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For a chance to win one of two prizes of $250, simply solve the crossword to reveal the name of a romantic drama film featuring our pictured star (5,8) in the coloured squares. Write this on the entry coupon.
ACROSS
1 Starting cash (5)
4 Vital bodily fluid (5)
6 Mustard variety originating in France (5)
9 Immediate, without wait (7)
12 – Moss, author and former model (4)
13 Worker’s organisation (5)
14 Unusually flexible (6-7)
15 High-temperature malady (5)
16 – Neeson, actor (4)
17 Food cooked on a skewer (5)
21 Funeral blaze (4)
23 Long pasta strips (7)
24 Capital of the Bahamas (6)
26 Irish police officer (5)
27 Sicilian volcano (4)
28 Abandoned settlement (5,4)
32 Edible root vegetable (6)
34 Largest instrument in a string quartet (5)
35 Japanese sword sport (5)
36 Cabbage variety (8)
39 Bishopric (3)
40 Visual effects in movies and TV (1,1,1)
41 – Lisa, iconic portrait (4)
42 Stir-fry pan (3)
43 Canine infant (5)
45 Inert gas (5)
46 Messenger of the gods (6)
47 Professional charge (3)
48 Remedy (4)
49 Coarse wool fabric (5)
50 Order of business in a meeting or conference (6)
52 – James, Wild West outlaw (5)
53 Go without food, usually as a religious observance (4)
55 Mix ingredients with a spoon (4)
56 Tuneful (7)
60 – Brontë, Wuthering Heights author (5)
61 Himalayan ox (3)
62 – Barrymore, actress (4)
64 Galvanising metallic element (4)
65 Persistent pain (4)
66 Baked birthday treat (4) 69 Muscular spasm (3)
70 Single-masted yacht (5)
71 Furthest visible point (7)
75 Porridge grain (4)
76 – Armstrong, astronaut (4)
78 Jolly –, pirate flag (5)
79 Hi-fi music system (6)
80 Military blockade (5)
81 Vessel in which Jason sailed in search of the Golden Fleece (4)
83 Large deer (3)
85 Highland spirit (6)
87 Passage between seats (5)
90 Ceremonial table (5)
91 Task, employment (3)
92 Roald –, author (4)
93 Dedicated poem (3) 94 Fitness facility (3)
95 Endless number or time (8)
98 Bill –, computer technology tycoon (5)
100 South Korean capital (5)
102 Paris’ country (6)
103 Assumed moniker (9)
104 Large washing tub (4)
105 Fermented apple drink (5)
107 Climbing apparatus (6)
111 David –, former football star (7)
113 Hood (4)
115 – Lennox, singer of the
Eurythmics (5)
118 Russian emperor (4)
119 – Doolittle, heroine of
My Fair Lady (5)
120 Indelibly etched in memory (13)
122 Mischievous young dog (5)
123 Grass, as on horseracing
track (4)
124 – Night, Shakespeare
comedy (7)
125 Senior member of a group (5)
126 Medical attendant (5)
127 –-Leste, Dili’s country (5)
DOWN
1 Servile minion (6)
2 Hawaiian salutation (5)
3 Bathroom sink and mirror unit (6)
4 Shuttlecock game (9)
5 Texan city, setting of a 1980s TV drama series (6)
6 Martial arts training centre (4)
7 Luscious, of fruit (5)
8 Tennis court divider (3)
9 Populous island nation, capital Jakarta (9)
10 Blacksmith’s block (5)
11 Push forward aggressively (6)
15 Injury caused by extreme cold (9)
18 All-in fight, donnybrook (5)
19 Underlying geological formation (7)
20 Study of bodily structures (7)
21 Jack-o’-lantern vegetable (7)
22 – Merman, Broadway diva (5)
25 Order of words (6)
29 London’s Parliamentary precinct (11)
30 Warm neck accessory (5)
31 Captain (7)
33 Clothes line clips (4)
37 Female chicken (3)
38 Andre –, violin maestro (4)
42 Stoat-like predator (6) 44 Field (7)
46 Qualifying race (4)
48 Barista’s product (6)
49 Look after, care for (4)
51 Pointed indicator (5)
52 – Morrison, Doors singer (3)
54 Source of Popeye’s strength (7)
57 Icy queen in Frozen (4)
58 Flow viscously (4)
59 Destructive tropical storm (7)
62 Smallgoods retailer (4)
63 Reflected sound (4)
66 Angry, vexed (5)
67 Pictured actress (5,6)
68 Greek god of light (6)
69 Matching skirt and jacket (4-3)
72 Lightly cooked, of meat (4)
73 Croatia’s capital (6)
74 Not either (3)
76 – Taylor, actor (4)
77 – Place, 1990s TV drama (7)
82 Large Asian desert (4)
84 Ned –, iconic outlaw (5)
85 Long, complex story (4)
86 Small Mexican dog breed (9)
87 Muhammad –, late boxing champion (3)
88 2012 James Bond film (7)
89 Queen’s youngest son (6)
90 Branch of mathematics (7)
91 – Chastain, actress (7)
96 Tawny –, bird (9)
97 Boy-band which featured Justin Timberlake (5)
99 Face to face private conversation (4-1-4)
101 Vast intercontinental body of water (5)
106 Disapprove, hold a negative opinion (6)
108 – Hoffman, actor (6)
109 Maori greeting (3,3)
110 Salt’s seasoning companion (6) 112 Felony (5)
114 Fret (5)
116 – Minaj, rapper (5)
117 Fronded plant (4)
121 Ephemeral trend (3)