£500 crossword

Solve the clues and rearrange the letters in the shaded squares to spell out the name of a British actor (5,5). To enter, see below right. The winner gets £500. Usual rules apply (see below).

ACROSS

1 & 5 Across Played con man Johnny Hooker in 1973’s The Sting (6,7) 5 See 1 Across

7 Mr Potato ----, voiced by Don Rickles in the Toy Story films (4) 8 He’s Just Not That ---- You, 2009 Ginnifer Goodwin film (4) 9 Britain’s Got ------, TV varietyact competition show (6) 10 Superhero character played by Robert Downey Jr (4,3) 13 Double ---------, 1944 film noir starring Fred Macmurray (9) 16 Swedish group whose songs are featured in the 2008 musical movie Mamma Mia! (4) 18 Fictional brand of beer served

by Moe in The Simpsons (4)

19 David Lynch series about the

death of Laura Palmer (4,5)

21 Quentin Tarantino movie from

2016, The ------- Eight (7)

23 Mr Burns’ assistant in The

Simpsons, ------ Smithers (6) 27 The Generation ----, classic

entertainment show (4)

28 Popular In the Night Garden...

character, ---- Daisy (4)

29 See picture clue: Played Bella Swan in 2008 movie Twilight, Kristen ------- (7)

30 Thomas the Tank ------, classic

children’s character (6)

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2 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, The Phantom of the ----- (5) 3 Star of 2015’s The Theory of Everything, ----- Redmayne (5) 4 Kara -------, former Eastender and winner of Strictly Come Dancing in 2010 (7)

5 See picture clue: ---- Jones, Gavin & Stacey actor (4) 6 Played Grace in TV sitcom

Will & Grace, ----- Messing (5) 11 English stand-up comedian and actor, Ross ----- (5) 12 Madeleine -----, actor in 1996’s 12 Monkeys and 2002’s We Were Soldiers (5)

14 2003 film with Heath Ledger

in the title role, --- Kelly (3)

15 ----- Gray, 2014 biographical film with Dakota Fanning (5) 17 Salma Hayek movie from 2006, --- the Dust (3)

20 ------- Man, song by The Beatles from their 1965 album Rubber Soul (7)

22 ----- Dumbledore, the wise

headmaster at Hogwarts (5) 24 Singer and winner of the first

series of Pop Idol, Will ----- (5) 25 Peggy -----, Mad Men role

played by Elisabeth Moss (5) 26 Angelina Jolie thriller from

2010 about a spy on the run (4)