SUPER CROSS

For a chance to win one of two prizes of $250, simply solve the crossword to reveal the name of a mystery thriller movie featuring our pictured star (3,2,3,4) in the coloured squares. Write this on the entry coupon.

ACROSS

1 Cute aquatic mammal (5) 4 – Sinatra, Ol’ Blue Eyes (5) 6 Sorceress (5)

9 Thin, slim (7) 12 Unsullied (4)

13 Wear away (5) 14 Mental focus (13) 16 Monstrous Middle Earth warrior (3) 17 Ballerina’s outfit (4) 18 Hunting dog (5) 19 Obvious, unconcealed (5) 23 Cattle meat (4)

25 Calm centre of a storm (3) 26 Llama-like ruminant raised for its fine fleece (6) 28 Convicted offender (5) 29 Pickling herb (4) 30 Scientific investigation procedures (9) 34 Himalayan monster (4) 36 Cool, groovy (3) 38 Veteran musician born Robert Zimmerman (3,5) 39 Large fish, source of roe and isinglass (8) 42 Promise to pay (1,1,1) 43 Rabbit’s tail (4) 44 Digital picture elements (6) 45 Artificial colour (3) 46 Love (5)

47 Mobile phone portrait (6) 48 Congeal (3)

50 Public media organisation (1,1,1) 51 Tribal symbol (5) 52 Capital of Turkey (6) 54 Dramatic dance for two (5) 56 The – Hunter, Robert Deniro film (4) 58 Feverish pain (4) 59 Swaggering selfconfidence (7)

62 – Keddie, actress (5)

63 By way of (3)

64 Very dry, of wine (4) 66 – Fisher, actress (4)

67 Prominent female singer or celebrity (4) 68 Sharp, enthusiastic (4) 70 Barbie’s boyfriend (3) 71 The Hunter of classical mythology (5)

72 Hero of Arabian Nights folk tales (7) 74 Baking facility (4) 75 – Hathaway, actress (4) 78 Beginning of a condition (5)

81 Small stones used as road surfacing (6) 82 Mournful poem (5) 83 Battered –, deep-fried frankfurt (3) 84 Hearing organ (3) 85 Colour between blue and violet (6) 87 Improvise (2,3) 91 Nocturnal raptor (3) 93 Tropical American lizard (6)

95 Idris –, actor (4) 96 Tummy muscles (3) 97 Preserved or prepared for burial, as a body (8) 100 Shredded paper tossed at a wedding (8) 102 Even so (3)

103 Lightly cooked, of 23 across (4) 104 Having several uses or applications (9) 105 Open public space (4) 106 Baby-delivering bird (5) 109 Frontal assault (6) 113 Fairy-like sprite (3) 115 Lieutenant James –, commander of

HMS Endeavour (4) 117 Well-versed, clued in (5) 118 Mistake (5)

120 Path of rotation (5) 121 Reservoir (3) 122 Person seeing or predicting one’s future (7-6) 124 2.54cm (4)

125 Miranda –, lingerie model (4)

126 Experienced, sophisticated (7)

127 Choose (5) 128 Liz –, UK PM briefly in 2022 (5)

129 Travel over ice (5)

DOWN

1 Spotted tropical American wildcat (6)

2 Duck valued for soft down used in quilts (5) 3 Imposingly dignified (6) 4 Fruitfulness (9) 5 Maintain pace (4,2) 6 Large NZ insect (4) 7 Commerce (5)

8 – polloi, general populace (3) 9 Language of Sri Lanka (9) 10 Valve in an electrical circuit (5)

11 – Griffiths, actress (6) 15 Power (9)

20 Female sheep (3) 21 Tradie’s carry-case (7) 22 Small kangaroo relative (7) 23 Espresso machine operator (7) 24 Ground grain, particularly wheat (5)

27 A in CIA (6) 31 Suspenseful situation on which to finish an episode (11)

32 Notion (7)

33 Skill, talent (7)

35 Sand hill (4)

37 Ribbed cotton fabric (6) 40 Mysterious aircraft (1,1,1) 41 Vehicle storage facility (6) 47 Mark of a wound (4) 49 Uncertainty, ambiguity (11) 51 Roman robe (4)

53 On guard, vigilant (5) 55 Reach a destination (6) 56 Pictured actress (5,6) 57 Spiny anteater (7)

60 Blood vessel (4) 61 Round of applause (7) 64 Poetic story-teller (4) 65 Cricket official (6) 68 Thai canal (5) 69 Ireland (7,4) 73 Nautical salutation (4) 75 As well (4)

76 Las Vegas’ state (6) 77 Ponderous, heavy (7) 79 Prone to perspiration (6) 80 Canada’s most populous city (7)

85 Terrible medieval Tsar (4) 86 Unfounded assumptions, as opposed to empirical research (9)

88 On the –, fugitive (3) 89 The Flintstones’ home town (7) 90 European region including Spain and Portugal (6) 92 Remarkably large specimen (7) 94 Important trial (4,4) 98 Colourful fluttering insect (9)

99 Pale purplish pink (5) 101 Festive pyrotechnics (9) 107 Large black bird (5) 108 Field, pasture (6)

110 – Plant, former Led Zeppelin singer (6) 111 Reddish brown hair colour (6)

112 Chinese fruit (6) 114 Thighbone (5)

116 Egg cell (5)

119 Joan –, I Love Rock’n’roll singer (4)

123 Cereal grass (3) 124 Tattoo pigment (3)