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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 romantic drama series featuring our pictured star (3,7,2,4) in the coloured squares. Write this on the entry coupon.

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ACROSS

1 Giant (5)

4 Casino tokens (5)

6 Hair plait (5) 9 Football referee’s tweeting device (7)

12 – Chanel, fashion design icon (4)

13 Deliver a speech (5) 14 Vatican City church (7,6) 16 Cereal grass (3) 17 Sporting squad (4) 18 Opinions (5) 19 Marsupial’s baby-carrying feature (5)

23 Small bird (4) 25 Mineral aggregate (3) 26 Keen enjoyment, enthusiasm (6) 28 Two-door passenger car (5) 29 Indonesian resort island (4) 30 Private citizen pursuing wrongdoers (9) 34 Castle’s central stronghold (4)

36 Young male (3) 38 Fecund (8) 39 Mountains on the French/spanish border (8) 42 Romance, court (3) 43 Widespread renown (4) 44 Chum (3)

45 County on England’s south coast (6) 47 Aromatic herb (5) 48 Sudden burst of activity (6) 49 Venomous serpent (3) 50 – Child, bestsellin­g writer (3) 51 Bossy and impatient (5)

53 – de corps, collective morale (6)

55 Fourth month (5) 57 Egyptian goddess, sister and wife of Osiris (4) 59 Young bear (3)

61 – Brand, country singer (4) 62 Tailbone (6) 64 Youthful (5) 65 Hive-dwelling insect (3) 66 Reject or repudiate (4) 68 Pacific country, capital Suva (4)

69 Painting of a naked subject (4)

70 Hefty volume (4) 72 – Farrow, Rosemary’s Baby actress (3) 73 Singer’s instrument (5) 74 Fiddle (6)

76 Unruly hooligan (4) 77 Glide over snow (3) 79 Andre –, Dutch 74 across maestro (4)

80 – Allen, Raiders of the Lost Ark actress (5) 83 Layer of discoloura­tion on metal (6)

84 Toy Story cowboy (5) 85 Cunning, sneaky (3) 87 Golf score (3) 88 Christmas-stealing Dr Seuss character (6) 90 Organic garden ground-cover (5) 94 Spanish rice and seafood dish (6)

96 – Nicodemou, actress (3) 97 Shakespear­e’s river (4) 98 – Thurman, actress (3) 99 Sea-creature display facility (8) 102 Well-to-do (8)

104 Golf ball holder (3) 105 Fast shark species (4) 106 Material formerly used in corset stays (9) 107 Fisticuff or rough play in football (4) 108 Open a toothed fastening (5)

111 Wild West horse enclosure (6) 115 Vapor (3)

117 IT shortcut (4) 119 Mediterran­ean island republic (5)

121 – Frutti, Little Richard song (5)

123 Norse god of thunder (4) 124 Night before an event (3) 125 Pancake festival at the beginning of Lent (6,7) 127 Sixth sign of the Zodiac (5)

128 Animal’s den (4) 129 Fluffy dog breed originatin­g in Siberia (7) 130 Firm and trim, of muscles (5) 131 Cavalry sword (5) 132 Leslie –, Parks and Recreation character (5)

DOWN

1 Group of performers (6) 2 Room in the roof (5) 3 Beautiful, pleasing (6) 4 Russian space traveller (9) 5 Rotate on an axis (6) 6 Ale or lager (4)

7 – Keddie, actress (5) 8 Quick swim (3)

9 Hugh Jackman X-men character (9)

10 Trunk of the body (5) 11 Cricket team number (6) 15 Practice run of a performanc­e (9) 20 Mysterious aircraft (1,1,1) 21 Optimistic (7) 22 Ancient Roman public official (7)

23 Small greyhound-like dog (7) 24 Cacophony (5) 27 Frozen polar mass (3,3) 31 Iconic Thames river crossing (5,6) 32 Montgomery’s state in USA (7)

33 No through road, court (3-2-3)

35 Warm and snug (4) 37 Smartly groomed, of a man (6)

40 – Charles, musician (3) 41 French Christmas (4) 46 – Scheider, Jaws actor (3) 48 Profession­al charges (4) 51 Stratagem (4) 52 Pictured actress (4,5)

54 – Lee, Pamela Anderson’s former partner (5) 56 Quickly (6) 58 Tropical American lizard (6) 60 Devil derived from the Philistine deity Baal (9)

63 Barista’s workplace (4) 65 Two-piece bathing suit (6) 66 Art –, early 20th century design genre (4) 67 Indigenous (6)

70 Dutch bulb blossom (5) 71 Tallest flowering tree (8,3) 75 Impenetrab­ly black (4) 78 Remote and solitary (8) 79 Hasty, ill-considered (4) 81 Meal (6)

82 Rudolf –, ballet maestro (7) 84 – Anderson, comedian and TV presenter (3) 86 Community welfare organisati­on (1,1,1,1) 88 Ancient France (4) 89 Daughter of William and Catherine (9) 91 Flower garland (3) 92 Sailor’s suspended bunk (7) 93 Secure personal storage space, as at a gym (6) 95 Polite and approachab­le, friendly (7)

96 Word with opposite meaning (7) 100 Transforme­d to become like a city (9) 101 American cattle farm (5) 103 Chosen way of living (9) 109 Sick, under the weather (3) 110 Means of departure, exit (6)

112 Ginger –, dancing film star (6)

113 Imaginary perfect society (6)

114 Al –, infamous US mobster (6)

116 Water vapour (5) 118 Gathering of witches (5) 120 1979 science fiction film classic (5) 122 Horse-breeding establishm­ent (4) 126 Rodent vermin (3)

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