£500 crossword
Solve the clues and rearrange the letters in the shaded squares to spell out the name of a former winner of The X Factor (4,6). To enter, see below right. The winner gets £500. Usual rules apply (see below).
ACROSS
1 Former Sugababes singer, ------ Berrabah (6) 5 See picture clue: Sharon in Eastenders, ------- Dean (7) 7 Celebrity chef on This Morning, ---- D’acampo (4) 8 Monarch of the ----, TV drama set in the Scottish Highlands (4) 9 1983 Sir Ben Kingsley biopic (6) 10 Actor who starred in Bad Boys for Life, ------- Hudgens (7) 13 Oscar-winning star of 2013’s Blue Jasmine, Cate --------- (9) 16 BBC period drama set in east London, ---- the Midwife (4) 18 TV series that starred Martin Sheen, The West ---- (4) 19 Long-serving Have I Got News for You team captain (3,6) 21 Sea goddess played by Naomie Harris in the Pirates of the Caribbean films (7) 23 TV celebrity chef and restauranteur, ------ Ramsay (6) 27 Black comedy from 1998 starring Johnny Depp, ---and Loathing in Las Vegas (4) 28 Starred in 1990’s Ghost and G.I. Jane in 1997, ---- Moore (4) 29 Family name of Lisa, Bart, Maggie, Marge and Homer (7) 30 Serena in The Handmaid’s Tale, ------ Strahovski (6)
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2 One Tree Hill star who played Karen, ----- Kelly (5) 3 Weather presenter who was on I’m a Celeb, Sian ----- (5) 4 Rowan Atkinson comedy film series, Johnny ------- (7) 5 Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman mystery drama series, Big Little ---- (4) 6 The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy author, Douglas ----- (5) 11 Star of crime drama series Endeavour, Shaun ----- (5) 12 2011 psychological thriller remake starring James Marsden and Alexander Skarsgård, ----- Dogs (5) 14 Star of Sky Atlantic series The Young Pope, Jude --- (3) 15 Dame Emma Thompson film from 2005, ----- Mcphee (5) 17 Star of hit TV show Rumpole of the Bailey, --- Mckern (3) 20 Star of ITV game show The Chase, Anne ------- (7) 22 Brendan O’carroll’s comedy TV role, ----- Brown (5) 24 1987 film with Mia Farrow and Jeff Daniels, ----- Days (5) 25 See picture clue: Pointless co-presenter, Richard ----- (5) 26 Shona Mcgarty’s Eastenders character, Whitney ---- (4)