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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 a mystery crime film featuring our pictured star (5,2,3,4) in the coloured squares. Write this on the entry coupon.

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ACROSS

1 1970s dance music style (5) 4 Grown-up (5) 6 Outspoken (5) 9 Baltic republic, capital Tallinn (7) 12 Ursine creature (4) 13 South Pacific island republic (5) 14 Pictured actress (7,6) 16 Animal doctor (3) 17 Doing word (4) 18 Atmospheri­c gas (5) 19 The Twilight Saga heroine (5) 23 Humanities faculty at university (4) 25 Zodiac big cat (3) 26 Pirate’s bird (6) 28 Timber used in furniture and building (5) 29 Greenish blue (4) 30 Make-up andbeauty products (9) 34 Miranda –, actress (4) 36 Choose (3) 38 Scholarly (8) 39 Imitative mixture of artistic styles or motifs (8) 42 Leafy tree (3) 43 Quiet, tragic sister in Little Women (4) 44 – Nicodemou, actress (3) 45 Surname of pioneering aviators Orville and Wilbur (6) 47 Alpine song (5) 48 Writer (6) 49 Cricket scoring unit (3) 50 Drink daintily (3) 51 Rhetorical mode (5) 53 Power, vigour (6) 55 Laughing African scavenger (5) 57 Tuft-eared wildcat (4) 59 Villain in The Lion King (4) 60 Non-profession­al (7) 63 Olivia Newton-john’s Grease character (5) 64 Historical period (3) 65 Sicilian volcanic peak (4) 67 Albacore (4) 68 – Fitzgerald, jazz and blues diva (4) 69 Boldly meet a challenge (4) 72 Cone-bearing tree (3) 73 Baseball delivery (5) 74 Cultured dairy product (7) 76 Male rabbit (4) 77 At no cost (4) 79 Unhappy scowl (5) 82 Island in the Society group in South Pacific (6) 83 Pig’s nose (5) 84 Uncooked (3) 86 Handy suggestion (3) 87 Animated corpse (6) 89 Inuit snow shelter (5) 93 Large bird enclosure (6) 95 Young seal (3) 96 Second-hand (4) 97 Complete collection (3) 98 Wonder Woman actress (3,5) 101 Convince by argument (8) 103 Metallic element, symbol Sn (3) 104 Football goalie’s stop (4) 105 By an unknown 48 across (9) 106 – Mcgregor, actor (4) 107 – -Leste, republic northwest of Darwin (5) 110 Evening meal (6) 114 Savoury condiment (3) 116 Jane –, Charlotte Brontë novel (4) 118 – Wilson, comedy actress (5) 120 Central Australian monolith (5) 122 Departure (4) 123 Juniper spirit (3) 124 Child star of the 1930s (7,6) 126 Alcohol, grog (5) 127 Galvanisin­g metal (4) 128 Shakespear­e’s Moor of Venice (7) 129 Tropical American plant with long, pointed leaves (5) 130 Garden or parcel string (5) 131 – Minogue, pop music diva (5)

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1 River of southern central Europe (6) 2 Christmas song (5) 3 Hold in high esteem (6) 4 Ballet position (9) 5 Secure with rope (6) 6 Change direction at speed (4) 7 Shout of approval or encouragem­ent (5) 8 Hawaiian garland (3) 9 Designed to facilitate comfort and movement (9) 10 Bellybutto­n (5) 11 Director’s instructio­n to begin (6) 15 Orange-infused liqueur (9) 20 – Child, Jack Reacher 48 across (3) 21 State in southern USA (7) 22 – Flu, pandemic of 1918-’19 (7) 23 Tendency to waste away or wither (7) 24 Teapot’s pouring facility (5) 27 Somewhat (6) 31 Grinning Wonderland feline (8,3) 32 Sole ruler (7) 33 – Dog, battered sausage served at fun-fairs (7) 35 Arabic nobleman (4) 37 Mesmeric condition (6) 40 Sloth in Ice Age movies (3) 41 Maladies (4) 46 Japanese flower arrangemen­t (7) 48 Highest point (4) 51 Grace –, 2021 Australian of the Year (4) 52 Small bottle or container (5) 54 Melbourne’s river (5) 56 Dining style with multiple dishes served from trolleys (3,3) 58 Training house for sisters in holy orders (7) 61 London modern art gallery (4) 62 Nuclear fission facility (7) 65 Every one (4) 66 Constricte­d, limited (6) 69 First performanc­e (5) 70 Queensland coastal city (11) 71 The Taming of the –, Shakespear­e comedy (5) 72 Vivid purplish red (7) 75 Present (4) 77 Sack, summarily dismiss (4) 78 Imitator (7) 80 Production volume (6) 81 Roman god of the sea (7) 85 The West –, US political drama series 1999-2006 (4) 87 Shredded fruit peel as a flavouring (4) 88 Particular­ly clever and inventive (9) 90 Male youth (3) 91 Exterior (7) 92 Temperatur­e scale (6) 94 TV or film audiences (7) 95 Australian state government leader (7) 99 Northern Italian wine (9) 100 Sky blue (5) 102 Refreshing coastal wind (3,6)

108 Ornamental or ceremonial sphere (3) 109 Slow musical compositio­n (6) 111 Most pleasant (6) 112 Business’ customer (6) 113 Sheep’s coat of wool (6) 115 Boxing blow (5) 117 Object from the past (5) 119 Hard black wood (5) 121 – Banks, 1990s supermodel (4) 125 – League, group of prestigiou­s US universiti­es (3)

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