SUPER CROSS
For a chance to win one of two prizes of $250, simply solve the crossword to reveal the name of a romantic musical drama film featuring our pictured star (6) in the coloured squares. Write this on the entry coupon.
ACROSS
1 Selection committee (5) 4 Wine grape variety (5) 6 City-state in the UAE (5) 9 Fragile, easily broken (7) 12 Unsullied (4)
13 Snow leopard (5) 14 Pictured actor (5,8) 15 Transcendent joy (5) 16 Assist (4)
17 Infused drink (3)
18 Lawn –, sedate sport (5) 22 Croaking amphibian (4) 24 Majestic, stately (5) 25 Japanese miniature tree (6) 27 Roman goddess of love (5) 28 Serve drinks (4) 29 Farewell to a traveller (3,6) 33 Shopping or amusement facility (6) 35 Supporting column (5) 36 From the Emerald Isle (5) 37 Pink wading bird (8)
40 Golf ball holder (3)
41 – Fleming, James Bond creator (3) 42 German-based supermarket company (4) 43 Himalayan ox (3) 44 Volume of stamps or photographs (5) 46 Bonnie’s partner in crime (5) 47 Signal light (6)
48 Female sheep (3) 49 Borrowing animal (4) 50 Small bushy tree (5) 51 Reptile with legs (6)
53 Inuit snow shelter (5)
54 – by sea, our land as described in the national anthem (4) 56 Croupier’s card dispenser (4) 57 Clanging bovine accessory (7) 61 Mumbai’s country (5) 62 Charged atomic particle (3) 63 High school dance, particularly in the USA (4)
65 Without feeling (4)
66 Six deliveries in cricket (4) 67 Magistrate (coll.) (4) 70 Romance, court (3) 71 Characteristic (5) 72 Sketch, pencil illustration (7) 76 Medical scan (1-3)
77 Blue toner used in computer printers (4)
79 Comes close (5)
80 Moscow’s country (6)
81 Land of the pharaohs (5) 82 Molten volcanic rock (4) 84 Mysterious aircraft (1,1,1) 86 Yoga and meditation retreat (6) 88 Arm joint (5)
91 Name used by Australian author Andrew Barton Paterson (5) 92 – Miserables, Victor Hugo novel (3)
93 Capital of Latvia (4)
94 Name before marriage (3) 95 Worn groove, furrow (3) 96 Junior member of Baden-powell’s youth organisation (3,5)
99 Brindled cat (5)
101 Hawaiian salutation (5)
103 Pressing, imperative (6)
104 Film presentation (9)
105 Company or product symbol (4)
106 Person in charge of a meeting (5)
108 Complete (6)
112 Legal excuse (5)
114 Tired extension of the jaw (4)
116 – Witherspoon, actress (5)
118 Aerated bath (3)
120 Minor chess piece (4)
121 Bus terminus (5)
122 Difference between people
of different ages (10,3)
124 Request for goods (5)
125 Formal academic test (4)
126 – misere, easy victory (3,4)
127 – Brown, actor (5)
128 Tall structure (5)
129 Seduce, entice (5)
DOWN
1 – Waller-bridge, actress and writer (6)
2 Perform particularly well (5) 3 Shout of discovery (6) 4 Spicy pizza sausage (9) 5 Edgar Rice Burroughs character (6) 6 Speaker’s platform (4) 7 Bread and cake producer (5) 8 – Buttrose, media exacutive (3) 9 Classical composer (9) 10 Disembodied hand in
The Addams Family (5) 11 Without difficulty (6)
15 Drew –, actress (9) 19 Spinning roulette facility (5) 20 Early Soviet satellite (7)
21 – Lincoln, US Civil War President (7) 22 Bioluminescent insect (7) 23 Dark, foreboding atmosphere (5) 26 Radio interference (6) 30 Uninvited guest (11)
31 Cider fruit (5)
32 Frank –, 20th century entertainer (7)
34 Fronded plant (4) 38 Chopping tool (3)
39 Villain in Othello (4) 43 Cowardly colour (6) 45 Ancient city noted for wondrous hanging gardens (7) 47 Trouser strap (4)
49 Bart and Lisa Simpson’s baby sister (6)
50 Base of the foot (4) 52 Sleeping vision (5)
53 Monsters –, 2001 animated feature film (3)
55 Large Californian tree (7) 58 A single time (4)
59 Tilt an aircraft into a turn (4) 60 Collection of books (7) 63 Pointed front of a ship (4) 64 Portentous sign (4) 67 Pugilist (5) 68 Presurgical pain mitigation (11) 69 Section of a poem (6)
70 Film set in historical USA, often involving cowboys and gunfights (7) 73 Father’s sister (4) 74 Mythical youth who flew too near the sun (6)
75 Vapour (3)
77 Serene, placid (4)
78 Word with the same meaning (7) 83 Promises, as at a wedding (4) 85 Academy Award statuette (5) 86 – and graces, pretentions (4) 87 Medieval scientist attempting to synthesise gold (9)
88 Sense of self (3)
89 Road sealant (7) 90 Surname of aviation pioneers Orville and Wilbur (6) 91 Archetypal Aussie struggling through adversity (7)
92 Tanned hide (7)
97 Popular movement (9)
98 Clever, intuitive (5)
100 Common name for a roller
coaster (3,6)
102 Martini garnish (5)
107 Strappy footwear item (6) 109 Product brought in
from overseas (6)
110 Open a gift or parcel (6) 111 Feel remorse (6) 113 Hint at, suggest (5) 115 Fret (5) 117 Spooky (5)
119 Exclusive English school (4) 123 Pen tip (3)