SUPER CROSS
For a chance to win one of two prizes of $250, simply solve the crossword to reveal the name of a black comedy-drama TV series featuring our pictured star (10) in the coloured squares. Write this on the entry coupon.
ACROSS
1 Diver’s equipment (5) 4 and 6 across
Pictured actress (5,5) 9 Tricky crossword style (7) 12 Run away (4) 13 Atmospheric gas (5) 14 Chart of elements (8,5) 16 Relatives (3) 17 Ballerina’s garment (4) 18 Comfortable (coll.) (5) 19 Pulsate painfully (5) 23 University humanities faculty (4)
25 Rowing blade (3) 26 Short-sighted (6) 28 Miley –, pop singer (5) 29 Cut of pork or lamb (4) 30 Tibetan Buddhist figurehead (5,4)
34 Mark of a wound (4) 36 Coastal inlet (3) 38 Unmarried man (8) 39 Rear passenger section of a family car (4,4) 42 Japanese theatre style (3) 43 Iconic New Zealand bird (4) 44 Possess (3) 45 Sundries (6)
47 Freight (5)
48 Mystical soothsayer (6) 49 Cloistered sister (3) 50 Wildebeest (3)
51 Secret store of supplies or valuables (5) 53 Human/robot hybrid (6) 55 Italian pine nut puree (5) 57 Johann Sebastian –, baroque composer (4) 59 At rest (4) 60 Vegetable stalk cooked as a dessert (7)
63 Force out (5)
64 – Adams, Disenchanted
actress (3)
65 Blue printer ink (4) 67 Close at hand (4) 68 Wealthy (4) 69 Reflected sound (4)
72 – Baba, Arabian folktale hero (3)
73 Squander (5)
74 Point of view (7) 76 Angelic instrument (4) 77 Pond fish (4) 79 Inexpensive (5)
82 Save (6)
83 Sorceress (5)
84 Bestow a name or title (3)
86 Bolt fastener (3)
87 Secluded recess (6)
89 Of sound reproduction (5)
93 Walk like a duck (6)
95 December 31st (1,1,1)
96 Empty space, vacuum (4)
97 Twosome (3)
98 Casino wheel game (8)
101 Cabbage salad (8)
103 New Zealand honeyeater (3)
104 Relative frequency (4)
105 Former department of navy (9)
106 Norse deity (4)
107 Chocolate-flavoured coffee (5)
110 Person with specialised
knowledge or skill (6)
114 Bird on Australia’s coat
of arms (3)
116 Main part of a traditional
church (4)
118 Twin-masted sailing vessel (5)
120 Tempestuous weather event (5)
122 Japanese noodle variety (4)
123 Note of debt (1,1,1)
124 Person studying maritime
expanses (13)
126 Neutered male bovine (5)
127 Sad, down in the dumps (4)
128 Chronically unlucky (7)
129 Young female horse (5)
130 From the Netherlands (5)
131 Ascend, scale (5)
DOWN
1 Youth organisation founded by Baden-powell (6)
2 AB Paterson’s nom de plume (5) 3 Overcast (6)
4 Place for sacred artefacts (9) 5 – Gurus, veteran Australian rock group (6)
6 Simple dress or undergarment (4)
7 Cute aquatic mammal (5) 8 Soviet secret police (1,1,1) 9 Winning position in chess (9) 10 Japan’s capital (5)
11 Yellow pet bird (6) 15 Moving staircase (9)
20 – Charles, R&b/soul music legend (3)
21 Kentucky whiskey (7) 22 Large ancient Greek ceramic vessel (7)
23 Bitter, harsh (7) 24 Winterfell family in
Game of Thrones (5) 27 Outdoor meal (6)
31 1986 hit song for the Bangles, written by Prince (5,6) 32 Adult (5-2) 33 Systematic study of natural phenomenon (7) 35 Clarified butter (4) 37 Handsome youth of classical mythology (6)
40 Ill-bred dog (3)
41 Urban air pollution (4) 46 Treatment (7) 48 Expression of pain (4) 51 Popular soft drink flavour (4)
52 Downton –, TV costume drama (5) 54 Inexperienced (5) 56 Relating to a specific national or cultural group (6) 58 Goodbye, tata (7) 61 Singer with U2 (4) 62 Espresso machine operator (7) 65 Jackie –, martial arts film star (4)
66 Goddess of the dawn (6) 69 Colourless gas used as an anaesthetic (5) 70 Baroque keyboard instrument (11)
71 Entice, seduce (5) 72 Permitted (7)
75 Slight skin irritation (4) 77 Give over, yield (4) 78 Church spire (7)
80 – Hemingway, 20th century author (6)
81 Colourful tube-shaped flower (7)
85 Cry loudly, wail (4)
87 Verdi opera set in Egypt (4) 88 Bright red (9)
90 Full stop symbol (3) 91 Supervise (7)
92 Circus tent (3,3) 94 Mexican walking fish (7) 95 The Big Apple state (3,4) 99 Vote with all in agreement (9)
100 – John, pop music legend (5)
102 Scotland’s capital (9) 108 At high temperature (3) 109 Highest point (6) 111 Enlarge (6)
112 Singalong part of a song (6) 113 Baby angel (6) 115 Forcefully seize power (5) 117 Polymer used in records (5) 119 Laud, eulogise (5) 121 Of the duckling which became
a swan (4)
125 Fairylike sprite (3)