€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 Near the front (7) 4 Idolise (7) 7 Precursor to the MP3 player (7,4) 9 Female relative (4) 10 Small heavenly body in an elliptical orbit (5) 11 Joint of the leg (4) 14 Half girl, half fish (7) 15 Where to catch a train (7) 16 Gather (7) 18 Make a good impact (7) 20 Water from the clouds (4) 21 Keen (5) 22 Fibber (4) 25 Night-time salutation (4,7) 26 Sleep (7) 27 Rubbish (7)

DOWN

1 Gun (7) 2 Fighting force (4) 3 Hard precious stone (7) 4 Person appearing in a court (7) 5 Strap to control a horse (4) 6 Radio show involving callers (5-2) 7 Taking charge (11) 8 Thinking about (11) 12 Humped creature (5) 13 Glad (5) 16 Odd (7) 17 Swing in a circus (7) 18 Large floating mass in the ocean (7) 19 Miser? (7) 23 Femur or ulna, eg (4) 24 Layer (4)