SUPER CROSS
For a chance to win one of two prizes of $ 250, simply solve the crossword to reveal the name of a sportromance film featuring our pictured star ( 11) in the coloured squares. Write this on the entry coupon.
ACROSS
1 Hot chocolate powder ( 5) 4 Fine hair or down ( 5) 6 Makes a joke ( 5) 9 Bird’s plume ( 7) 12 Honolulu’s Hawaiian island ( 4)
13 Large pours of beer ( 5) 14 Floppy- eared dog breed ( 6,7)
16 Local Area Network ( 1,1,1) 17 Egyptian symbol of life and fertility ( 4)
18 Taj –, Indian landmark ( 5) 19 Cars ( 5)
23 Spheres ( 4) 25 Churchyard tree ( 3) 26 Interestingly foreign ( 6) 28 Keratinous growth in a digit ( 10)
29 Tree with purple spring flowers ( 9) 32 Achieve, accomplish ( 6) 34 Saying, maxim ( 5) 35 Feudal agricultural worker ( 4) 37 Loudest, rowdiest ( 8) 40 Thickness of yarn ( 3) 41 Fifth note ( 3) 43 Fencing weapon ( 4) 44 Drunkard ( 3) 45 Fencing move ( 5) 46 Wash with water ( 5) 47 Soldiers ( 6)
48 Grill ( 1,1,1)
49 Sense of self ( 3) 50 Slang for slang ( 5) 52 Retract a statement ( 6) 54 Article of faith ( 5) 55 Ceramics firing oven ( 4) 57 Floating strand of hair or foliage ( 4) 58 Quandary ( 7) 62 Pasture land ( 5) 63 Distress code ( 1,1,1)
64 Did very well on a test ( 4) 66 Movin’ –, The Jeffersons theme ( 2,2) 67 Tattoos ( 4)
68 Cow sounds ( 4) 71 Colour of debt ( 3) 72 Items in an agreement ( 5) 73 Fifth Greek letter ( 7) 77 Little –, character from The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens ( 4) 78 Simon –, comedy actor ( 4) 80 Private teacher ( 5) 81 Personal watercraft ( 6) 82 Roof overhangs ( 5) 83 Name before marriage ( 3) 85 Deity ( 3)
87 Vehicle safety device ( 3,3) 89 Prefix meaning
‘ very small’ ( 5) 93 Loathe, despise ( 5) 94 Yoko –, Japanese artist, widow of John Lennon ( 3) 95 Has a short rest ( 4) 96 Dine ( 3)
97 Baby’s bed ( 3) 98 Volume ( 8)
101 Of average quality ( 2- 2) 102 Chooses ( 5)
104 – Peters, John Hughes Movie singer ( 6) 106 Quarantine ( 9)
107 Mardi Gras city of Louisiana ( 3,7) 110 Greatest degree ( 6) 113 Possesses ( 3)
115 Bats used in two- up ( 4) 117 Sneakier ( 5)
119 Trunk of the body ( 5)
121 –: Sydney, new instalment in far- ranging crime show franchise ( 1,1,1,1)
122 – Believer, hit for
The Monkees ( 1’ 1,1) 123 1980 AC/ DC single ( 13) 125 Ngaio –, crime author ( 5) 126 Show the way ( 4)
127 Jack –, beat author ( 7)
128 I Cain’t –, song from Oklahoma! ( 3,2) 129 Satirical cabaret production ( 5) 130 Biblical song ( 5)
DOWN
1 Lizzy –, Party Down actress ( 6)
2 Prefix meaning ‘ bone’ ( 5) 3 Jennifer –, Abfab star ( 8) 4 Pinkish purple flower ( 7) 5 Chocolate frog ( 6) 6 and 23 down
Pictured star ( 4,1’ 6) 7 Ringo –, drummer in the Beatles ( 5)
8 Glide over snow ( 3) 9 Detonate ( 9) 10 Christmas wreath plant ( 5) 11 Carries on a subscription ( 6)
15 – of Disguise, 2002 Dana Carvey film ( 3,6) 20 Subarctic coniferous forest ( 5)
21 Make a recommendation ( 7) 22 Lebanese chickpea ball or patty ( 7)
23 See 6 down
24 Small disagreements ( 5) 27 Melted ( 6)
30 One who suffers from alcoholism ( 11)
31 – Landry Jones,
Nitram star ( 5) 33 Colours, stains ( 4) 36 Staff, workers ( 9) 38 Charged atom ( 3) 39 Suddenly –, KT Tunstall hit ( 1,3)
42 2011 Saoirse Ronan action film ( 5)
44 Make a high- pitched noise, like a pig ( 6) 47 Ripped ( 4) 50 Weaving frame ( 4) 51 Small boat ( 5) 53 Lukewarm ( 5)
54 What a cow chews ( 3) 56 Away from the wind ( 7) 59 – My Arms, Nick Cave song ( 4) 60 Aphrodite’s son ( 4)
61 Slander ( 7) 64 Sparkling Italian wine ( 4) 65 Continental currency ( 4) 68 Nicki –, rap musician ( 5) 69 Destroys completely ( 11) 70 August: – County, novel and film ( 5) 71 Reloads a webpage ( 9) 74 Takes a pew ( 4)
75 – Crazy, opening track to Purple Rain ( 3’ 1,2) 76 Not either ( 3) 78 Internet testing noise ( 4)
79 Cricket deliveries ( 5) 84 – Mckeon, Olympic swimming champion ( 4) 86 Frock ( 5)
87 Curved entrance or portal ( 4) 88 Supplementary ( 9)
90 Tai –, exercise regime ( 3) 91 Mountain home of classical Greek gods ( 7) 92 Feeble ( 6) 93 Acquiesces ( 7) 94 Tyrannise ( 7)
99 Filled with national pride ( 9) 100 Travelling cape ( 5) 103 – Crawford, model ( 5) 105 Dignified authority ( 8) 108 Crease ( 7) 109 Psychiatrist ( coll.) ( 6) 111 Accomplished public speaker ( 6)
112 – Norton, talk- show host ( 6)
114 One of a flight of steps ( 5) 116 Short and plump ( 5) 118 Stands against a wall ( 5) 120 Vessel in which Jason sailed in search of the Golden Fleece ( 4)
124 – and downs, fluctuations ( 3)