PRIZE CROSSWORD

For the chance to win £100, complete the crossword puzzle, and the yellow squares – reading from top to bottom – will spell out a word linked to the pictured soap character…

ACROSS

4 See 27D

9 See 16A

10 See 32D

11 Holey __, business started up by Aaron Dingle and 36A in Emmerdale (5)

12 __ Thompson, tried to pair off his mum Karen with Brett Maloney in the Bay (4)

14 __ Moore, actor who plays 44A in Emmerdale (4)

15 __ McQueen, departed Chester following the death of her dad Sylver (4)

16 & 9A Daniel Osbourne’s boss who has taken a shine to him in Corrie (4,8)

17 & 20D The birth mother of Rainie and Stuart Highway’s baby Roland in EastEnders (6,6) 18 Emmerdale’s Archie Breckle was born in twenty-__ (6)

19 & 35A Original name of 29D’s famous EastEnders

character (3,6)

22 Darren and Nancy Osborne’s son in Hollyoaks (5)

24 US soap opera about the Carringtons (7)

26 __ Savage, launched a brand-new soap concept in Hollyoaks (7)

29 __ Durr, actor who plays

Casualty’s David Hide (5)

31 In 2021, Casualty __ the Bafta for Best Soap and Continuing Drama (3)

33 See 39D

35 See 19A

36 __ Barton, Moira Dingle’s son to whom Victoria Sugden was married before he ran away from the Dales (4)

37 __ Atkins, plays 8D’s relative Charity in Emmerdale (4)

39 Tool of the trade used professionally by David Platt in Coronation Street (4)

40 __ Allen, nightclub owner currently absent from Walford (4)

42 __ Jayne Dunn, she played

Hollyoaks’ Mandy Richardson (5)

43 __ Plummer, acid-tongued

Coronation Street lady (6)

44 PC Mike __, pounds the pavements of the Dales (8)

45 Much-missed Neighbours

character who was married to Harold Bishop (5)

DOWN

1 __ Finnegan, Hollyoaks actor who plays gambling addict James Nightingale (7)

2 Ethan Anderson’s mum who we saw rock up in the Dales (4)

3 Consultant who died in the last episode of Holby City (3,6)

5 Nickname of Brian Conley’s Walford alter ego Tom Cotton (5) 6 See 7D

7 & 6D Royal who lent Letitia Dean his coat on a recent visit to the EastEnders set (6,7)

8 __ Dingle, has gone into business with sneaky Al Chapman in the Dales (5)

12 Meena Jutla is responsible for the __ of Leanna Cavanagh and Andrea Tate in Emmerdale (6) 13 Age that Coronation Street’s William Roache turns at the end of this month (6)

19 __ Clarke, original Neighbours character briefly married to Jane Harris (3)

20 See 17A

21 See 38D

23 Walford’s 5D may sell you a used __ at Square Dealz (3)

25 Healthcare provider of the general hospital in Holby (3)

27 & 4A The third, and most recent, actor to play Nick Tilsley in Coronation Street (3,5)

28 Summer Bay’s 12A has one on his back, bearing the words ‘Blood and Sand’ (6)

29 EastEnders legend who has sadly died aged 95 (4,5) 30 Shaunna __’__, briefly reprised her role as Neighbours’ Beverly Robinson (6)

32 & 10A Her secret was discovered by Paul Robinson in Neighbours (7,6)

34 First name of ‘Nana’ McQueen in Hollyoaks (7)

35 Waterways that run in a network throughout Weatherfield and beyond (6)

38 & 21D Nurse who helped identify a rogue drug at The Radar Club, Letherbridge (5,6)

39 & 33A He’s told girlfriend Faye Windass that he doesn’t want kids yet in Corrie (5,6)

41 Farrers __, attached to David’s shop on Church Lane in Emmerdale (4)