£500 crossword

Solve the clues and rearrange the letters in the shaded squares to spell out the name of an English soap actor (6,4). To enter, see below right. The winner gets £500. Usual rules apply (below).

ACROSS

1 English electronic music duo, Chase & ------ (6)

5 Played Rebecca Howe in Cheers, ------- Alley (7)

7 See picture clue: Comedian and presenter, ---- Osho (4)

8 This Morning presenter, ---- Langsford (4)

9 Name of the ‘man-cub’ in 2016 film The Jungle Book (6)

10 Star of 1997’s George of the Jungle, ------- Fraser (7)

13 Street-dance troupe led by Ashley Banjo (9)

16 1970s kids’ show set in Wales, ---- the Engine (4)

18 Star of 2018 film Christopher Robin, ---- Mcgregor (4)

19 Superhero who is also known as Green Lantern (3,6)

21 English actor and dame, ------Scott Thomas (7)

23 2009 Oscar-winning sci-fi epic set on Pandora (6)

27 The ----, 2002 film comedy starring Jimi Mistry as Ramu Gupta (4)

28 Award-winning U2 album from 1987, The Joshua ---- (4)

29 Eastenders role of Linda Henry, ------- Carter (7)

30 Played Atlanna in 2018’s Aquaman, ------ Kidman (6)

DOWN

2 1980s drama set in a Japanese internment camp, starring Stephanie Cole and Ann Bell (5)

3 Hot Chocolate song from 1975, You Sexy ----- (5)

4 Singer Mark Knopfler’s band, Dire ------- (7)

5 ---- Perry, singer of 2008 hit I Kissed a Girl (4)

6 Jennifer Saunders’ Ab Fab role, ----- Monsoon (5)

11 Carey Mulligan film from 2011, ----- Let Me Go (5)

12 Star of 2002 film Training Day, ----- Hawke (5)

14 American rap star and actor, --- Cube (3)

15 British television and radio presenter, Chris ----- (5)

17 Star of 1992 movie The Crying Game, Stephen --- (3)

20 See picture clue: Played Johnny Cash in 2006’s Walk the Line, ------- Phoenix (7)

22 ----- Sewell, star of the 2021 horror film Old (5)

24 Former BBC daytime show, Cash in the ----- (5)

25 Played Oliver Queen in TV series Arrow, Stephen ----- (5)

26 Judge ----, American TV court adjudicator (4)