£500 Crossword

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

ACROSS

1 The Lion, the Witch and the --------, beloved C.S. Lewis fantasy novel (8)

4 Movie with Piper Perabo, Coyote ---- (4)

8 Chart-topping boy band formed on The X Factor in 2010, One --------- (9)

9 BBC period drama set primarily in 16th-century England (3,6)

12 Action movie with Shia Labeouf, ----- Eye (5)

13 Sissy ------, American Oscar-winner for Coal Miner’s Daughter (6)

14 The Big Bang Theory spin-off, Young ------- (7)

17 See picture clue: Seven actor, ------- Paltrow (7)

19 ------ Cotton, plays Sean Tully in Corrie (6)

20 Arnold Schwarzenegger sci-fi film, ----- Recall (5)

22 --------- Down, novel by Richard Adams (9)

24 Shape of You and Galway Girl singer (2,7)

25 ---- the Fockers, comedy sequel starring Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller (4)

26 Sue --------, writer who created Adrian Mole (8)

DOWN

2 Adjoa -----, stars as Lady Agatha Danbury in Netflix series Bridgerton (5)

3 Home town of Wilma and Fred in The Flintstones (7)

4 Jackie Coogan’s role in The Addams Family (5,6)

5 Ricky Gervais comedy, The Invention of ----- (5)

6 Our Brand Is ------, 2016 comedy-drama film with Sandra Bullock (6)

7 Film with Paul Newman, The Towering ------- (7)

10 1989 River Phoenix film, Running on ----- (5)

11 Buster Merryfield’s role in BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses (5,6)

15 See picture clue: Dame Judi -----, British actor (5)

16 Jenny -------, actor who plays Sister Julienne in Call the Midwife (7)

18 English stand-up comic, Russell ------ (6)

19 Spanish star of Desperado, ------- Banderas (7)

21 A ----- of Honey, film with Rita Tushingham (5)

23 ----- Habeeb, former Coronation Street role of Charlie de Melo (5)