THE AUSTRALIAN

ACROSS 1 Traditional start of the Outback (3,5,5) 10 James Packer’s second wife, … Baxter (5) 11 Melbourne newspaper (6,3) 12 Patrick White’s autobiography,

Flaws……… (2,3,5) 13 Estonian-born former WMC boss, Sir … Parbo (4) 15 Sydney electronic music duo, Empire …… … (2,3,3) 17 NSW MP assassinated in 1994, John … (6) 19 Gosford suburb, site of 1983 and 1984 music festivals (6) 20 Kevin Bloody Wilson’s song,

Living……toAlan (4,4) 23 John Dixon’s 1959-86 comic strip,

Air …& the Flying Doctors (4) 24 Charlie Pickering’s TheWeekly co-star (3,7) 27 Even When I’ m Sleeping band ,… Bride (9) 28 Magazine sold by the homeless, The

Big… (5) 29 Ex-Liberal leader and Australian War Memorial director (7,6) DOWN 2 Clothesline invented in Adelaide in 1945, Hills … (5) 3 Mel Gibson’s William Wallace movie (10) 4 The Seekers’ bass player (5,3) 5 2012 winner of TheVoice, … Eden (6) 6 Kelly O’Rourke in BlueHeelers, Samantha … (4) 7 Canberra observatory destroyed in 2003 fires (2,7)

8 R ocKwiz host, Julia … (6) 9 Trans-Australia train, …Pacific (6) 14 SA Premier from 2011, Jay … (10) 16 Hunters & Collectors’ song, ……Arms

AroundMe (5,4) 18 One of the Doug Anthony Allstars, Tim … (8) 19 Bartender Chris Reilly in BlueHeelers, Julie … (6) 21 Fastest shearer in the shed (6) 22 Nullarbor railway siding (6) 25 Depression term for the dole (5) 26 Gold Coast’s … Beach, near Southport (4)