Crossword: win £550

Use the anagrams, straight, cryptic, quiz and picture clues to solve the crossword. When completed correctly, the pink squares, reading top to bottom, left to right, will reveal the answer to the question below:

The X Factor: Celebrity star Jonny Labey starred in EastEnders as Ben Mitchell’s lover – what was the name of his character? (4,5). This is your prize

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ACROSS

3 ANAGRAM PIQUE 6 What animal is the symbol for the zodiac sign Aries? (3) 7 What is the first name of the Miss Doolittle, who is taught to speak proper – like what we do – by Professor Higgins in Pygmalion and its musical adaptation My Fair Lady? (5) 8 Scilly ___, archipelago off the southwestern tip of Cornwall (5) 10 What word can precede jelly, blue and pardon? (5) 11 Sophie ___ Bextor, pop star (5) 12 Graceful and sophisticated (7) 14 Stadium (5) 17 Scottish turnips? (5) 20 In banking terms, what does the ‘A’ in ISA stand for? (7) 23 See 5D 24 ___ questions, hear no lies, expression (3,2)

25 ANAGRAM LIFAR 26 You can’t make a silk ___ out of a sow’s ear, saying (5)

27 PICTURE B Name this Toy Story character (3) 28 What is the French word for ‘red’? (5)

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1 Caviar is made from the roe of what fish? (8) 2 Traditional diamond or lozenge pattern often seen on jumpers or socks (6) 3& 21 PICTURE C Who is this actress? (6,6) 4 What is the former currency unit of Spain? (6) 5& 23A PICTURE A Who is she? (6,5) 9 Which is the largest airline in Europe? (9)

13 ANAGRAM PAG 15 What name connects a Brazilian Olympic city to a 1982 hit for Duran Duran and an animated film about a blue macaw? (3) 16 In spite of the fact, however (8) 18 Make sure this RIPEEX becomes obsolete! (6) 19 Silver ___, pensioner, eg, who is a regular internet user (slang) (6) 21 See 3D 22 Nasty, mean-spirited (6)