Mini crossword

Solve the clues and rearrange the letters in the shaded squares to spell out an English stage and screen actor (7,4). Turn to page 97 to enter. The winner gets £100. Usual rules apply (see page 97).

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ACROSS

1 1970s sitcom starring Leonard Rossiter and Pauline Yates, The

Fall and Rise of -------- Perrin (8)

6 Seventh actor to play the Doctor in

Doctor Who, --------- Mccoy (9)

7 Lucy Pargeter plays this character

in Emmerdale, ---- Dingle (4)

8 Former X Factor contestant and

Little Mix singer, ---- Nelson (4)

9 Actor who played Ross Geller in

Friends, David --------- (9)

12 Sting’s sixth solo studio album

from 1999, ----- --- Day (5,3)

DOWN

1 Character in Spooks played by

Hermione Norris, --- Myers (3)

2 David Threlfall’s character in

Shameless, Frank --------- (9)

3 Writer who created shows including

Men Behaving Badly, Simon --- (3)

4 US talk-show host, David --------- (9) 5 Dirty Dancing actor, Jennifer ---- (4) 7 Survival film from 2001 starring Tom

Hanks and Helen Hunt, ---- Away (4) 10 Lovejoy star, --- Mcshane (3)

11 Rock Hudson crime comedy from

1971, Pretty Maids All in a --- (3)