SUPER CROSS
For a chance to win one of two prizes of $250, simply solve the crossword to reveal the name of a rom-com TV series featuring our pictured star (4,4) in the coloured squares. Write this on the entry coupon.
ACROSS
1 Show to be true (5) 4 Fashionable (4)
7 Local priest (5)
10 Thin strip of land (7) 13 Eastern stretching and meditation practice (4) 15 Slowly, in music (5) 16 Flexibility with facts in order to sound attractive (6,7) 17 Unclear (5)
18 – Collette, actress (4) 19 Periodic astronomical phenomenon (5) 23 Muscle of the lower leg (4) 25 Madame –, wax museum founder (7)
26 – Colman, actress (6) 28 Collect, accumulate (5) 29 Camera stock (4) 30 Large Irish dog (9) 34 Sphere used in many sports and games (4) 36 Scene of serenity (5) 37 – Frutti, Little Richard song (5) 38 Mounted military unit (7) 41 Renal organ (6)
42 Corn spike (3)
43 At any time (4)
44 Black road sealant (3) 45 – Elba, actor (5)
47 Low point in a cycle (5) 48 Two-legged dragon (6) 49 Wildebeest (3)
50 NZ alpine parrot (3) 51 Knight’s mount (5) 53 School of Hard –, metaphorical setbacks which build character (6) 55 National (extinct) bird of Mauritius (4) 56 Contest of speed (4) 58 Versatile plantation tree (4) 59 Esteem, deferential regard (7) 63 Australian –, freestyle swimming stroke (5)
64 Uneven (3) 65 Elemental particle (4) 67 Fibber (4)
68 Bin chicken (4) 69 Trendy nightlife district in London (4) 72 Bovine sound (3) 73 Napped leather (5) 74 Of current interest (7) 77 At rest (4)
78 Hood (4)
80 Scottish lake (4) 81 Small stones used as road surface (6) 82 Manner of speaking (5) 84 Tummy muscles (3) 86 Central Asian ox (3) 87 Unkempt (6) 89 Robber (5)
93 Taylor –, pop and country singer/songwriter (5) 94 Repair, or set in place (3) 95 Divine aura (4) 96 Moray or conger (3) 97 Roman god of fire (6) 98 – Lineman, 1968 Glen Campbell hit (7) 100 Casino card game (5) 102 Confess, admit responsibility (3,2) 105 Loud bellow (4) 106 Depiction, as by an actor (9)
107 and 101 down
Pictured actress (4,8) 108 Serpent (5) 110 Andrew –,
TV interviewer (6) 114 Dockside worker (7) 116 Visual organs (4) 118 – Murphy, actor (5) 121 Terrible medieval tsar (4) 122 Sing like a bird (5) 123 Prague’s country (5,8) 126 Section of a song or poem (5)
127 US rock group famed for stage make-up (4)
128 Elegant repast with cakes and sandwiches (4,3)
129 Humorous (5)
130 Long tale of adventure (4) 131 Maxwell –, hapless TV secret agent (5)
DOWN
1 Royal residence (6) 2 Iconic up-market fashion magazine (5) 3 Permeable, not waterproof (6) 5 Cultivating tool (3) 6 Hot pepper (6) 7 Despicable (4)
8 Hot chocolate powder (5) 9 Cricket batter’s scoring unit (3)
10 Name, recognise (8) 11 Molten rock under a volcano (5) 12 Unwavering (6) 14 Beekeeper (8) 17 Oiliness (9)
20 Ian Meldrum (5) 21 Fishing vessel (7) 22 Walking dead (7) 23 Holiday accommodation towed by a vehicle (7) 24 Ground grain, particularly wheat (5)
27 Fabric fastening strip (6) 31 Lacking distinctive features (11)
32 Desert illusion (6) 33 Tiger or zebra markings (7) 35 – Gosling, actor (4) 39 Young male (3) 40 House of the white rose in the Wars of the Roses (4) 44 16th century English monarchs (6) 46 Robert –, actor and director (7) 48 Disturbance caused by passing watercraft (4) 51 Painful (4)
52 Dress (5)
54 Water vapour (5) 57 Vehicle raced by Ben-hur (7)
60 Ticklish red Sesame Street character (4)
61 Marco –, Venetian medieval explorer (4) 62 Underwater missile (7) 65 Italian sparkling wine (4) 66 Killer whale (4) 69 Golfer’s stroke (5) 70 Tumultuous excitement (11) 71 Wobbly dessert (5) 72 James Bond’s cocktail of choice (7)
75 Flat of the open hand (4) 76 Tailbone (6) 78 Ceramicist’s material (4) 79 Water container, as for a flushing toilet (7) 83 Revealing, of clothing (6) 85 Casserole (4)
87 Fiji’s capital (4) 88 Remarkably attractive (9) 90 Monsters –, animated movie (3)
91 Sitcom which featured Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry (7) 92 Styx boatman (6) 93 Female vocal register (7) 94 Exaggerated gesture of petulance or impatience (7)
99 Angry (5)
101 See 107 across 103 Unclothed (5) 104 Spanish Mediterranean port city (8)
109 On/off control (6) 111 Group of performers (6) 112 Stylish, sophisticated (6) 113 Flaw, imperfection (6) 115 Maturing (5)
117 – Hawke, actor (5) 119 Sleeping vision (5) 120 Reject, disavow (4) 124 Magical sprite (3) 125 Hawaiian garland (3)