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PUZZLES

WIN! A SHARE IN $2000

COMPACT STARS

To win one of six prizes of $50, complete the puzzle and read the coloured squares to reveal a TV series featuring Dervla Kirwan (7). Write this title on the coupon.

SUDOKU

Slot the numbers 1 to 9 into every horizontal line, vertical row and 3 x 3 square. Here are three puzzles, graded from easy to hard.

SUPER CROSS

For a chance to win one of two prizes of $250, simply solve the crossword to reveal the name of a thriller film featuring our pictured star (3’1,5,7) in the coloured squares. Write this on the entry coupon.

ACROSS

1 Fop (5)

4 – Flynn, swashbuckling actor (5)

6 Dress (5)

9 Allegory (7)

12 Destroy, wreck (4)

13 Emaciated (5)

14 Cocoa-rich confectionery (4,9)

16 Uncooked (3)

17 – Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII (4)

18 Play with a ridiculous plot (5)

19 Arm joint (5)

23 Collections (4)

25 Black road sealant (3)

26 Cricket team (6)

28 Nairobi’s country (5)

29 Dorothy’s dog in The Wizard of Oz (4)

30 Playwright (9)

34 Exchange (4)

36 Monsters –, 2001 animated film (3)

38 Sign of the Water-Carrier (8)

39 Spotty fabric pattern (5,3)

42 Hip-hop vocal style (3)

43 Adhesive (4)

44 Unhappy (3)

45 Advance warning of an event (3-3)

47 German river (5)

48 Intrepid, daring (6)

49 – Amin, 1970s Ugandan dictator (3)

50 – Baba, Arabian folk-tale character (3)

– Callas, 20th century soprano (5)

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