SUPER CROSS
For a chance to win one of two prizes of $250, simply solve the crossword to reveal the name of a mysterycomedy film featuring our pictured star (3,3,4,3) in the coloured squares. Write this on the entry coupon.
ACROSS
1 Legal excuse (5)
4 Bindi –, TV wildlife presenter (5)
6 Ready for sleep (2,3) 9 Cultured dairy product (7) 12 Metal currency token (4) 13 Wireless (5)
14 Beach safety volunteer (4,4,5) 16 Ill-bred dog (3)
17 Leap (4) 18 Genuflect (5)
19 Soft fur or down (5) 23 Villain in The Lion King (4) 25 Large, shady tree (3) 27 Arctic plain (6) 29 Heartbreak –, 1956 hit by Elvis Presley (5)
30 Let –, final studio album by the Beatles (2,2)
31 From the far side of the world (10)
36 Iconic NZ bird (4) 37 Mythical giant bird (3) 39 Rule by a single sovereign (8)
40 Santa’s sleigh-pullers (8) 43 Central Asian ox (3) 44 Military dining hall (4) 45 Possess (3)
46 – Bonham Carter, actress (6)
48 Kick out of school (5) 49 See (6)
50 Damage, deface (3) 51 Man’s neck ornament (3) 52 Drying cloth (5)
54 Ship overseas for sale (6) 56 Arctic sled dog (5) 58 Young whale (4) 60 Sweet potato-like tuber (3) 62 Italian leaning tower town (4)
63 Iconic London clock tower bell (3,3) 65 Ceremonial table (5) 66 Tummy muscles (3)
67 Exclusive English school (4)
69 Raise, bring up (4) 70 Dutch cheese (4) 71 Fronded forest plant (4) 73 Not either (3)
74 – Keddie, actress (5) 75 Seventh planet (6) 77 Advertising light gas (4) 78 Circuit of a racecourse (3) 80 At liberty (4)
81 Belief (5)
84 Hi-fi sound system (6) 85 French cap (5) 86 Football goal mesh (3) 88 Internet address (1,1,1) 89 Stop, cease (6) 91 Japanese port city (5) 95 Squandered (6) 97 Genetic code material (1,1,1) 98 – of Our Lives, US afternoon soap opera (4) 99 – Green, actress (3) 100 Impartial (8) 103 Attractive personal quality (8)
105 – Nicodemou, actress (3) 106 Large black bird (4) 107 Ornamentation (9) 108 Thin fog (4)
109 Of sheep (5) 112 Ice-cream treat (6) 116 Affirmative (3) 118 Chicken products (4) 120 – Field, actress (5) 122 Trousers (5)
124 Small case, as for sewing kit (4)
125 Football ground snack (3) 126 Process of learning through failure (5-3-5) 128 Restrict (5) 129 Ill-considered (4) 130 Made from clay (7) 131 Symbolic cricket trophy (5) 132 Hungarian fortified wine (5)
133 TV cartoon cat, name meaning happy (5) DOWN
1 Floating without direction (6) 2 Short (5) 3 Sound level (6) 4 Police rank (9) 5 – Mandela, late South African statesman (6) 6 Questionable (4) 7 Fundamental (5)
8 – Patel, actor (3)
9 County in northeast England (9)
10 Mother’s brother (5)
11 Low constant vibration (5) 15 Victoria’s capital (9) 20 Unidentified aircraft (1,1,1) 21 Cathy –, athletics Olympic champion (7)
22 – Fry, TV presenter and author (7)
23 and 24 down
Pictured actress (7,5) 26 Meadow (3) 28 Vehicle operator (6) 32 Person who studies the origin of words (11) 33 Unclad (5)
34 Victory (7)
35 In transit (2,3,3)
38 Part of a song between verses (6) 41 Mischievous sprite (3) 42 Dunderhead (4)
47 Text shorthand meaning ‘that’s funny’ (1,1,1) 49 Cattle meat (4)
52 Kind, sort (4) 53 Eight-sided (9) 55 Railway service (5) 57 Unmatched (6) 59 Soapy foam (6) 61 Unsolved phenomena (9) 64 Scottish stream (4) 66 King of Camelot (6) 67 – Thompson, actress (4) 68 Of the supernatural (6) 71 Viper’s poisoned teeth (5)
72 Smallest of the United States (5,6) 76 Makeshift floating facility (4)
79 Heaven on earth (8) 80 Baptismal water receptacle (4) 82 Tropical American lizard (6)
83 Vacation (7)
85 Flying mammal (3) 87 – Collette, actress (4) 89 Fight of honour (4) 90 Starting point (6,3) 92 Commercials (3) 93 Postal delivery details (7) 94 Successful business person (6) 96 Embarrassed, abashed (7) 97 Snow White’s companions (7) 101 Ostentatious, loud and brash (9) 102 Eponymous musical orphan girl (5)
104 Red cordial flavour (9) 110 Score of zero (3) 111 Short-sighted (6) 113 Barren region (6) 114 Racquet sport played in a walled court (6) 115 Order of words in a sentence (6)
117 Javelin (5)
119 Pink and gray parrot (5) 121 Similar in some respect (5) 123 Responsibility (4) 127 – Buttrose, media executive (3)