£500 crossword

ACROSS

1 Kim Cattrall’s character in Sex and the City (8) 4 ---- in the Attic, classic BBC auction show (4) 8 1946 film starring Dorothy McGuire and George Brent, The Spiral --------- (9) 9 See picture clue: Actor who played Eric Northman in True Blood, Alexander --------- (9) 12 Macavity in Cats and star of BBC1’s Luther, ----- Elba (5) 13 1988 movie with Jamie Lee Curtis and Kevin Kline, A Fish ------ Wanda (6) 14 American sitcom with Johnny Galecki and Jim Parsons, The --- ---- Theory (3,4) 17 Pulp Fiction and Ray Donovan actor, ------- Arquette (7) 19 Michael Jackson hit single from his Thriller album (4,2) 20 Lead singer and bassist with The Police (5) 22 Animated Tim Burton movie featuring Jack Skellington, The --------- Before Christmas (9) 24 1944 film noir with Barbara Stanwyck, Double --------- (9) 25 American rapper married to singer Beyoncé (3-1) 26 Sharon --------, outspoken TV talent-show judge (8)

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2 Emily -----, The Inbetweeners star and I’m a Celebrity 2018 contestant (5) 3 2008 romcom starring Uma Thurman and Colin Firth, The Accidental ------- (7) 4 Vocal coach and reporter on The One Show (6,5) 5 Drummer with The Beatles, Sir Ringo ----- (5) 6 Rapper and actor whose hits include I Like It (5,1) 7 Kevin Costner and Robin Wright romantic drama, ------- in a Bottle (7) 10 Oscar-nominated American Hustle actor, Amy ----- (5) 11 Singer and actor who starred in Spring Breakers (6,5) 15 See picture clue: Countryfile reporter, ----- Rani (5) 16 Military Wives star, Dame ------- Scott Thomas (7) 18 Out-take show presented by the late Terry Wogan, ------’s Bloomers (6) 19 2014 Tim Burton-directed biopic about American artist Margaret Keane (3,4) 21 Period drama from 1985, A Passage to ----- (5) 23 ----- Clark-Neal, TV presenter and radio DJ (5)