€500 Star search

For your chance to win €500 fill in the crossword and the shaded squares will spell out the name of a celebrity — this is your prize answer. Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror

ACROSS

1 South American river (6) 4 Germs (8) 10 Baton used by police (9) 11 Dog’s lead (5) 12 Get back (8) 13 Shredded food (cheese) (6) 15 Mark indicating a correct answer (4) 16 Bed aboard a ship (4) 17 Pulse painfully (5) 20 Hooded snake (5) 22 Join (4) 23 Continent (4) 26 Grubby (6) 27 Chewy oat bar (8) 29 Beauty and the —, fairy tale (5) 30 Insect said to have 100 legs (9) 31 Tempting (8) 32 Person skilled in their subject (6)

DOWN

1 South Pole area (9) 2 Growing, living or found in water(7) 3 Exotic, brightly coloured flower (6) 5 Skin problem (4) 6 Put up with (8) 7 Nuclear power generator (7) 8 Tiny garden pest (5) 9 Anxiously (9) 14 Miser, tightwad (9) 18 Top karate rank (5,4) 19 Pitiful, wretched (8) 21 Capital of Northern Ireland (7) 24 Exotic domestic cat with pale fur and a distinctive call (7) 25 Enigmatic Egyptian monument (6) 26 One of Aesop’s tales (5) 28 Read, look through (4)