ACROSS DOWN
1 _ Renner, star of Mayor Of Kingstown (6) 4 Richard _, fronted The Verve (8)
10 Princess _, married Jack Brooksbank in
2018 (7)
11 Paul _, British record producer and DJ (9) 12 The Rolling _, British rock band (6)
16 Jamie _, TV cook and campaigner (6)
18 _ Coren, presenter brother of Victoria Coren
Mitchell (5)
19 Chris _, Virgin Radio breakfast DJ (5)
22 _ Donnelly, Ant McPartlin’s presenting
partner (3)
23 Chris _, Irish actor and comedian (1’4)
24 _ McGarty, plays Whitney in EastEnders (5) 25 McFly musician and author, _ Fletcher (3) 27 _ Fisher, the original voice of Despicable
Me’s Agnes (5)
29 _ Cox, Logan Roy in Succession (5)
30 MP and former I’m a Celeb… contestant, _
Dorries (6)
31 _ Blethyn, star of ITV’s Vera (6)
37 Amy _, late British singer (9)
38 & 14 Down He plays Will Turner in the Pirates
of the Caribbean films (7,5)
39 Actor who played EastEnders’ Max (4,4)
40 _ Butler, star of the film Plane (6) 1 Actor who played The Lord in The Green Knight
(4,8)
2 _ Against the Machine, US rock band (4)
3 Sadio _, Bayern Munich and Senegal footballer
(4)
5 Melanie _, TV presenter (5)
6 50 _, American rapper and actor (4)
7 _ Out Boy, US rock band (4)
8 See 20 Down
9 _ Scanlan, star of Channel 4 drama The Light In
The Hall (6)
13 _ Burton, directed Miss Peregrine’s Home for
Peculiar Children (3)
14 See 38 Across
15 Sam _, aka Chesney in Coronation Street (5) 17 Actor who played Fatboy in EastEnders (5,7)
19 _ Murphy, voiced Donkey in the Shrek films (5) 20 & 8 Down Countdown’s Dictionary Corner expert
(5,4)
21 _ Cannavale, star of Jumanji: Welcome to the
Jungle (5)
22 Former football superstar, _ Beckham (5)
26 _ Ferdinand, ex-teammate of 22 Down (3)
28 _ Soderbergh, directed the film Logan Lucky (6) 31 Former Strictly Come Dancing judge, _ Tonioli (5) 32 Celine _, Canadian singer (4)
33 _ Simons, played Roxy in EastEnders (4) 34 Martin _, starred in Inspector George Gently (4) 35 _ Macpherson, Aussie supermodel (4)
36 Actress and ex-wife of Chris Pratt, _ Faris (4)