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

4 See 8D 9 Gregory __, actor who plays Hollyoaks village bad boy James Nightingale (8) 10 Continuing __, another description of soap operas (6) 11 __ Parish, actress who plays mature student Denise Fox in Eastenders (5) 12 & 44A Mary Taylor’s longlost son who has returned to Weatherfield (4,8) 14 How Marlena Mcqueen is more commonly referred to by her grandkids in Hollyoaks (4) 15 __ Wragg, actress who plays Holby City Hospital medic Essie Harrison (4) 16 & 35A The love of villager Debbie Dingle’s life? (4,6) 17 __ Empson, actress who plays Albert Square resident Kim Fox-hubbard (6) 18 Casual item of clothing that Walford market trader Kush Kazemi wears and sells (1-5) 19 & 7D David’s twin brother in Neighbours (3,6) 22 Type of relation that Tim Richards is to Chrissie White in Emmerdale (5) 24 See 33A 26 Full first name of Councillor Metcalfe’s window-cleaning hubby in Coronation Street (7) 29 See 38D 31 __ Meagher, plays Alf Stewart in Home and Away (3) 33 & 24A Corrie woman whose sister is ex-model Rosie (6,7) 35 See 16A 36 & 43A The Mill Health Centre medic played by actor Ian Midlane (2,2,6) 37 & 40A Dales cottage where wedding-planning business Take A Vow is based (4,4) 39 & 39D Weatherfield eatery where the Underworld machinists get their buns (3’1,5) 40 See 37A 42 Sarah __, actress who plays practice receptionist Valerie Pitman in Doctors (5) 43 See 36A 44 See 12A 45 & 6D He was recently proposed to by 8D to get to his brother in Hollyoaks (5,7)

DOWN

1 Stallholder who sells CDS and vinyl records on Bridge Street Market in Eastenders (7) 2 Food list to choose dinner from at Salt in Summer Bay (4) 3 Oliver ‘Ollie’ __, works as a cardiothoracic registrar at Holby City Hospital (9) 5 Spanish island recently visited by Hollyoaks village lad Tom Cunningham (5) 6 See 45A 7 See 19A 8 & 4A Adam Donovan’s ex-girlfriend who wants him back in Hollyoaks (5,5) 12 __ Morgan, mechanic and one of Brody’s two brothers in Home and Away (6) 13 & 28D Rhona’s husband who was sent to prison for raping her in Emmerdale (6,6) 19 The car __, currently unused site on Albert Square that was formerly used to sell motors (3) 20 Tina __, actress who plays Bethany’s mum Sarah Platt in Coronation Street (1’5) 21 Walford family which includes Shirley, Mick and Linda and Johnny (6) 23 Type of pet owned by Square residents Dot Branning and Carmel Kazemi (3) 25 An important part of the Woolpack in Emmerdale (3) 27 Month of the year in which Billy Mitchell’s birthday falls in Eastenders (3) 28 See 13D 29 Fiz’s young daughter in Coronation Street (4,5) 30 She’s being raised by the Hutchinsons as Anthony’s twin sister in Hollyoaks (6) 32 Owner of Café Main Street in Emmerdale village (3,4) 34 Louise __, Emmerdale actress who plays troubled woman Chrissie White (7) 35 __ Vincent, actress who has played 33A in Coronation Street since 2004 (6) 38 & 29A Casualty doc who let his brother’s killer die (5,5) 39 See 39A 41 __ Gardner, 38D’s colleague who works as a consultant at Holby City Hospital’s ED (4)