SUPER CROSS
For a chance to win one of two prizes of $250, simply solve the crossword to reveal the name of a neo-noir psychological thriller film featuring our pictured star (9,5) in the coloured squares. Write this on the entry coupon.
ACROSS
1 – Drew, teenage girl sleuth (5) 4 Jumped, bounded (5) 6 Lobby of a hotel or office building (5)
9 Hamlet’s tragic lover (7) 12 Ballerina’s garment (4) 13 Heavy cape (5)
14 Pictured actress (4,9) 16 Father (3)
17 Crouch evasively (4) 18 Particular ability (5)
19 Tribal symbol (5)
23 Placid, serene (4)
25 Centre of a storm (3)
26 Rich, cream-filled cake (6) 28 Combine into a single entity (5) 29 Exclusive English school (4) 30 Performer’s preparation area (9)
34 Sharpen, hone (4) 36 Expression of distaste (3) 38 Journalist’s office (8) 39 Viewers (8)
42 Historical period (3)
43 Mark of a wound (4) 44 Extinct NZ bird (3) 45 Marital partner (6) 47 Furnishings and embellishments of a home (5)
48 Watery cave (6)
49 Edible tropical tuber (3)
50 Egg cells (3)
51 Japanese noodle variety (5) 53 Reptile with legs (6) 55 Left-hand page in a publication (5) 57 Manage, deal with adversity (4) 59 – Fisher, actress (4)
60 Noisy timber-cutting tool (4-3) 63 Monarch’s domain (5)
64 Wise nocturnal bird (3) 65 Apocryphal tale (4)
67 – Finn, Crowded House frontman (4)
68 – Collette, actress (4) 69 Group of beautiful women (4) 72 Card game (3) 73 Commuter vessel (5) 74 Piquant condiment (7) 76 Unclad, spartan (4)
77 – Stone, actress (4)
79 Poker hand of one suit (5) 82 Appear, come into view (6) 83 German WWII submarine (1-4) 84 Captain’s journal (3)
86 Unit of electrical resistance (3)
87 Emphasis or strain (6)
89 – Dern, actress (5)
93 Dog-like African predator (6)
95 Burst, like a balloon (3)
96 Colloquial Aussie greeting (1’3)
97 Set of tools and materials (3)
98 Whale’s respiratory orifice (8)
101 Led –, 1970s rock group (8)
103 Simple melody (3)
104 – Lane, Superman’s
girlfriend (4)
105 Waterside walkway (9)
106 Farm storage building (4)
107 Snapshot (5)
110 African wilderness
adventure (6)
114 Field, meadow (3)
116 Omelette ingredients (4)
118 American cattle farm (5)
120 – Fizz, champagne and orange
juice cocktail (5)
122 – Fitzgerald, jazz and blues
diva (4)
123 Steal from (3)
124 One who collects and studies
reptiles and amphibians (13)
126 Jules –, author of fantastic
adventure tales (5)
127 Oxidation of metal (4)
128 Retailer of children’s
playthings (7)
129 Fastidiously groom oneself (5)
130 Habitually late (5)
131 Annoying, troublesome (5) DOWN
1 Subtle difference in quality (6) 2 Hoisting machine (5)
3 Time yet to come (6) 4 Fortuitous astral phenomenon (5,4) 5 Handheld IT device such as an ipad (6) 6 Imperfection (4) 7 Tropical plant with pointy leaves (5)
8 Fish eggs (3) 9 Forthright, loudly opinionated (9)
10 Soup serving spoon (5) 11 – Garfield, actor (6)
15 Buzz –, space toy character (9) 20 Golf hole starting point (3)
21 Deep purplish red (7)
22 Of volcanic origin (7) 23 Creamy dairy dessert topping (7)
24 Florida city (5)
27 Moral guidelines (6)
31 The –, F Scott Fitzgerald novel and Baz Luhrmann film (5,6) 32 Rudolf –, ballet maestro (7) 33 Pair, duo (7)
35 Divine aura (4) 37 Nail-striking tool (6) 40 Medical Disney dwarf (3) 41 Continental currency (4) 46 Self-inflicted damage or detriment (3,4) 48 Dorothy’s surname in
The Wizard of Oz (4)
51 David Schwimmer’s Friends
character (4)
52 Derisive rejection (5)
54 – on the Nile, Agatha Christie murder mystery (5)
56 Of horses (6)
58 The – of the Opera, spectacular stage musical (7) 61 Madcap, wacky (4) 62 Alternative name of tungsten (7)
65 Coin factory (4)
66 Sign of the Bull (6) 69 Michael –, Canadian crooner (5) 70 Creatures with a spinal cord (11) 71 Bob –, veteran folk singer (5) 72 Come –, lose adhesion or grip (7)
75 Process through a sieve (4) 77 Parramatta NRL team (4) 78 Sophisticated, experienced (7) 80 Imaginary perfect society (6) 81 German port city on the
Elbe River (7)
85 Radiate light (4) 87 Japanese rice wine (4) 88 Hissing sound in speech (9) 90 Mysterious aircraft (1,1,1) 91 Seemingly unaffected by the passage of time (7)
92 Import tax (6)
94 Bitter, harsh (7)
95 Black leopard (7)
99 Possession (9)
100 Trimmed row of shrubs (5)
102 Ornamental wood panelling
on a floor (9)
108 Metallic element,
symbol Sn (3) 109 Red wine (6) 111 Expert, resourceful (6)
112 Spray or splatter of water (6) 113 Impudent (6) 115 Downton –, period drama
series (5)
117 Honking birds (5) 119 Rolling in the Deep singer (5) 121 Neatly cut, of lawn (4)
125 Hip-hop vocal style (3)