SUPERCROSS
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ACROSS
1 Mexican snack of guacamole corn chips, beans and cheese (6) 5 Part of a record player (9) 10 Sea east of Greece (6) 13 Passionate ballroom dance (5) 15 Cruise liner accommodation (5) 17 Spud (6)
18 Very attractive (9)
19 Subtle variation (6)
20 Black and white Chinese bear (5) 21 – Murphy, decorated US soldier who became a movie star (5) 22 Norse goddess of fertility (5) 25 Sweet bee product (5) 26 Striped equine creature (5)
28 At this very moment (4,3) 29 Disc thrown as a toy (7) 32 Dining area in a pub (6) 35 Exertion (6)
37 American mountain lion (6) 39 Lady’s shirt (6) 42 Skindiver’s breathing tube (7) 43 At liberty (4) 44 Wavy-bladed Malay dagger (4) 45 Young goose (7)
47 Of sound (5)
49 Skill in a language (7) 50 Mysterious aircraft (1,1,1) 51 Item for sale at auction (3) 52 Valuable old artefact (7) 55 Former Portuguese colony (5) 56 Academic score or result (4) 58 – Cara, sang hit songs from the movies Fame and Flashdance (5) 60 Steve Irwin’s daughter (5) 62 – Earhart, aviatrix (6) 64 Large raptor (5)
65 Torso (4)
66 Symbol on a computer screen (4) 67 Yuri –, Soviet cosmonaut (7) 70 Rowing team number (5) 71 Famous fountain in Rome (5) 73 TV watcher (6)
75 Keenly insightful in business (6) 77 Take apart (9)
78 Valuable possessions (6) 81 Frolic happily (6)
84 Funeral oration (6) 85 Positive indicator (4,4) 86 Canal in Egypt (4)
88 Servile labourer (4)
89 Polite interjection (6,2) 90 Reviewer of the arts (6) 91 Highly motivated and focused (6) 92 Ornate and florid artistic style which followed the baroque (6) 95 Not involving speech (3-6)
97 Ring cycle opera composer (6) 99 Sheltering canopy (6) 101 World-weariness (5)
103 Cute aquatic mammal (5) 104 Book of devotional songs (7) 106 Handle roughly (4)
107 Portentous sign (4)
109 Fred Flintstone’s wife (5) 110 Swift African antelope (6) 112 Picture, representation (5) 115 Biblical King of Judea (5) 117 Portrait of a naked subject 4) 118 Wood-turning machine (5) 119 Chinese tile-matching game (7) 120 Assistance (3)
121 Baby’s protective garment (3) 122 Geological structure which holds underground water (7) 124 Academy Award statuette (5) 125 Of volcanic origin (7) 128 Christian –, famous couturier (4) 129 Imperial measurement (4) 130 Trivial –, quiz board game (7) 134 – Stockade, 1854 miners’ uprising near Ballarat, Victoria (6) 136 – Seyfried, actress (6) 137 Italian frozen confectionery (6) 138 Thin strand of pasta (6) 140 Disappointment (3-4) 143 Lenny –, rock singer (7) 145 – Minogue, Aussie pop diva (5) 147 Animal life of a region (5) 149 Avoid capture (5)
151 Italian public square (5) 152 Roman goddess of love (5) 154 Friendly and happy (6) 156 Patron saint of lovers (9) 157 Edible bean or pulse (6) 159 Joint between foot and leg (5) 160 Sensory conductor (5) 161 Powerful (6) 162 Percentages of sales paid to an author or musician (9) 163 Intrepid, fearless (6)
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2 Fuss, bother (3)
3 Weighty (5)
4 Meaning of a red traffic light (4) 5 Trinidad’s national partner (6) 6 Arrive at (5)
7 Remember the –, American football movie (6)
8 TV vampire slayer (5) 9 Choux pastry treat (6) 10 – Hathaway, actress (4) 11 Coating applied to pottery (5) 12 Curved trajectory (3)
14 – Eighty-four, Orwell novel (8) 16 Catch waves without a board (8) 23 Surrender in a game of chess (6) 24 Slightly open (4) 26 Religious fervour (4)
27 Dried grape (6)
30 Hideous and disturbing (8) 31 Literary discussion group (4,4) 33 Festive meal involving three varieties of fowl (9)
34 Vast body of water (5)
36 Vast wealth (7)
38 Sparkle or shimmer (7)
39 – Radley, mysterious character in To Kill a Mockingbird (3)
40 At an angle (7) 41 Rum-based cocktail (4,6) 46 Healthy state of cleanliness (7) 48 Measure of a firearm’s bore (7) 49 – Ford Coppola, film director (7) 53 Cane –, tropical pest (4) 54 Adjective to a name (7) 57 Coloured quartz mineral (5) 59 Berate or pester repetitively (3) 61 Small hotel (3)
63 Mike –, comedy actor (5) 68 School homework tasks (11) 69 Unable to be borne (11) 72 Worshipping, adoring (9) 73 Having numerous uses (9) 74 Gained by effort or merit (6) 76 Of cities (5) 79 Fuzzy-skinned stone fruit (5) 80 Woman with occult powers (5) 82 Single-spotted card (3)
83 Keep out of sight (3,3) 86 Golfer’s stroke (5)
87 Night before a celebration (3) 93 Most favourable (7) 94 Christmas song (5)
96 Having an elongated circular shape (10)
97 – Wonka, Roald Dahl’s chocolate factory proprietor (5) 98 Quito’s country (7)
100 Cricket team’s turn to bat (7) 102 Policy measures introduced by US President Roosevelt (3,4) 104 Short snouted dog (3) 105 Cereal grain (3) 106 Statement of political intent (9) 108 Fast shark species (4)
111 Track and field sportsperson (7) 113 Variety of coffee bean (7) 114 Mythical city of gold sought by Spanish conquistadors (2,6) 115 Scottish islands (8)
116 – Gibney, actress (7)
123 About face (1-4)
126 Ill tempered (6)
127 – Thurman, actress (3) 131 Gilligan’s –, 1960s sitcom (6) 132 First animal in the dictionary (8) 133 Item kept as a memento of somewhere visited (8) 135 Trendy variety of cabbage (4) 139 Move slowly, as a liquid, seep (4) 141 Jacki –, Australian actress (6) 142 Conical conduit, flue (6) 144 Large black birds (6)
146 From the Emerald Isle (5) 147 Young female horse (5) 148 Legal excuse (5)
150 Beer variety (5)
151 Engage in a game (4) 153 Vehicle pulled by huskies (4) 155 Kimono sash (3)
158 Adult males (3)