SUPER CROSS
For a chance to win one of two prizes of $250, simply solve the crossword to reveal the name of a romance drama film featuring our pictured star (2,9) in the coloured squares. Write this on the entry coupon.
ACROSS
1 Civilian garb (5) 4 Comedic drama genre (5) 6 City in Nebraska (5) 9 2016 sci-fi film starring Amy Adams (7)
12 – Collette, actress (4) 13 Batman’s Boy Wonder sidekick (5) 14 Children’s poems (7,6) 16 – King Cole, crooner (3) 17 Urban air pollution (4) 18 Piquant (5)
19 Force (5)
23 Small bird (4) 25 Christopher –, English architect (3) 26 Breakfast mixture of seeds, grains and fruit (6) 28 Two-door sportscar (5) 29 Elemental particle (4) 30 Roman arena combatant (9) 34 – Astaire, Hollywood dancer (4) 36 Mythical giant bird (3) 38 Notorious US gangster (2,6) 39 Powdered spice sprinkled on doughnuts (8)
42 – Winton, Australian novelist (3) 43 International travel permit (4)
44 Panda food (6) 45 Enthusiastic follower (3) 46 Adjust, modulate (5) 47 Skilful, ingenious (6) 48 Ceremonial sphere (3) 50 Append, contribute further (3)
51 Lively central European dance (5)
52 Banjo Paterson’s first name (6)
54 – Armstrong, actress (5) 56 Agricultural property (4) 58 Occupy to capacity (4) 59 Period of less activity (3-4) 62 Slightly wet (5) 63 Tummy muscles (3)
64 Bacon’s breakfast partners (4)
66 Water jug (4) 67 Prepare text (4) 68 Celebrity (4)
70 Animal hair (3) 71 Carnivorous marsupial (5) 72 Cheat, con (7) 74 Dwayne Johnson’s wrestling persona (4) 75 Military dining hall (4) 78 Deduce from evidence (5) 81 Partner card game (6) 82 Appearance (5) 83 French personal pronoun (3)
84 Ray Meagher Home and Away character (3) 85 Change direction at speed (6)
87 Woe, distress (5) 91 International horology standard (1,1,1)
93 Shiny, like magazine paper (6)
95 Large flightless bird (4) 96 By way of (3) 97 Computer programs (8) 100 Denim-like fabric (8) 102 Female rabbit (3) 103 Nobleman’s rank (4) 104 Platypus or echidna (9) 105 Pig sound (4)
106 Chef’s cutting utensil (5) 109 Unpaid trainee (6) 113 Lettuce variety (3)
115 City on the French Riviera (4) 117 Blusher (5)
118 Heavy –, loud and aggressive music genre (5) 120 Subarctic forest of Eurasia (5)
121 – Thurman, actress (3) 122 Scholar who excavates and researches past civilisations (13)
124 At a great distance (4) 125 As well (4) 126 Mistaken belief (7) 127 Bearing weapons (5)
128 Like a fairy or sprite (5) 129 Indelible blemish (5)
DOWN
1 Wizard in the court of King Arthur (6) 2 Gardener’s string (5) 3 End of school dance (6) 4 Digital extremity (9) 5 Come into view (6) 6 Banded quartz mineral (4) 7 – Keddie, actress (5) 8 Line up a target (3) 9 Dutch port city (9) 10 LP record material (5) 11 Soapy foam (6)
15 – Melody, 1965 ballad by the Righteous Brothers (9) 20 Big money player (3) 21 Chap-stick (3,4) 22 Chemical cleaning compound (7)
23 Feral feline (7) 24 Synthetic hosiery textile (5) 27 Squalid, highly disreputable (6) 31 External contracting of services or tasks (11) 32 Maritime maintenance facility (7)
33 Dead Sea –, ancient religious texts (7) 35 Leave out (4)
37 Mate, chum (6) 40 Name before marriage (3) 41 Capital of Turkey (6) 47 – Brand, country singer (4) 49 Pictured actor and singer (5,6)
51 Funeral bonfire (4) 53 William’s titular principality (5) 55 Influence (6) 56 Dangerously seductive woman (5,6)
57 – of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones adventure film (7) 60 Colleague, associate (4) 61 Japanese singing amusement (7)
64 Exclusive English grammar school (4)
65 Football player allowed to handle the ball (6) 68 Small, bushy tree (5) 69 Group of islands (11) 73 Coloured part of the eye (4) 75 Widely-shared social media post (4)
76 Insult (6) 77 Hopeless, miserable (7) 79 Tattered (6) 80 Disconcerted, like unkempt plumage (7) 85 Rescue, deliver from peril (4)
86 Quality of oil or similar fluid (9)
88 – Buttrose, media executive (3) 89 Service or commodity provided without charge (7) 90 Weasel-like creature (6) 92 Chinese tile-matching game (7)
94 Japanese farewell (8) 98 Wife of the United States’ President (5,4)
99 Adult females (5) 101 Densely populated island borough of New York (9) 107 Fine, soft hair or down (5) 108 Untidy, ill-groomed individual (6)
110 The Continent, from a British perspective (6) 111 Poorly assembled, unstable (6)
112 – Hinch, media personality and former senator (6) 114 Little (5) 116 Attractive personal quality (5)
119 Sheep enclosure (4)
123 US spy organisation (1,1,1) 124 To the rear of a vessel (3)