THE AUSTRALIAN

ACROSS

1 Ex- ChangingRooms and Ready, Steady,Cook host (5,7) 9 SA town on Spencer Gulf, Port … (5) 10 Delta Goodrem’s first hit, in 2002 (4,2,3) 11 Emerald’s line of latitude, the Tropic of … (9) 12 South African-born surfer, four-times world champion, Wendy … (5) 14 Bridge over Sydney’s Middle Harbour (4) 15 Tracy Grimshaw’s prime time show,

……Affair (1,7) 18 Director and PiratesofPenzance star, Simon … (8) 19 Eccentric ‘70s singer with Kush, Jeff … (4) 23 Petrol company founded in Sydney in 1936 (5) 24 Manly-Warringah NRL club (3,6)

25 ProjectRunway host and Valkyrie in MadMax:FuryRoad (5,4) 27 Ted’s sister-in-law Merle in

KingswoodCountry, Maggie … (5) 28 Australia’s ‘Queen of Country Music’ (4,8)

DOWN

1 Melbourne’s bay (4,7) 2 1-down’s entrance (3,3) 3 1997-2006 TodayTonight host, Naomi … (6) 4 Cate Blanchett film about an Irish journalist, …Guerin (8) 5 Len Evans’ Hunter Valley vineyard, … Estate (8) 6 Peter Abeles’ trucking company (1,1,1) 7 Adam Hills’ music quiz show, …

andSpecks (6) 8 Qld coal town near Moranbah (6) 13 Crowded House’s original name, after Neil Finn’s middle name (3,8) 16 Nullarbor railway siding (8) 17 Rough-barked eucalypt (8)

18 AlvinPurple star, … Blundell (6) 20 Miser Meanie’s AdventureIsland offsider, … Fumble (6) 21 Indian doctor deported in 2007, Mohamed … (6) 22 ‘Devil’s Dust’ building products company, James … (6) 26 Racehorse trainer and Robbie Waterhouse’s wife (3)