PRIZE CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

3 See 25D 7 & 11A Former Queen Vic landlady and recovering alcoholic in EastEnders (5,6) 8 & 21A Actor behind 32A’s father Walter in Hollyoaks (6,1,9) 9 & 23A He’s played Summer Bay stalwart Alf Stewart for over 30 years in Home and Away (3,7) 11 See 7A 13 Alex __, Cathy’s nephew who worked at Roy’s Rolls in Coronation Street (6) 16 Number of half-brothers that 26A has in the Dales (3) 17 Baby daughter of Hollyoaks science teacher Courtney Campbell (4) 18 See 30D 21 See 8A 23 See 9A 26 __ Chapman, Emmerdale fella who dated 48A (5) 28 See 44D 32 __ Deveraux, Chester resident and long-lost mother of 44D in Hollyoaks (7) 33 Jamie __, actor who has played EastEnders character Jay Brown since 2006 (9) 37 & 14D Weatherfield public house closed during lockdown in Corrie (6,6) 39 Relative of 7A made homeless by Ash Kaur and Iqra Ahmed in EastEnders (4) 40 __ Wilson, was murdered by serial killer Silas Blissett in 2011 in Hollyoaks (3) 41 & 36D He sold his share of Lassiters to Neighbours bad boy Paul Robinson in order to keep him quiet (6,7) 43 Last name of grieving young Walford siblings Mia and Mackenzie (6) 45 __ Aston, actor who has played Weatherfield mainstay Chesney Brown for almost 20 years in Coronation Street (3) 47 Jemma __, actress who plays Ramsay Street teen Harlow Robinson (7) 48 & 38D Troubled Dales woman who has been chasing her ex-boyfriend Jamie Tate armed with a knife (5,6) 49 See 12D

DOWN

1 Marriage offence committed by Tim Metcalfe in Corrie (6) 2 & 31D Nephew of 48A who received a suspended sentence in Emmerdale (4,8) 3 Part of the Woolpack behind which Bob Hope pulls pints in Emmerdale (3) 4 __ Dawkins, youngster that Denise Fox gave up for adoption in EastEnders (7) 5 Aled, Carys and Llio Brown’s fellow quad in Corrie (4) 6 See 46D 10 Sharma and Sharma was a __ factory in Emmerdale (5) 12 & 49A Sweater Thunberg stallholder at the Cunninghams’ Grande Bazaar in Chester (6,6) 14 See 37A 15 Veteran Coronation Street lady whose surnames have been Sullivan and Fairclough (4) 19 __ Simmons, John Palmer’s ex-carer in Home and Away (5) 20 __ Connor, other half of 25D and fellow addict in Corrie (5) 22 Guy __, former CEO of Holby City Hospital (4) 24 __ Tinker, Weatherfield copper shot in the shoulder by Scott Emberton (5) 25 & 3A Coronation Street bloke who fell off the wagon after a recent assault (5,6) 27 __ Armstrong, Stan Richards’ classic Dales character (4) 29 Corrie kid whose mum was Leanne Battersby (6)

30 & 18A She’s back in the Square as Kim Fox (6,6) 31 See 2D 34 Ned Willis and Yashvi Rebecchi set a __ to catch Scarlett Brady in Neighbours (4) 35 Dean Thompson’s mum in Home and Away (5) 36 See 41A 38 See 48A 42 Hendrix Greyson photographed an __ paper, in order to try to help 47A’s character in Neighbours (4) 44 & 28A He murdered Lisa Loveday and tried to dispose of her body in Hollyoaks (4,5)

46 & 6D Sharon Watts tried to warn 7A that this Walford womaniser was after her (3,8)