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3 __ Marvin, actress who plays Marlon Dingle’s on-off lover Jessie Grant in Emmerdale (6) 7 See 35D

8 Olivia __, star who portrays

Neighbours Yashvi Rebecchi (7)

9 __ Branning, beloved Albert Square resident who was recently reunited with her old friend and confidant Dr Legg (3) 11 See 20D

13 See 40A

16 __ Battersby, Leanne’s father who was played by

Bruce Jones, and was last seen on the Street in 2007 (3) 17 See 30D

18 See 44D

21 Actor who portrays

Nicola King’s husband

Jimmy in the Dales (4,5)

23 Amanda __, plays Connie Beauchamp in Casualty (7)

26 Beans on __, a hearty dish likely to be served in Kathy’s café in Walford or

Roy’s Rolls in Weatherfield (5)

28 __ Wallace, actress whose alter ego is Hollyoaks head teacher Sally St Claire (5)

32 Joe __, plays Sally’s hubby Tim Metcalfe on the cobbles (7)

33 Emmerdale vet and recently-bereaved father (5,4)

37 Body art that adorns the likes of Peter Barlow in

Coronation Street and Farrah Maalik in Hollyoaks (6)

39 Domestic animals such as dog Lady Di in Eastenders or cat Clementine in Neighbours (4)

40 & 13A Defunct wine bar on Turpin Road, Walford that was once run by Sharon Mitchell (3,6)

41 __ Daniel, star who plays new junior doctor Leah

Faulkner in Holby City (6)

43 & 1D Popular Weatherfield public house (6,6)

45 __ Willis, Ramsay Street resident who unintentionally caused Cassius Grady to be beaten up in prison (3)

47 See 49A

48 “Ya flamin’ __”, one of

Alf Stewart’s famous insults in Home and Away (5)

49 & 47A Star who plays Chester lad Zack Loveday (6,7)

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1 See 43A

2 See 3D

3 & 2D Letherbridge doctor who went on a date recently (3,4)

4 __ Cassidy, plays caring Walford nurse Sonia Fowler (7)

5 __ Brown, iconic Eastenders

star who has portrayed 9A for over three decades (4)

6 Much-married Mcqueen in Hollyoaks, mother to Bobby (8)

10 The youngest brother of 15D in Home and Away (5)

12 __ Mulkerrin, actress whose alter ego is Hollyoaks’

tortured Cleo Mcqueen (6)

14 Building materials that the houses on Coronation Street or Albert Square are made of (6)

15 & 38D Summer Bay medic trying to have a baby with Ryan ‘Robbo’ Shaw (4,6)

19 Buster __, vile Hollyoaks football coach finally arrested for abusing Ollie Morgan (5)

20 & 11A Dales teenager who recently underwent a risky heart transplant (5,6)

22 & 36D Teacher on whom Jacob Gallagher has a crush in Emmerdale village (4,7)

24 She concealed her date from her estranged husband Jude Appleton in Corrie (5)

25 __ Thompson, has played Casualty’s Charlie Fairhead since 1986 (5)

27 __ Audenshaw, aka

Bob Hope in Emmerdale (4)

29 Weatherfield’s Carla Connor is portrayed by __ King (6)

30 & 17A Mel’s teenage son who gives her a run for her money in Eastenders (6,4)

31 He plays Rainie Branning’s husband on Albert Square (4,4)

34 Serve food, like chef Robert Preston does on the Street (4)

35 & 7A Walford woman who kissed Masood Ahmed (5,5) 36 See 22D

38 See 15D

42 Rishi __, Hollyoaks actor who stars as Sami Maalik (4) 44 & 18A Actress behind Holby

City nurse Frieda Petrenko (4,6) 46 Misbah Maalik works at __ Valley University Hospital in Hollyoaks village, Chester (3)