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Daily Telegraph Prize Crossword 39 Saturday January 30Th 2016

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blueberry2 | 15:33 Tue 02nd Feb 2016 | Crosswords
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This query is about the £500 Brain Games puzzle from last Saturday.

I completed it and looked at the anagram instruction from the shaded letters within the crossword. It states that the shaded letters should spell the name of the singer in picture E who was born on 25th December. The letters rearranged give the answer Anton Du Beke, who is indeed in the picture, but alas was born in July and is not a singer.

Maybe this has already been queried but I can see no reference to it. Can anyone help confirm that Anton Du Beke is the answer and they have messed up yet again on this crossword.Many thanks.
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Has been queried several times on here and consensus is that it is a setters mistake(probably published wrong photo)
I saw Anton du Beke given as the answer and it was queried at the time.
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Thank you both for confirmation. I did look for previous posts but nothing came up.
Search box is very picky about what you type in...

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/search/?q1=anton+du+beke
Click 'answered' on that link.
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Thank you Mamyalynne. I've noticed that with the Search Box before. Kind of you to comment and give the link.
Thanks, blueberry2, for realising the anagram produced Anton du Beke. I was confident my answers were correct and the singer in the picture, I think, is Denise van Outen, so this was very confusing. She wasn't born on Dec 25th either !
Saturday 30th April 2016 Clue 20 across 5 letters - I have *e*a*

Clue reads 'Mercenary victor leads way heading west' Grate for any help

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Venal - v(ictor) + lane (way) reversed
Don't know how the heck I came across this, but answer is

V-enal (V= leader of Victor + way = Lane, heading west/reversed = ENAL)

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