SUPERCROSS
For a chance to win one of three prizes of $100, simply solve the crossword and work out the winning name (4,6) using the coloured squares. Write this on the entry coupon.
ACROSS
1 Flow regulation device (5) 4 Outstanding (5) 6 Checked fabric pattern (5) 9 Eye make-up (7) 12 Apocryphal tale (4) 13 Distinguished, admirable (5) 14 Self-penned life story (13) 15 Quick eye-closure (5)
16 Jon –, Game of Thrones hero played by Kit Harington (4) 17 Unrefined mineral (3) 18 Proposal (5)
22 Radiate light (4) 24 Inscribe (5)
25 Rubbish dropped in public (6) 27 Building site hoist (5) 28 Molten volcanic rock (4)
29 Of the sense of smell (9) 33 Lacking benevolence and compassion (6)
35 A, E, I, O or U (5)
36 Young goat (3) 37 Forearm bone (4) 39 Chrissie –, the Pretenders’ singer and guitarist (5) 40 – Fanning, actress (4)
41 Star Wars princess (4) 42 Richard –, actor (4) 43 Fortune-telling cards (5) 44 Italian salutation (4) 46 Frock (5)
47 Geri Horner’s (nee Halliwell) pop star persona (6,5) 52 Water storage facility (9) 54 North American buffalo (5) 56 Unpaid trainee (6) 57 Bargain (4) 58 Rhythmically play guitar (5) 60 Animal park (3) 61 Perilous (5)
63 – Firth, actor (5)
64 Windy City in Illinois, USA (7) 65 Open pastry-treat (4)
67 – Fisher, actress (4) 69 Swimming stroke (9) 73 Random estimation (5) 74 Hardened, sturdy (5) 75 Canine pet (3)
76 Rubbish container (3) 77 Stealthy Japanese assassin (5) 78 Addition to a contract (5) 80 Waterhole such as that in Waltzing Matilda (9) 83 Expression of lament (4) 84 – Kendrick, actress (4) 87 Spiny anteater (7)
89 As above (5)
90 Compel (5)
92 That woman (3) 93 Sizeable (5)
94 Dry (4)
96 Egyptian god of the dead (6) 98 First episode of a prospective television series (5)
100 Evita’s country (9)
104 Set up, put in place (11) 107 – Szubanski, comedy actress (5) 109 Impulse (4)
111 Aromatic resin (5) 112 Sunrise (4)
114 London art museum (4) 116 Fermented grape drink (4) 117 Channing –, actor (5) 118 Christian Bale film about US politician Dick Cheney (4) 119 Muscular spasm (3) 121 Australian TV award (5)
122 Of the country (6) 123 Republic’s head of state (9) 124 – Williams, legendary US country musician (4) 125 Grown-up (5)
127 Steady, reliable (6)
131 Welsh 75 across breed (5) 133 Water-filled defensive ditch around a castle (4) 135 Freight (5)
137 Rowing blade (3)
139 Hip, trendy (4)
140 Michael –, actor (5) 141 Blissful spiritual fulfilment (13) 143 Barcelona’s country (5) 144 Cricket ground (4)
145 Deep feeling (7)
146 Katy –, pop singer (5)
147 Clip wool from a sheep (5) 148 Artefact from a previous age (5)
DOWN
1 Seller (6)
2 Worth (5)
3 NSW capital (6)
4 The – Redemption, film (9) 5 Warren-dwelling lagomorph (6) 6 Aquatic sport and recreation facility (4) 7 Fourth month (5) 8 Savoury condiment (3)
9 Egg and vinegar dressing (10) 10 Legal excuse (5)
11 Joint between legs and feet (6) 15 Enchanted (9)
19 Festive pyrotechnics (9) 20 Cylindrical curl of hair (7) 21 – Schiffer, supermodel (7) 22 Complete an academic qualification (8)
23 Fred Flintstone’s wife (5) 26 String user to tie up parcels (5) 30 Track athletes (7)
31 Earthly manifestation of a deity (6)
32 Italian frozen treat (6)
34 Not as much (4)
38 Tidings of recent events (4) 44 Inquisitive (7)
45 Fairytale monster (4)
48 Sister in a holy order (3) 49 Regret (3) 50 Constabulary (6)
51 Lively 1920s dance (10) 53 Cuban ballroom dance (5) 54 Small Scottish watercourse (4) 55 Acorn tree (3)
59 Major river in Germany (5) 60 – Deschanel, actress (5) 62 Soothing balm or lotion (5) 64 Dining area in a workplace or school (9)
66 Fond reverence tor the past (9) 68 Order of business (6)
70 Vast African desert (6) 71 Powerful raptor (5) 72 Delicacy cooked on a skewer (5) 75 Section of an airport for outbound passengers (10) 79 One who gives, as blood (5) 81 Feudal lord (5)
82 More mature (5) 85 Classical composition with several movements (6) 86 Therapeutic rub-down (7)
88 – of Troy, classical beauty in Homer’s Iliad (5)
89 Skilled, dexterous (4) 91 Kimono sash (3)
95 Feeling poorly (3)
96 Fire residue (3) 97 Language spoken in India and Pakistan (4)
99 Not as heavy (7) 101 Extraordinarily intelligent or talented person (6) 102 Unusual, out of the ordinary (9) 103 Laura –, fashion label noted for romantic floral fabrics (6) 105 Indonesian resort island (4) 106 Return on invested funds (8) 107 Animal’s breeding partner (4) 108 Cost of entry (9) 110 Mechanical apparatus used to tighten straps (7)
111 Tuneful (7)
113 Driver’s front window (10) 115 Technology company headed by Elon Musk (5)
118 Snake or spider poison (5) 120 Orchestra leader (9) 126 Hanging spike of ice (6) 128 Jimmy –, singer who rose to fame with Cold Chisel (6) 129 Advertising or political campaign catchphrase (6)
130 Fine quality brandy (6) 132 Numerical comparison (5) 134 Wrath (5)
136 Orchard fruit (5)
138 Remain (4)
142 Circuit of a racecourse (3)