THE AUSTRALIAN

ACROSS

1 HeartbreakHigh star, Alex … (11) 9 Graeme Blundell movie, …Purple (5) 10 Song by The Wiggles (3,6) 11 Strong, ‘As fit as a… …’ (coll) (6,4) 12 Roy and HG’s show, …Buggery (4) 14 Rhyming slang for a shark (5,3) 16 Where Indonesian Customs found cannabis in Schapelle Corby’s case, … board (6) 18 Pink and grey parrots (6) 19 Rio Tinto’s Pilbara iron ore port (8) 22 Novelist and mother of journalists Roy and Chris, … Masters (4) 23 Jeannie Gunn’s book set near Mataranka, Weofthe…… (5,5) 26 Edible moth larvae, … grubs (9) 27 ICI Australia’s name from 1998 (5) 28 Football code founded in Australia in 1908 (5,6) DOWN 1 Carnivorous marsupial, Tasmanian … (5) 2 TheYearMyVoiceBroke and AnimalKingdom star, Ben … (10) 3 Yacht race first held in 1945, Sydney … … (2,6) 4 Peter Allen song, ……CallAustralia

Home (1,5) 5 Fictitious carnivorous marsupials, … bears (4) 6 Children’s charity, … Foundation (9) 7 Olympic sprinter who married Nova Peris, Daniel … (6) 8 Gai Waterhouse’s bookmaker husband (6) 13 NSW Seventh Day Adventist college and Sanitarium factory (10) 15 Three NT rivers, North, South and East … (9) 17 Australia’s lowest point (4,4) 18 Town near the Murray mouth (6) 20 Olympic event won by Alisa Camplin, … skiing (6) 21 UK beef company that owned Wave Hill station, … Group (6) 24 Nationals leader before Warren Truss, Mark … (5) 25 Melbourne Cricket Ground’s nickname (3,1)