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SUPER CROSS

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For a chance to win one of two prizes of $250, simply solve the crossword to reveal the name of a musical film featuring our pictured star (4,4,6) in the coloured squares. Write this on the entry coupon.

ACROSS

1 Occult sorceress (5)

4 Out of place (5)

6 – Knightley, actress (5)

9 Competitiv­e relationsh­ip (7)

12 Currency of Vietnam (4)

13 Arctic native (5)

14 Rash, poorly thought out (3-10)

16 Meadow (3)

17 Ceramics firing oven (4)

18 African scavenger (5)

19 Group of workers (5)

23 Italian leaning tower location (4)

25 Baby’s bed (3)

26 Funeral oration (6)

28 Hickory nut (5)

29 Small Scottish stream (4)

30 Favour done in return, tit for tat (4,3,3)

35 Concept (4)

36 Monstrous Middle Earth warrior (3)

38 – feature, monster movie (8)

39 Extinct mammoth-like beast (8)

42 Consume (3)

43 Iconic NZ bird (4)

44 Skating rink surface (3)

45 Whole, unbroken (6)

47 First appearance (5)

48 Scattered (6)

49 Cricket scoring unit (3)

50 Bishop’s jurisdicti­on (3)

51 Paramour (5)

53 King Charles’ youngest brother (6)

55 Chocolate flavoured coffee (5)

57 Peril, hazard (4)

59 Young boy (3)

61 Bill of fare (4)

62 Bizet opera (6)

64 Precise (5)

65 Apple computer (3)

66 Allocated job (4)

68 Indian garment (4)

69 Aniseed spirit (4)

70 Set of playing cards (4)

72 Small hotel (3)

73 Spanish mister (5)

74 Alpine sport course (3,3)

76 Numbered musical compositio­n (4)

77 – Barty, retired tennis champ (3)

79 Subsequent (4)

80 Fortunate (5)

83 Greek goddess of wisdom (6)

84 Flow regulator (5)

85 By way of (3)

87 – Thurman, actress (3)

88 Tempestuou­s (6)

90 1 across’ flying apparatus (5)

94 On/off control (6)

96 Upper limit (3) 97 Cheese variety (4)

98 Extinct NZ bird (3)

99 Conspicuou­s wealth, riches (8)

102 Amusing story (8)

104 Sense of self (3)

105 – Madrid, Spanish football club (4)

106 Farrier’s product (9)

107 Frivolous escapade (4)

108 Knight’s mount (5)

111 Suitable for raising crops (6)

115 Genetic code material (1,1,1)

117 Mongolian nomads’ dwelling (4)

119 Eponymous Hugh Laurie TV doctor (5)

121 Herbal dye (5)

123 Ale or lager (4) 124 Before (3)

125 Pictured actress (8,5)

127 Turn on a point (5)

128 Shakespear­e’s river (4)

129 Small fish, not worth keeping (7)

130 Rock opera about a pinball player (5)

131 Arabic republic, capital Sana’a (5)

132 Join into a single entity (5)

DOWN

1 Fanciful notion (6)

2 – Richard, veteran pop singer (5)

3 Astrologic­al symbols (6)

4 Battle featured in Shakespear­e’s Henry V (9)

5 Spade (6) 6 Smooch (4)

7 Short-tailed lemur (5)

8 Simple melody (3)

9 In the act of committing a crime (3-6)

10 Pale purplish pink (5)

11 Bread leavening agent (5)

15 Dutch master painter (9)

20 Accomplish­ed fighter pilot (3)

21 Betrothed woman (7)

22 Unbranded, of a product or commodity (7)

23 Monumental Egyptian tomb (7)

24 Grown-up (5)

27 Confer holy orders upon (6)

31 Doris Day’s signature song (3,4,4)

32 On many occasions (5)

33 Tungsten (7)

34 Of the middle ages (8)

37 Medical facility (6)

40 Underwater vessel (abbr.) (3)

41 Porridge grains (4)

46 Road sealant (3)

48 Search for (4)

51 Delicately patterned fabric trim (4)

52 Buenos Aires’ country (9)

54 Intoxicate­d (5)

56 Ancient soothsayer (6)

58 – Stone, actress (6)

60 Post-graduate qualificat­ion (9)

63 Face covering (4)

65 Mickey Mouse’s girlfriend (6)

66 – Collette, actress (4)

67 Promote a product (6)

70 Continenta­l quilt (5)

71 Sofa-bound TV watcher (5,6)

75 – Chandler, actor (4)

78 Toy spun on the hips (4,4)

79 Maritime military force (4)

81 Pair, particular­ly in romance (6)

82 Beginning of remembered time (4,3)

84 Animal physician (3)

86 – Tasman, 17th century Dutch navigator (4)

88 Japanese wrestling (4)

89 Illicitly distilled spirits (9)

91 Possess (3)

92 Colonial burrowing African mammal (7)

93 Yellow curved fruit (6)

95 Henry –, actor (7)

96 Fast African big cat (7)

100 Constellat­ion of the Great Bear (4,5)

101 Hard black wood (5)

103 West Indies’ sea (9)

109 Flightless Australian bird (3)

110 Period preceding Christmas (6)

112 Australian feral horse (6)

113 Tropical American big cat (6)

114 Iconic Volkswagen car (6)

116 In front (5)

118 Monarch’s domain (5)

120 Martini fruit (5)

122 Green-eyed emotion (4)

126 Auction offering (3)

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