PRIZE CROSSWORD
For the chance to win £150, complete the crossword puzzle, and the yellow squares – reading from top to bottom – will spell out two words linked to the pictured soap character…
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3 See 35D
7 __ Connor, Coronation Street legend who will be returning to the cobbles this Christmas (5) 8 See 34D
9 & 36D Dan’s brother who was found living on the streets in the Dales (3,7)
11 See 38D
13 Albert Square’s Sonia is Martin Fowler’s __-__ (2-4)
16 & 49A Gun-toting pensioner who accidentally shot Johnny Carter in Eastenders (3,6)
17 __ Barton, Victoria’s estranged husband and Moira Dingle’s son who is exiting the Dales next year (4)
18 The __, wine bar located on Turpin Road in Walford (6)
21 __ Vit, Holby City actor who plays medic Matteo Rossini (9) 23 See 47A
26 See 39A
28 See 1D
32 __ Dean, star who first appeared as the Square’s Sharon Mitchell in 1985 (7)
33 Actress whose character Rebecca White is pregnant by Robert Sugden in the Dales (5,4)
37 Hunter Mcqueen’s twin brother in Hollyoaks who has a blossoming romance with teen Lily Drinkwell (6)
39 & 26A Weatherfield nurse who has taken exception to her mate Kate Connor’s new girlfriend Imogen (4,5)
40 This beverage is supped plentifully by the Dingle family in Emmerdale village (3)
41 See 5D
43 __ Ward, actor who portrays cheating Coronation Street chap Aidan Connor (6)
45 The __ lot, land on the corner of Albert Square where Max Branning and Frank Butcher have sold motors in the past (3)
47 & 23A Baby Pearl’s daddy and Kim’s hubby who owns 18A in Walford (7,7)
48 Jamie __, star who plays Sienna’s fiancé 14D in
Hollyoaks, and who previously played Lauren Branning’s lover Jake Stone in Eastenders (5)
49 See 16A
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1 & 28A This man turned out to be Tyler Brennan’s biological dad in Neighbours (6,5)
2 & 6D Good Morning Britain journalist who reported on Ste Hay’s trial in Hollyoaks (4,8)
3 __ Vere, colleague of 31D at The Mill surgery in Doctors (3)
4 The Walford __, newspaper read by 47A among others (7)
5 & 41A Summer Bay medic whose family owns Salt (4,6) 6 See 2D
10 Dylan Keogh or Ethan Hardy
in Casualty, for example (5) 12 __ Preston, owner of Nick’s Bistro in Weatherfield (6)
14 __ Fox, dodgy Chester nightclub co-owner (6)
15 Walford __ , nearest Tube station to Albert Square (4)
19 __ Mcgarty, actress who has played Eastenders’
Whitney Carter since 2008 (5) 20 Spanish island resort where
Hollyoaks’ Tom Cunningham recently enjoyed a holiday (5)
22 To practise boxing, like Aaron has been doing in Emmerdale (4)
24 __ Maslen, portrays Albert Square stud Jack Branning (5)
25 __ Macey, Leyla Harding’s business partner in the Dales (5)
27 __ Dobbs, lass who lives with dad Tyrone, Fiz Stape and little Hope in Corrie (4)
29 Shortened name of
Mac Nightingale’s pub in Hollyoaks village (3,3)
30 Stefan __, actor who plays Erinsborough’s scheming Paul Robinson (6)
31 Medic played by Dido
Miles in Doctors (4,4)
34 & 8A Jesse and Adam’s brother who left Hollyoaks (4,7)
35 & 3A Former Woolpack landlady whose partner is
Doug Potts in Emmerdale (5,6) 36 See 9A
38 & 11A Chesney Brown’s girlfriend on the cobbles (6,6)
42 Piece of jewellery that the Dales’ Jai Sharma considered giving Nell Fairfax (4)
44 Ronnie __, Lawrence White’s ex-beau in Emmerdale (4)
46 __ Cropper, runs a café on Victoria Street in Corrie (3)