£500 Crossword

ACROSS

1 Star of 2013’s Zero Dark Thirty, ------- Chastain (7) 3 ----- Richard, Pauline Fowler in Eastenders (5) 8 John ---------, Ashley Thomas in Emmerdale (9) 9 Sean Tully in Coronation Street, ------ Cotton (6) 12 See picture clue: David -------, played Martin Luther King in Selma (7) 14 2010 movie with Gemma Arterton, ------ Drewe (6) 15 Word spelled out in 1968 Tammy Wynette song (7) 19 --- Myers, Hermione Norris’ role in Spooks (3) 20 Actor in Melrose Place, ------- Locklear (7) 21 Star and director of 2022 movie Don’t Worry Darling, ------ Wilde (6) 22 Johnny Depp pirate role, Captain Jack ------- (7) 25 ------ Van Outen, TV and radio presenter (6) 28 Ex-crackerjack presenter nicknamed Stewpot (2,7) 29 Lily -----, Lady Rose in Downton Abbey (5) 30 Subject of 2018 biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, ------- Mercury (7)

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1 Ozark’s ----- Bateman (5) 2 Disney TV movie from 2008, ---- Rock (4) 4 ----- Kendrick, Meera in Game of Thrones (5) 5 Gigi Taylor-roman in Monarch, Beth ----- (5) 6 Vyvyan in The Young Ones, Ade --------- (9) 7 Chas & Dave and The Matchroom Mob song from 1986, ------- Loopy (7) 10 Heroine in 2010’s The Princess and the Frog (5) 11 ----- Cusack, played Kate Rowan in Heartbeat (5) 13 Torchwood and Doctor Who star, John --------- (9) 16 The ----- UK, popular ITV1 talent show (5) 17 Sam -----, director of the 2002-07 Spider-man films (5) 18 Sam Aston’s role in Corrie, ------- Brown (7) 23 See picture clue: Host of Whose Line Is It Anyway?, ----- Tyler (5) 24 Star of 2006’s Walk the Line, ----- Witherspoon (5) 26 Neil Simon play set in a hotel, Plaza ----- (5) 27 2018 film with Lady Gaga, A ---- Is Born (4)

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