SUPERCROSS
For a chance to win one of three prizes of $100, simply solve the crossword and identify the hidden star using the coloured squares (8,6). Write this on the entry coupon.
ACROSS
1 Cooking apparatus with hotplates and an oven (5)
4 First public appearance (5) 6 Faithful (5)
9 Jim Henson characters (7) 12 Flying toy on a string (4) 13 Precise, accurate (5)
14 Subject to dispute or debate (13) 15 Huge marine mammal (5) 16 Score of zero in cricket (4)
17 Fire residue (3)
18 Strong rope or wire (5) 22 Sudden emotion, as of jealousy (4) 24 Small landmass (5) 25 Sensitive eye membrane (6) 27 Chocolate infused coffee (5) 28 Divine aura (4) 29 After-dark culture of a city (5-4) 33 Austrian city on the Danube (6) 35 Garden pest (5)
36 Regret (3)
37 Bee sound (4) 39 Egg-producing gland (5) 40 Require (4)
41 Threesome (4)
42 Promising beginner (4) 43 Eastern doctrine of destiny and cosmic justice (5) 44 Havana’s country (4)
46 Slack, lax (5) 47 Departmental workers, pen-pushers (11)
52 Doctor (9)
54 Block or deflect a blow (5) 56 Travel permit (4)
57 – Hunter, late singer (4) 58 Work of fiction (5)
60 – Child, thriller author (3)
61 Of the country (5) 63 Strength, energy (5) 64 Juvenile frog (7)
65 In addition (4) 67 Prominent female singer (4) 69 Science fiction vessel (9) 73 Japanese delicacy (5) 74 Hawaiian greeting (5) 75 Floor-swabbing tool (3) 76 Rowing blade (3)
77 Moulin –, Parisian nightclub (5) 78 Picture, representation (5) 80 Lunar illumination (9) 83 Indolent (4)
84 Portrait of an unclad figure (4) 87 Centre of an atom (7) 89 Metaphysical phenomenon in
Star Wars films (5) 90 Measure of worth (5)
92 Foot digit (3)
93 Person under 18 years of age (5) 94 Overdue (4)
97 Doing word (4)
98 Aircraft captain (5)
100 Flat, unit (9) 104 Beach structures (11) 107 Accommodation for travellers in cars (5)
109 Moral corruption (4)
111 Cute aquatic mammal (5) 112 Colleague, supporter (4) 114 Stalin’s empire (1,1,1,1) 116 Utility building (4) 117 Opposable digit (5) 118 Numbered musical composition (4) 119 Affirmative reply (3)
121 – sincerely, letter-closing convention (5)
122 Order of business (6)
123 Pulse (9)
124 Richard –, actor (4)
125 Lion in C.S. Lewis’ Narnia tales (5) 127 First course of a meal (6) 131 Blemish, discolouration (5)
133 Planet of the –, 1968 science fiction classic which spawned many sequels and remakes (4) 135 Give (5)
137 – Mahal, Indian landmark (3) 139 Cricket field (4)
140 Voting station (5)
141 Fear of spiders (13) 143 Two-door sports car (5) 144 Skating venue (4)
145 Search vigorously (7) 146 Grinding tooth (5)
147 Part of a boxing match (5) 148 Recurring process (5)
DOWN
1 The King’s –, 2010 film starring Colin Firth (6)
2 Of the voice (5) 3 Ceremonial procedure (6) 4 Folding seat on a ship (9) 5 Cruel despot (6)
6 Molten volcanic rock (4) 7 Melbourne’s river (5) 8 Floral garland (3)
9 Deeply sad (10) 10 Message sent by computer (5) 11 Gracefully slim (6)
15 Vortex in water (9) 19 Fraternal (9)
20 Spiny anteater (7)
21 Wise saying (7) 22 Geometric curve (8) 23 Ostentatious glamour (5)
26 Of the central area (5) 30 Distinctive taste (7) 31 Facility or resource held in reserve (4-2) 32 Breakfast mixture of grains and fruit (6) 34 Excessive publicity (4) 38 Galvanising metal (4) 44 Nun’s residence (7) 45 Successful 1970s Swedish pop group (4) 48 Tear (3)
49 Trump’s country (1,1,1) 50 Cooking formula (6)
51 Clerical machine, largely replaced by word-processing computers (10) 53 Inuit shelter (5) 54 Contented cat sound (4) 55 Coastal inlet (3)
59 Russian spirit (5) 60 Bloodsucking worm (5)
62 Laws, regulations (5)
64 – tiger, thylacine (9)
66 Very high-heeled shoes (9)
68 Of the stars (6)
70 Tooth covering (6)
71 Young dog (5) 72 Foreboding darkness (5)
75 Pizza cheese (10)
79 Paula –, US singer and dancer (5)
81 Imperial weight (5)
82 Colour associated with environmental causes (5) 85 Skinned, as fruit or vegetables (6)
86 Women’s team sport (7) 88 Halley’s –, periodical phenomenon in the sky (5) 89 Sensed (4)
91 Muhammad –, boxing’s ‘greatest’ (3) 95 Brewed hot drink (3)
96 Wise nocturnal bird (3)
97 Vessel for cut flowers (4) 99 Leafy salad vegetable (7) 101 Writer (6)
102 Group of attendants, when travelling (9) 103 Aggressive forward movement (6) 105 Short approach shot, in golf (4)
106 Snags, bangers (8)
107 Insect attracted to light (4) 108 Maze (9)
110 Journeys by sea (7)
111 Long story of travel and adventure (7) 113 Woodcutter (10)
115 Sugary (5)
118 Scarlett –, Gone With the Wind heroine (5) 120 Wave-rider’s plank (9)
126 Line showing air pressure on a weather map (6)
128 Slice of bacon (6) 129 Australian monitor lizard (6) 130 Stick (to) (6)
132 Decorate, embellish (5)
134 – Merman, classic star of Broadway musicals (5) 136 Valuable material obtained from elephant tusks (5)
138 Score for hitting the ball to the boundary in cricket (4)
142 Focus upon a target (3)