£500 crossword
ACROSS
1 TV fantasy drama series,
----- the Vampire Slayer (5) 4 Star of 1968 psychological horror Rosemary’s Baby (3,6) 7 Burt Lancaster 1962 film drama, Birdman of -------- (8) 8 1992 crime comedy starring Whoopi Goldberg, ------ Act (6) 10 See picture clue: Ben
Affleck’s actor brother (5)
12 Star Trek android character played by Brent Spiner (4) 13 Synth-pop duo with singer Marc Almond, ---- Cell (4)
15 Fame Academy singer whose first album was Dedicated (5) 16 Private-eye TV series, ------
and Hopkirk (Deceased) (7) 18 Children’s animated series featuring penguins (5) 19 C4 cookery challenge,
The Great British ---- Off (4) 21 2015 TV series featuring Max Beesley, Ordinary ---- (4)
23 2016 Disney film set on a Polynesian island (5)
25 His films include 2000’s
High Fidelity, John ------ (6) 28 He starred in 1997 blockbuster
Titanic, -------- DiCaprio (8) 29 2004 Christian Bale film thriller, The --------- (9) 30 Comedian, Alexei ----- (5)
DOWN
1 1988 Bette Midler weepie about a life-long friendship (7) 2 Popular 1970s TV talent show, New ----- (5)
3 Lisa Hammond plays her in
EastEnders, Donna ----- (5) 5 Surreal stand-up comedian, Eddie ------ (6)
6 ITV celebrity figure-skating show, Dancing -- --- (2,3) 9 Former host of America’s
Next Top Model, ---- Banks (4) 10 TV series set in early 1960s London, ---- the Midwife (4)
11 Coronation Street’s Maria, ----- Longchambon (5)
14 Acting dynasty featuring Henry, Peter and Jane (5) 16 Television and stage actress, ---- Lenska (4) 17 Journalist who is Superman’s girlfriend, ---- Lane (4)
20 See picture clue: Actress best known as Rachel Mason in
Waterloo Road (3,4)
22 She played Sybil in Fawlty
Towers, Prunella ------ (6) 24 Former President of the United States, Barack ----- (5) 26 First name of the matriarch in Mrs Brown’s Boys (5) 27 Member of girl group Atomic Kitten, ----- Katona (5)