£500 crossword

Solve the clues and rearrange the letters in the shaded squares to

spell out the name of a Liverpool-born actor (3,8). To enter, see below right. The winner gets £500. Usual rules apply (see below).

ACROSS

1 TV talent judge, ----- Cowell (5) 4 Larkin daughter played by Abigail Rokison in The Darling Buds of May (8) 6 TV adventurer, ---- Grylls (4) 7 Singer and actor who starred in drama Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, Jimmy ---- (4)

8 2012 dystopian blockbuster starring Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen, The Hunger ----- (5)

9 Star of 2005 movie The Aviator, -------- Dicaprio (8) 12 1996 Danny Boyle film starring Ewan Mcgregor and Jonny Lee Miller (13)

15 Actor who starred in 2011’s The Fighter and 2005’s Batman Begins (9,4)

18 Played Sybil in comedy Fawlty

Towers, -------- Scales (8)

19 TV property show, Homes

----- the Hammer (5)

22 See picture clue: Actor who plays Mandy Dingle in Emmerdale, ---- Riley (4)

23 1990s culinary sitcom starring Sir Lenny Henry and Roger Griffiths (4)

24 See 3 Down

25 Green Day album released

in 2004, American ----- (5)

DOWN

1 Bella Swan in The Twilight Saga films, Kristen ------- (7) 2 Crime drama created by Colin Dexter and starring John Thaw, Inspector ----- (5)

3 & 24 Across Film comedy from 1990 starring Eric Idle and Robbie Coltrane (4,2,3,3)

4 See picture clue: Dancing on Ice host, ------- Schofield (7) 5 2009 Oscar-winning movie starring Dev Patel and Freida Pinto, ------- Millionaire (7)

10 British radio and TV presenter, ----- Rani (5)

11 Neil, Mike, Rick and Vyvyan were The Young ---- (4)

13 Played Jesse in Breaking Bad and El Camino, ----- Paul (5) 14 Sarah Barlow in Coronation

Street, ---- O’brien (4)

15 Character in animated series

South Park, Eric ------- (7)

16 Heist film remade in 2003 starring Mark Wahlberg and Charlize Theron,

The ------- Job (7)

17 The Name of the Rose star, Rupert ------- (7)

20 Grammy-nominated rap

artist, ----- Minaj (5)

21 Star of 2018’s Bohemian

Rhapsody, ---- Malek (4)