SUPER CROSS

For a chance to win one of two prizes of $250, simply solve the crossword to reveal the name of a biographical survival drama film featuring our pictured star (8,5) in the coloured squares. Write this on the entry coupon.

ACROSS

1 Giant (5) 4 Savoury jelly (5) 6 Wheat by-product (5) 9 Dizziness (7) 12 Buddy, pal (4) 13 Academic paper (5) 14 Leader of the federal government (5,8) 16 Trainee journalist or 98 across (5) 17 Fermented grape drink (4) 18 Road sealant (3) 19 Russian spirit (5) 22 – Gentry, Ode to Billie Joe singer (6) 24 Avoid, elude (5) 25 Pointed indicator (5) 27 Public transport vehicle (3) 28 Deliberately unconcealed (5) 29 Daybreak (4) 30 Mick –, the Rolling Stones’ singer (6) 31 Bivouac (4) 35 Ketchup flavour (6) 38 Pulsate, often painfully (5) 39 Ill-mannered (4) 41 See 30 down 43 At this time (3) 44 Single spot card (3) 45 Item for sale at auction (3) 46 Wager (3) 47 Pleasantly heated (4) 49 Pay attention, take advice (4) 50 Fitness facility (3) 52 Anne –, second wife of Henry VIII (6) 53 She Loves –, 1963 Beatles hit (3) 54 Compulsion (4) 55 Fourth month (5) 56 Attractive facial indentation (6) 58 Equals, colleagues (5) 59 Seize (4) 61 Sad, down in the dumps (4) 62 Dessert vegetable (7) 66 American cattle farm (5) 67 Yellow-flowered medicinal herb (3) 68 Stalin’s empire (1,1,1,1) 70 Alan –, M*A*S*H actor (4) 71 Desirable results used to justify questionable means (4) 72 Small potato (4) 75 The – Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway novella (3) 76 Greeting (5) 77 Spar on a tall ship’s mast (7) 81 Lightly cooked, of steak (4) 82 Butcher’s product (4) 84 Nickname of music pundit Ian Meldrum (5) 85 Space –, 1969 single by David Bowie (6) 86 Single-masted yacht (5) 87 Settlement (4) 88 Sense of self (3) 90 Highest point (6) 92 Chewy confectionery (3) 94 Soft bathroom powder (4) 97 Set of playing cards (4) 98 Police officer (3) 101 Kimono sash (3) 102 Wise nocturnal bird (3) 103 Focus on a target (3) 104 Eureka –, site of 1854 miners’ uprising (8) 106 Bill of fare (4) 108 – Degeneres, US TV host (5) 110 Alpine winter sport (6) 112 Persistent pain (4) 113 Tropical American spotted cat (6) 115 Jane –, Charlotte Brontë novel (4) 116 Cadel –, 2011 Tour de France winner (5) 118 Pub counter (3) 119 Colonial US settlement noted for witch trials (5) 123 French farewell (5) 125 More chilly (6) 126 Effective distance (5) 128 Arid (3) 130 Iridescent Australian gem (4) 131 Transcendent joy (5) 132 Ability to retain focus and application (13) 134 Legal excuse (5) 135 – Blyton, children’s author (4) 136 Eucalypt (3,4) 137 North American buffalo (5) 138 Frock (5) 139 Spiritual characteristic (5)

DOWN

1 One dozen (6) 2 Taken –, disconcerted (5) 3 Frugality, economy (6) 4 Symbol meaning ‘and’ (9) 5 Roman emperor (6) 6 Point of the jaw (4) 7 Phoenix’s state (7) 8 In good physical shape (3) 9 Creature with a backbone (10) 10 Mumbai’s country (5) 11 Source of issue or emission (6) 15 Very young child (6) 16 Gradual increase in intensity of music (9) 20 Scuba enthusiast (5) 21 Circus tumbler (7) 23 Military trumpet (5) 26 Not admitting or reflecting light (6) 30 and 41 across Pictured actor (4,8) 32 Twin city of St Paul, Minnesota (11) 33 Tale (5) 34 Beer factory (7) 36 Solemn vow (4) 37 Perth’s river (4) 40 A Nightmare on – Street, 1980s horror film (3) 42 – Pearce, actor (3) 46 Writing desk (6) 48 Set free (7) 51 Hot dog condiment (7) 52 Venerable –, early English chronicler (4) 55 Largest continent (4) 57 – Fudd, cartoon hunter (5) 58 Golf score (3) 60 Graham –, late ‘King’ of Australian TV (7) 63 Quiet (4) 64 Naughty child (4) 65 Tactile reading system for the visually impaired (7) 68 Second-hand (4) 69 Mark of a wound (4) 72 Freight (5) 73 Sleek, streamlined (11) 74 – Hill, Hugh Grant romcom (7) 75 Supervise (7) 78 Sloping pathway (4) 79 Slumbering (6) 80 Might (3) 82 Apocryphal tale (4) 83 Exercise session, as at a 50 across (7) 89 Of sheep (5) 90 Religious fervour (4) 91Flavour sensors on the tongue (9) 93 – Thurman, actress (3) 95 Zambia’s continent (6) 96 Metal currency token (4) 97 Poorly lit (3) 98 Heavy chopping blade (7) 99 Bikie’s mode of transport (10) 100 Highest quality (4) 105 Genuflect (5) 107 Personal listening devices (9) 109 Flax fabric (5)

111 Zodiac twins (6) 114 First pair of batters in a cricket team (7) 117 Talk pointlessly and at length (6) 120 Reptile with legs (6) 121 Rio de Janeiro’s country (6) 122 Forgetful, negligent (6) 124 Mode of speech (5) 127 Divide and distribute (5) 129 Exclusive English school (4) 133 Accost, arrest (3)

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