Mini crossword

Solve the clues and rearrange the letters in the shaded squares to spell out the name of an English actor and singer (3,4). Turn to page 97 to enter. The winner gets £100. Usual rules apply (see page 97).

ACROSS

1 2007 fantasy film starring Claire Danes and Michelle Pfeiffer (8) 6 The Beatles song released as a single in 1967 (5,4)

7 English film director who died in 2018, Nicolas ---- (4)

8 TV series about plane-crash survivors on an island (4)

11 Winner of The X Factor series

five in 2008, --------- Burke (9)

13 Half a --------, 1963 musical comedy and 1967 film, both starring Tommy Steele (8)

DOWN

1 Alter ego of Clark Kent (8)

2 Linda Carter’s daughter with Max Branning in Eastenders (5)

3 Happy ----, 1970s American sitcom with character The Fonz (4)

4 1990 movie, --- of Love (3) 5 Sherlock Holmes’ inspector pal (8) 9 Jean Alexander’s Coronation Street role, Hilda ----- (5)

10 ITV sitcom with Leonard Rossiter,

Rising ---- (4)

12 Director of 2018’s The House with

a Clock in Its Walls, --- Roth (3)