SUPER CROSS
For a chance to win one of two prizes of $250, simply solve the crossword to reveal the name of a romance film featuring our pictured star (5,2) in the coloured squares. Write this on the entry coupon.
ACROSS
1 Group of Bradys or bananas (5) 4 Bottomless pit (5) 6 Nervous, easily startled (5) 9 Gangster, criminal thug (7) 12 First place medal (4) 13 Aromatic herb (5) 14 Pictured actress (8,5)
15 Of the nose (5)
16 – Wilder, Willy Wonka actor (4) 17 Kerfuffle (3)
18 – Brontë, Wuthering Heights author (5)
22 Kitchen boss (4)
24 The – Stooges, slapstick comedy team (5) 25 Imaginary perfect society (6) 27 Bout of indulgence (5) 28 Immoral activity (4)
29 Air pressure measurement device (9)
33 Radio interference (6)
35 – Reeves, actor (5)
36 Tip over, invert (5)
37 Food of the classical gods, consumed with nectar (8) 40 Road sealant (3)
41 Cricket scoring unit (3) 42 Curved entrance or portal (4) 43 Name shared by tennis champs Cash and Rafter (3) 44 Intermittently windy (5) 46 Give up, cede (5)
47 First son of Kate and William (6) 48 Hearing organ (3) 49 Trepidation (4)
50 Before the scheduled time (5) 51 Odourless, flammable
53 down (6)
53 Lamp spirit in eastern folk tales (5)
54 – duckling, fabled swan (4) 56 Leg joint (4)
57 Cowboy hat brand (7) 61 Metal-casting industrial facility (5)
62 Large deer (3)
63 Worry (4) 65 Foreboding, unpleasant (4) 66 Burn black on the surface (4) 67 Lady –, singer and actress (4) 70 – Buttrose, media exacutive (3) 71 Lionel –, footballer (5) 72 Lazy, leisurely (7) 76 Rowing blades (4) 77 Largest continent (4)
79 Debate a point (5) 80 Widespread disturbance, destructive chaos (6)
81 – josh, lamb curry dish (5)
82 Reflected sound (4)
84 Berate or pester repetitively (3)
86 Mariner (6)
88 Bone in the lower leg (5)
91 Rock (5)
92 Fitting (3)
93 Capital of Latvia (4)
94 Kimono sash (3)
95 Deity (3)
96 Spine (8)
99 Louisiana swamp (5)
101 Jolly –, pirate flag (5)
103 Space station which crashed
in 1979 (6)
104 My – Career, Miles Franklin
novel (9)
105 Greenish shade of blue (4)
106 Cosmic justice (5)
108 Not subject to particular
conditions (6)
112 Pattern in wood (5)
114 Bore a debt (4)
116 Run away to marry in secret (5)
118 US security department (1,1,1)
120 Bushman’s blanket roll (4)
121 Astound (5)
122 Reptile scientist (13)
124 Saying, proverb (5)
125 Therefore (4)
126 North African country (7)
127 Michelle –, Melbourne Cup
winning jockey (5)
128 Germaine –, feminist
academic (5)
129 Dame Nellie –, Australian soprano noted for her many ‘farewell’ performances (5)
DOWN
1 Gerard –, actor (6) 2 Desert beast of burden (5) 3 Anne –, second wife of Henry VIII (6) 4 Descriptive word (9) 5 Japanese spiritual creed (6) 6 Mock, taunt (4) 7 Garden bed cover material (5) 8 High-pitched bark (3) 9 Dangerous (9) 10 Concentrated light beam (5) 11 Budgie seed (6)
15 Paris cathedral damaged by fire in 2019 (5-4)
19 – Menzel, voice of Elsa in
Frozen (5)
20 Cultured dairy product (7) 21 Second day of the working week (7)
22 Waterfall (7)
23 Talent, stylish execution (5) 26 Uneven in texture or quality (6) 30 Showbiz performer (11) 31 Edible fish (5) 32 Budapest’s country (7) 34 Compulsion (4)
38 Offer at an auction (3)
39 A single time (4) 43 Monarch’s son (6) 45 Money-lender in The Merchant of Venice (7)
47 Silvery hair colour (4) 49 Covered in soft hair or fur (6) 50 Parramatta NRL team (4) 52 Force out (5)
53 Vapour (3)
55 Poetic (7)
58 – Fey, comedy actress (4) 59 Ancient Roman robe (4) 60 Greek goddess of retribution (7) 63 Croaking amphibian (4) 64 Small case, as for sewing items (4)
67 Foreboding atmosphere (5) 68 Unfairly fixed voting division (11)
69 Japanese emperor (6) 70 Intense blaze (7)
73 Indian bread (4) 74 Pressing, imperative (6) 75 Female deer (3)
77 Prayer ending (4)
78 Of volcanic origin (7) 83 Pirate captain in JM Barrie’s
Peter Pan (4) 85 Magnificence, splendour (5) 86 Wise person (4)
87 Medical emergency vehicle (9) 88 Tango number (3) 89 Consecrated (7) 90 Diamond knitwear pattern (6) 91 Holy day (7)
92 Cost of plane travel (7) 97 Small Mexican dog breed (9) 98 Name used by Australian author Andrew Barton Paterson (5)
100 Person of tender years (9)
102 Okra based soup or stew (5)
107 Shocked, outraged (6) 109 Southeast Asian river (6) 110 Juicy citrus fruit (6) 111 Swiss lake and city (6) 113 Once more (5)
115 Mournful poem (5) 117 Beaver dwelling (5) 119 Sharpen (4)
123 Hip-hop vocal style (3)