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SUPER CROSS

For a chance to win one of two prizes of $250, simply solve the crossword to reveal the name of an action adventure film featuring our pictured star (3,6) in the coloured squares. Write this on the entry coupon.

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ACROSS

1 Coloured flower part (5) 4 Danger (5) 6 Drying cloth (5) 9 Large rock (7) 12 Oriental stretching technique (4) 13 Wireless (5) 14 1964 hit for the Beatles (5,3,5) 15 Pet parasite (4) 16 Skilled (4) 17 Vigorous cuddle (3) 19 Shin bone (5) 23 Castle’s central stronghold (4) 25 Glutamate flavour element (5) 26 Julia Louis-dreyfus character in Seinfeld (6) 28 Plunder, loot (5) 29 – Fisher, actress (4) 30 – Heights, Emily Bronte novel (9) 34 Group of grazing animals (4) 36 Health resort (3) 38 Intoxicati­ng wormwood spirit (8) 39 National song (6) 42 Australian wild dog (5)43 Broken –, western NSW mining town (4) 44 Dry grass used as bedding or fodder (3) 45 Table linen (6) 47 Midday meal (5) 48 – Christie, murder mystery author (6) 49 That woman (3) 50 Wise nocturnal bird (3) 51 Paul –, singer/songwriter (5) 53 Internet TV delivery facility (6) 55 Desert ruminant (5) 57 Italian salutation (4) 59 Roughly chopped (4) 60 Lower torso (7) 63 Up to such a time (5) 64 Sir – Mckellen, actor (3) 65 Historic Russian emperor (4) 67 Edible ocean fish (4) 68 Frozen queen (4) 69 Engrave with acid (4) 72 Drinks counter (3) 73 Arboreal marsupial ‘bear’ (5) 74 Mythical bird which rose from ashes (7) 76 Basketball or netball target (4) 77 Johann Sebastian –, baroque composer (4) 79 Force out of a school (5) 82 Movie theatre (6) 83 Ancient Roman language, still used in traditiona­l Catholic church services (5) 84 ‘– humbug!’, derisive exclamatio­n (3) 86 Desert illusion (6) 88 Extreme pain (5) 92 Measuremen­t system (6) 94 Mountain pass (3) 95 Military force (4) 96 Branch of Buddhism (3) 97 Tacit, not articulate­d (8) 100 Earl Grey tea flavouring (8) 102 Atmosphere (3) 103 – Smit-mcphee, young Australian actor (4) 104 Spirit of the time (9) 105 Expression of lament (4) 106 Sound, authorised (5) 109 Cricket team number (6) 113 Decorate (5) 115 Coin-flip to decide starting position (4) 117 Paul –, veteran Australian musician (5) 119 Japanese currency (3) 121 Follow orders (4) 122 Wind instrument (4) 123 By unexpected chance (13) 125 Hair-grooming utensil (5) 126 Small clump of hair (4) 127 Cut of steak (7) 128 Honking birds (5) 129 King of Rock’n’roll (5) 130 Malevolent spirit (5)

DOWN

1 Buccaneer (6) 2 Legal excuse (5) 3 and 4 down Pictured actor (6,9) 5 Baltic republic, capital Riga (6) 6 Armoured military vehicle (4) 7 Squander (5) 8 Sign of the Lion (3) 9 Biblical nativity town (9) 10 Wide river-mouth (5) 11 Member of a touring band’s crew (6) 18 Security canine (5,3) 20 – Radley, mysterious character in To Kill A Mockingbir­d (3) 21 Insurance risk assessor (7) 22 Plume (7) 23 – Jenner, reality TV personalit­y (7) 24 Marsupial’s baby-carrying feature (5) 27 European region comprising Spain and Portugal (6) 31 In any case (11) 32 Mind-reader (7) 33 Destructiv­e ocean wave (7) 35 Roman garment (4) 37 Spiritual retreat (6) 40 Prepare hides as leather (3) 41 Legendary nymph vainly in love with Narcissus (4) 46 Flightless Antarctic bird (7) 48 As well (4) 51 Slender (4) 52 Forward surveillan­ce operative (5) 54 Of lesser importance (5) 56 – Einstein, revered physicist (6) 58 Belgian city (7) 61 Solemn vow (4) 62 – Falls, cascade of the US/ Canadian border (7) 65 Grace –, 2021 Australian of the Year (4) 66 Hold in high esteem (6) 69 Moral position (5) 70 Male royal heir (5,6) 71 Wood-turning machine (5) 72 Playground water dispenser (7) 75 Bovine draught animals (4) 77 Talking pig movie (4) 78 South American desert to the west of the Andes (7) 80 Spanish rice and seafood dish (6) 81 Clothes-washing facility (7) 85 Angel’s stringed instrument (4) 86 Labyrinth (4) 87 Sin of over-voracious eating (8) 89 Tree revered for sturdy timber (3) 90 New York baseball club (7) 91 Smear, blur (6) 93 Stylish and graceful (7) 94 Fashion model’s runway (7) 98 Robert Louis –, adventure novel writer (9) 99 Beginning of a condition (5) 101 Uprights on a football field (9) 107 Unwell (3) 108 Raptors’ claws (6) 110 Italian canal city (6)

111 Begin a round of golf (3,3) 112 Large constricti­ng snake (6) 114 Unpleasant smell (5) 116 Perception (5) 118 Lofty eagle’s nest (5) 120 Magnitude (4) 124 Small decorative carpet (3)

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