SUPER CROSS
For a chance to win one of two prizes of $250, simply solve the crossword to reveal the name of a drama film featuring our pictured star (3,5,2,3,3) in the coloured squares. Write this on the entry coupon.
ACROSS
1 Faithful reliance (5) 4 Fermented apple drink (5)
6 24 Hours from –, 1963 Gene Pitney hit (5)
9 Mobile phone accessory (7) 12 Croupier’s card dispenser (4) 13 Cute aquatic mammal (5) 14 Butterfly collector (13) 15 Citrus peel as a flavour enhancer (4)
16 Fairytale monster (4) 17 Carry a tune wordlessly (3) 19 Grown-up (5) 23 Moby-dick’s pursuer (4) 25 Last Greek letter (5) 26 1980s US President (6) 28 Lure, entice (5)
29 – Arena, pop diva (4) 30 Tammy –, Australian actress (9) 34 Rolling Yorkshire heathland (4) 36 Middle Earth monster (3) 38 Relax, calm down (5,3)
39 Out of date (8)
42 Cereal grass (3)
43 Iconic NZ bird (4)
44 Wise nocturnal bird (3) 45 Political campaign catchphrase (6)
47 See 33 down
48 Blossom (6)
49 – Costello, Bud Abbott’s partner (3)
50 Female sheep (3)
51 Model of perfection (5)
53 Feel remorse (6) 55 Bottomless pit (5) 57 Daybreak (4)
59 Cricket field (4)
60 State in southern USA (7) 63 Insect grub (5)
64 Hive insect (3)
65 Firm hold (4) 67 Predatory seabird (4) 68 Scheming villain in Othello (4) 69 Johann Sebastian –, baroque composer (4) 72 Dove call (3)
73 Cooktop (5)
74 Violent thug (7)
76 Present (4)
77 Sturdy supporting timber (4) 79 Dental hygiene string (5) 82 Afternoon snooze (6) 83 Milky espresso (5)
84 Public transport vehicle (3)
86 Goal, objective (3) 87 Officially approve or confirm (6)
89 Item on a music album (5) 93 Indelible skin illustration (6) 95 Alphabet (1,1,1) 96 Narcissus’ forlorn lover (4) 97 Bejewelled ceremonial sphere (3)
98 2022 Australian Open tennis champ (3,5)
101 Slaked a thirst or doused
a flame (8)
103 To – is human, saying (3)
104 Frozen rain (4)
105 Phrase repeated by Poe’s
raven (9)
106 Satellite signal receiver (4)
107 Sporty two-door car (5)
110 Of wolves (6)
114 Sorcery (5)
116 Vintner’s product (4)
118 Frighten (5)
120 Yoko –, Japanese artist (3)
122 Noblewoman’s title (4)
123 Large weaving apparatus (4)
124 With a view to the past (13)
126 Chocolate alternative (5)
127 Eponymous Jane Austen
heroine (4)
128 Extinct elephant relative (7)
129 Transcendent happiness (5)
130 UK currency unit (5)
131 Non-committal shoulder
gesture (5)
DOWN
1 Children’s tank engine character (6)
2 Artillery round (5) 3 Medieval Japanese warlord (6) 4 Of the stars (9)
5 Body of water parted by Moses (3,3) 6 Keyboard mistake (4) 7 Bloodsucking worm (5) 8 Muhammad –, late boxing champ (3)
9 Russian empress known as the Great (9)
10 Honking birds (5) 11 Stylised ceremony (6) 18 Largest city in Quebec, Canada (8)
20 Put into practice (3)
21 Of current interest (7)
22 Bram Stoker’s vampire count (7)
23 Robot (7)
24 Well done! (5)
27 – Swanson, silver screen queen (6)
31 Handy workshop tool (11) 32 Largest of the great apes (7)
33 and 47 across Pictured actress (7,5)
35 Ale or lager (4) 37 Overcast (6)
40 Moral transgression (3) 41 Medieval minstrel’s instrument (4)
46 At an angle (7) 48 Fronded forest plant (4) 51 – Fisher, actress (4)
52 Scene of rural tranquillity (5) 54 Dutch bulb blossom (5) 56 White whale species (6) 58 Renowned fighter (7)
61 Kate –, Wuthering Heights singer (4)
62 Shellfish delicacy (7) 65 Game played over a course of 18 holes (4)
66 Relatives by marriage (2-4) 69 Fake, illegitimate (5)
70 Item of lounge room furniture (6,5)
71 – fatale, dangerous seductress (5)
72 King Arthur’s castle (7) 75 Small, high-pitched flute (4) 77 Newborn infant (4)
78 Waste away though lack of use (7)
80 Ancient mystical soothsayer (6) 81 Matildas captain (3,4) 85 Strike with a dagger (4) 87 Crow (4)
88 Passionate Spanish music and dance style (8) 90 Broadcast (3)
91 Peeping Tom’s aperture (7) 92 Prawn (in America) (6) 94 Apart (7)
95 Difficult, strenuous (7) 99 Surname of acting brothers Chris, Liam and Luke (9)
100 Direction indicator (5)
102 Nasal haemorrhage (9)
108 Harper Valley –, 1968 Jeannie
C Riley hit (3)
109 Badge, symbol (6)
111 Frozen polar mass (3,3)
112 TV and movie family featuring
Gomez and Morticia (6) 113 Mattress-dwelling mite (6) 115 Attend to one’s appearance (5) 117 – Watts, actress (5) 119 Violent confrontation (5) 121 Numbered musical work (4) 125 Washing vessel (3)