€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 Welsh cheese (10) 6 Vitriolic, caustic (4) 9 Robert —, Antarctic explorer (5) 10 Inhabitants of the French capital (9) 12 Amen —, 1960s pop group (6) 13 Mask for breathing under water (7) 15 Burning (6) 16 Support for wall (8) 19 Certified to be free from disease (eg cattle) (8) 20 Hidden marksman (6) 22 Small make-up case (7) 24 Capital of Tasmania (6) 26 Government department in charge of economic matters (9) 27 Words heard by audience (5) 28 Scheming female (4) 29 Official agreement between two opposing sides(10)

DOWN

1 Actors in a play or film (4) 2 Environmental expert (9) 3 Appear better than (another) (3,2,3,5) 4 Buy or bring in goods from another country (6) 5 Delphinium (8) 7 Fissure (5) 8 Make new or secret information known (10) 11 Obsolete term for an estate car (8,5) 14 Dressing for lettuce (5,5) 17 Special knowledge or judgement (9) 18 Rest as part of a course of medical treatment (4-4) 21 Desire for drink (6) 23 City in the Burgundy area of France (5) 25 Source of annoyance (4)