THE AUSTRALIAN

ACROSS

1 Ed Devereaux’s 1960s series,

Skippy the…… (4,8) 9 Skyhooks song, Womenin… (7) 10 Giants AFL club, … Western Sydney (7) 11 Australian cricket’s … … cap (5,5) 13 SA opal town, Coober … (4) 15 Patrick White’s partner, Manoly … (8) 16 Peter Moody’s horse, undefeated in 25 races, Black … (6) 18 1992-96 Olympic 1500m swimming champion, … Perkins (6) 19 Tom Roberts’ famous painting of bushrangers (6,2) 22 ‘Go to the …’, degenerate (coll) (4) 23 Murrumbidgee town, ‘Gateway to the MIA’ (10) 25 Late Wheel of Fortune hostess, … Xenides (7) 26 2012 Missy Higgins song,

Everyone’s… (7) 28 Patrol Boat star and father of All Saints star Conrad (6,6)

DOWN

1 Ex-Melbourne Storm winger, Marcus … (3) 2 1900s athlete who represented Australia in three sports (5,5) 3 Gina Riley in Kath & Kim (3,5) 4 Swimming commentator Norman May’s nickname (6)

5 BigBrother presenter, Bree … (4) 6 Natalie Imbruglia’s debut album,

Left……… (2,3,6) 7 Crested Asian bird, introduced to Australia (6) 8 Anthony Callea hit, The… (6)

12 Cash and Company star and father of actor Paul (3,8) 14 Ex-WA Greens Senator, Jo … (10) 17 Stand-up comedian and Doug in

All Together Now (5,3) 18 1930s NSW captain and Test batsman, Alan … (6) 20 Australian Ballet founder, Dame Peggy van … (6) 21 Bundaberg’s ‘Dr Death’, … Patel (6) 24 Hessian bag refrigerator, Coolgardie … (4) 27 Frozen sweet, … pole (3)