THE AUSTRALIAN

ACROSS

1 Red WA timber (6) 5 Classical concert series, …Viva (6) 9 1960s Test umpire, Lou … (5) 10 TV mogul whose company makes Neighbours (3,6) 12 Holden family car first made in 1978 (9) 13 Historic jail near Kempsey, … Bay (5) 14 1975 Jumpin My Car band, The Ted Mulry … (4) 15 Canberra’s river (8) 18 Aboriginal pastor and ‘70s SA Governor, Sir Douglas … (8) 20 Melbourne alternative theatre until 1980, The … Factory (4) 24 NSW wicket-keeper who played one Test, in 1994, Phil … (5) 25 Princess Mary of Denmark’s maiden name (9) 26 Irreverent non-conformists (coll) (9) 27 Dessert named after a soprano, peach … (5) 28 1980s brewer, a rival to XXXX in Qld (6) 29 Australia’s longest-running TV comedy, from 1987 to 1994 (3,3)

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2 1972 global Helen Reddy hit song, I…… (2,5) 3 2005 winners of The X-Factor (6) 4 1974 Skyhooks hit, …Movie (6) 5 Betty in 29-across, Julie … (8) 6 Margaret Pomeranz’s movie critic partner, David … (8) 7 Halls Creek-Wiluna stock route (7) 8 Man who said, “Good evening and welcome to television” in 1956 (5,7) 11 Common name for a type of cicada (6,6) 16 England’s ‘leg theory’ of the 1932-33 Ashes tour (8) 17 Flowers thrown to her admirers by Dame Edna Everage (coll) (8) 19 Qld term for a cocktail frankfurt (7) 21 Soup brand named after a parrot (7) 22 Federal Liberal member for Leichhardt, Warren … (6) 23 WWI and WWII commander, the only Australian field-marshal, Sir Thomas … (6)