Naylor works (6)
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1 Relation that little Ricky Mitchell is to fellow Square resident Max Branning (6)
2 Matriarch of the Mcqueen clan in Hollyoaks (4)
3 & 6D Coronation Street lad who’s helped Pat Phelan at work (3,8)
4 See 20D
5 __ Miles, Doctors actress behind medic Emma Reid (4) 6 See 3D
10 What 13A’s Emmerdale character often calls her daughter Angelica (5)
12 See 48A
14 & 43A Market inspector who can’t accept her son’s relationship in Eastenders (6,6) 15 __ Snow, actor behind Matt Page in Home and Away (4)
19 Female wedding participant usually seen at Emmerdale village business Take A Vow (5)
20 & 4D Veteran doctor who made a surprise return to
Neighbours this year (5,7) 22 Alcoholic beverages most likely to be enjoyed at the Woolpack in Emmerdale (4) 24 & 26A Actor who plays
Casualty porter Max Walker (5,5) 25 & 34D Actor behind Cathy Matthews’ love interest Brian Packham in the Street (5,4)
27 The Minute Mart in
Walford, for example (4)
29 Body art that Corrie’s Faye Windass recently acquired (6) 30 See 32A
31 Paul __, Erinsborough resident who turned out to be Leo and David Tanaka’s dad (8) 34 See 25D
35 Number of children 31D has fathered in Neighbours (5)
36 Dot’s great-grandson, currently being brought up by Jack Branning in Eastenders (7)
38 __ House, community centre located in Weatherfield (6)
42 Charity Dingle’s cousin and business partner in the Dales (4)
44 __ Fletcher, plays Diane Hutchinson in Hollyoaks (4)
46 Sort of vehicle Kirk Sutherland drives to make Underworld deliveries in
Coronation Street (3)