£500 crossword
Solve the clues and rearrange the letters in the shaded squares to spell out an apocalyptic drama series (3,7,4). To enter, see right. The winner gets £500. Usual rules apply (see below)
ACROSS
1 Mexican actress in US comedy
Ugly Betty, Salma ----- (5) 6 Actress formerly in Call the
Midwife, Jessica ----- (5)
7 See picture clue: Britain’s Got
Talent judge, Alesha ----- (5) 9 2011 Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush film, The King’s ------ (6) 11 US drama starring Calista Flockhart, ---- McBeal (4) 12 Melanie C’s Spice Girls nickname, ------ Spice (6)
15 1986 film with Tom Cruise as a student fighter pilot (3,3) 17 Michael Le Vell’s Corrie character, Kevin ------- (7) 18 C4 daytime property-hunting show, Coast vs ------- (7)
21 BBC1 series filmed at Longleat Safari Park, ------ Park (6) 23 Oscar-winning actress in
2016 film Room, Brie ------ (6) 26 Rural documentary, Back to
the ---- with Kate Humble (4)
27 1992 film with Whoopi Goldberg hiding from the mob in a convent, ------ Act (6)
29 Shane Richie’s Benidorm character, ----- Valentino (5) 30 1989 Kevin Costner baseball film, ----- of Dreams (5)
31 Radio DJ and former Top
Gear presenter, Chris ----- (5)
DOWN
1 See picture clue: Victoria’s
Prince Albert, Tom ------ (6) 2 Reality star Kim Kardashian’s mother, ---- Jenner (4)
3 Plays ‘Aunt Babe’ Smith in
EastEnders, ------- Badland (7) 4 American singer of the 1984 hit Private Dancer (4,6) 5 A regular on MTV’s Geordie
Shore, ----- Hagan (5) 8 US post-apocalyptic drama with Eric Dane, The Last ---- (4) 10 Singer formerly in boy band One Direction, Liam ----- (5) 13 C4 sitcom starring David Mitchell, ---- Show (4)
14 1970s sitcom with Leonard Rossiter, Don Warrington and Frances de la Tour (6,4) 16 1962 James Bond film (2,2) 19 Reality star from E4’s Made
in Chelsea, ----- Locke (5) 20 ITVBe cosmetic-surgery show, Atlanta ------- (7) 22 1970s/1980s black comedy series set in a hospital during the Korean War (inits) (4)
24 1998 film starring Mark Wahlberg, Boogie ------ (6) 25 Political drama with Téa Leoni, ----- Secretary (5) 28 E4 programme presented by Alex Zane, ---- Tube (4)