SUPER CROSS
For a chance to win one of two prizes of $250, simply solve the crossword to reveal the name of an epic historical film featuring our pictured star (3,8) in the coloured squares. Write this on the entry coupon.
ACROSS
1 – Peace Prize, humanitarian honour (5) 4 Legitimate, authorised (5) 6 Skewer meal (5)
9 K in JFK (7)
12 Suva’s country (4) 13 Winged archer of love (5) 14 Sweets, chocolates and lollies (13)
15 Feudal agricultural peasants (5) 16 Military installation (4) 17 Supple, limber (5) 21 Seaweed (4)
23 Hamlet’s doomed love (7)
24 The – Girls, TV sitcom (6) 26 Nun’s garb (5)
27 Jazzy dance (4)
28 Famous rock at Spain’s southern tip (9)
32 Lois –, Superman’s girlfriend (4)
34 Bar of precious metal (5) 35 – Davis, Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries actress (5) 36 Ungainly, uncomfortable (7) 39 Watery cavern (6)
40 – Misérables, Victor Hugo novel which inspired a stage and screen musical (3)
41 Harsh, disagreeable to taste (4) 42 Dedicated poem (3) 43 France’s capital (5)
45 Give up (5)
46 Young swan (6)
47 Cultural pursuit (3) 48 Netting (4)
49 Wildcard (5)
50 More than likely, in gambling (4-2) 52 Intoxicating Polynesian beverage (4)
53 Broth (4)
55 Iconic small car (4) 56 Swaggering self-confidence (7) 60 Workers’ organisation (5) 61 Plague rodent (3) 62 Unpleasant to look at (4) 64 Chilled, frozen (4) 65 Circular playing field (4) 66 Scheme of action (4) 69 Animal’s hairy coat (3) 70 Deciding game in a tournament (5)
71 – Portman, actress (7)
74 Biblical Ark builder (4) 75 Exultant happiness (4)
77 Wise men at the Biblical nativity (4)
78 Gambling venue (6) 79 Martini garnish (5) 81 Military host (4)
83 Wise nocturnal bird (3)
84 See (6)
86 Late King of Rock’n’roll (5) 89 Municipal council figurehead (5) 90 Avid enthusiast (3)
91 – Everage, housewife, gigastar, Dame (4)
92 Historical period (3)
93 Alternative route (6)
94 Of current interest (7)
96 George –, Star Wars creator (5)
98 Innocent, unsophisticated (5)
101 Pickling herb (4)
102 Interconnected community of
plants and animals (9)
103 Charitable donations (4)
104 – West, hip-hop musician (5)
106 Convex arch, as on a road’s
surface (6)
110 Alfresco (4-3)
112 Misaligned, out of kilter (4)
114 – Degeneres, US talk-show
hostess (5)
117 Gate or door latching device (4)
118 Saudi Arabian pilgrimage city (5)
119 Satisfied enjoyment of others’
misfortune (13)
121 Request for goods (5)
122 Trick, subterfuge (4)
123 Caribbean music style (7)
124 Code using dots and dashes (5)
125 Sailing vessel (5)
126 Casually placed blanket or
cushion (5)
DOWN
1 and 30 down Pictured actress (6,6)
2 – Piaf, French chanteuse (5) 3 Nina –, jazz diva (6)
4 – Secret, lingerie brand (9) 5 Heavy vehicle fuel (6) 6 – Winslet, Hollywood star (4) 7 Chap, fellow (5)
8 Free round in a tournament or season (3) 9 Computer’s typing attachment (8)
10 – Flynn, swashbuckling actor (5) 11 Sycophantic minion (3-3) 15 Academic, learned (9) 18 Southern US vocal inflection (5) 19 Letter (7)
20 Not showing effects of time (7) 21 Finger joint (7)
22 At an earlier time (5)
25 Dull, lacking in interesting qualities (6)
29 Amazing (11)
30 See 1 down
31 Made to specific instructions (7) 33 Wooded hill (4) 37 Assistance (3)
38 Rounded roof (4) 42 Canada’s capital (6)
44 Welsh grilled cheese snack (7) 46 Cut of lamb or pork (4) 48 Islamic house of prayer (6) 49 Large Indonesian island (4) 51 Cacophonous (5) 54 Mythical one-horned horse (7) 57 Stagger, swoon (4) 58 Obsessed with one’s own appearance (4)
59 Of numbers, indicating position in a sequence (7) 62 Forearm bone (4)
63 Norse trickster deity (4) 66 Frantic alarm (5) 67 Numbing medication (11) 68 Soporific member of the Seven Dwarves (6)
69 Industrial assembly facility (7) 72 Grace –, 2021 Australian of the Year (4)
73 Coastal lake (6)
75 Tease, provoke (4)
76 Stray from central subject (7) 80 Decorative feathers (6) 82 Open to debate or challenge (4) 84 Torso (4)
85 New Orleans’ state in southern USA (9)
86 Sixth sense (1,1,1) 87 Opening, as for employment or accommodation (7) 88 Rarely (6)
89 Common species of duck (7) 90 Introductory trumpet flourish (7)
95 Last Greek letter (5) 97 French cheese (9) 99 Tranquil rural scene (5)
100 Italian coffee made by a barista (8) 105 Of the universe (6)
107 Double-cross (6) 108 Small suitcase (6)
109 – Lloyd Webber, impresario (6) 111 Perform above expectation (5) 113 Electronic navigation and
location system (5)
115 Overbalance (5) 116 – Boleyn, second wife of
Henry VIII (4)
120 Ostentatious actor (3)