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SUPER CROSS

For a chance to win one of two prizes of $250, simply solve the crossword to reveal the name of a action thriller film featuring our pictured star (6,5) in the coloured squares. Write this on the entry coupon.

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ACROSS

1 Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland girl (5)

4 – Andrews, The Sound of Music star (5)

6 Subject of discussion (5) 9 Nightclub variety show (7) 12 London entertainm­ent precinct (4)

13 Foot lever (5)

14 Flying apparatus (3,3,7) 15 Artistic style or category (5) 16 Icy queen in Frozen films (4) 17 Not either (3)

18 Hidden store of assets (5) 22 Second Greek letter (4) 24 Contributi­on (5)

25 Slight stimulatin­g feeling (6) 27 Centre of attention (5)

28 – Fisher, actress (4) 29 Ticket-seller’s kiosk at a theatre (3,6)

33 Paint applicatio­n device (6) 35 Interconti­nental body of water (5) 36 Sharpened (5)

37 Church keyboard musician (8) 40 Central Asian ox (3) 41 Dedicated poem (3) 42 Banded quartz (4)

43 Spell, enchantmen­t (3)

44 – salts, invigorati­ng mineral compound (5) 46 Unsophisti­cated rural type (5) 47 – Kutcher, actor (6) 48 Name before marriage (3) 49 Trouser strap (4) 50 Barcelona’s country (5) 51 Tropical American spotted cat (6)

53 Large black bird (5)

54 – Neeson, actor (4)

56 Train track (4)

57 Access passage on a ship (7) 61 Foe (5)

62 To, or in, the back (3) 63 Stylish flair (4)

65 Time to move or act, as in a game (4) 66 Greenish blue (4)

67 Tim –, lyricist who worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber (4) 70 Man’s best friend (3) 71 Wood-turning machine (5) 72 Jon –, late singer and actor (7) 76 Laundry fluff (4)

77 Achievemen­t (4)

79 Temporary doctor (5)

80 Change direction at pace (6)

81 Points tally in a game (5)

82 Raise, as offspring (4)

84 Floor swabbing device (3)

86 Gotham’s caped crusader (6)

88 Cricket trophy (5)

91 Marsh, wetland (5)

92 Snooker rod (3)

93 Untidy pile (4)

94 Mineral aggregate (3)

95 Alphabet (1,1,1)

96 Pictured actor (4,4)

99 Terrible (5)

101 – Watts, actress (5)

103 Board rider (6)

104 Starting at different times (9)

105 Miranda –, lingerie model (4)

106 Breakfast meat (5)

108 Traumatic or difficult

experience (6)

112 Large stringed instrument (5)

114 Mongolian nomads’ dwelling (4)

116 Riverside grasses (5)

118 Ornate vase (3)

120 Steady, regular leak (4)

121 British –, United Kingdom (5)

122 Fell to pieces (13)

124 Part of a process (5)

125 Sunrise direction (4)

126 Of 47 down’s centre (7)

127 – Parton, singer/songwriter (5)

128 Territory of northwest

Canada (5)

129 Moving like a liquid (5)

DOWN

1 Llama-like animal raised for its fine fleece (6) 2 Violent confrontat­ion (5) 3 – Rouge, Parisian nightclub (6)

4 Scarlett –, actress (9) 5 Thomas –, inventor and technology entreprene­ur (6) 6 Large brass instrument (4) 7 Bean or similar legume (5) 8 Dove sound (3) 9 Tubular pasta variety (9) 10 Bowler’s approach (3-2) 11 Agreement between disputing parties (6) 15 Rachel –, actress (9)

19 Selected (5)

20 Day with equal hours of sunlight and darkness (7) 21 Celebrity (7) 22 Underlying geological formation (7) 23 Hawaiian greeting (5) 26 Large group of stars (6) 30 Fortune teller’s mystical orb (7,4)

31 – Hay, former Men at Work singer (5)

32 Fastest land mammal (7) 34 Similar, related (4) 38 Solidify, set (3)

39 Wine’s aroma (4)

43 Divine paradise (6) 45 Sleeveless undershirt (7) 47 Elemental particle (4) 49 Classical dance (6) 50 Skier’s ground cover (4) 52 Raptor’s claw (5)

53 Scrap of fabric (3) 55 Statistica­l mean (7) 58 Italian sparkling wine (4) 59 Fence portal (4)

60 Major Chinese river (7) 63 Nobleman’s rank (4)

64 Line of rotation (4) 67 Regulation­s (5) 68 Hartford’s state in USA (11) 69 Medieval court entertaine­r (6) 70 Salt-rich Middle East lake (4,3) 73 Powerful windstorm (4) 74 Salary, wages (6) 75 Ostentatio­us actor (3) 77 Fronded forest plant (4) 78 Francis Ford –, movie director (7)

83 Keen, eager (4)

85 Frantic alarm (5)

86 Sturdy supporting timber (4) 87 Unclear or uncertain (9) 88 – Baba, Arabian Nights folktale hero (3)

89 Area of particular concern or activity (7)

90 Divided among many (6) 91 Twinkle, shimmer (7) 92 Mythical man/horse creature (7)

97 – the Great, ancient general and emperor (9)

98 Strict religious observance (5)

100 Taboo, banned (9)

102 Atmospheri­c gas (5)

107 Film director’s command (6) 109 Power, vigour (6) 110 Poorly assembled, lacking

structural strength (6) 111 Climb (6) 113 Fragrant pale purple flower (5) 115 Of the kidneys (5)

117 – Merman, Broadway diva (5) 119 Oppose, resist (4) 123 Unhappy (3)

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