THE AUSTRALIAN

ACROSS

1 Left-handed ‘50s and ‘60s NSW and Test all-rounder (4,8)

9 Canadian magnate who bought Network Ten in 1992, Izzy … (5)

10 ABC kids show, ……Pyjamas (7,2)

11 Australia-NZ rugby trophy, … Cup (9)

12 Michael Caton’s sitcom with Caroline Aherne, …&Joe (5)

14 Ex- Sunrise and ABC newsreader, Chris … (4)

15 Northern Brisbane entertainment centre (8)

18 Bob Dyer’s radio and TV quiz (4-1-3)

19 PM Joseph Lyons’ widow, the first female federal cabinet minister (4)

23 Rove McManus’ second wife, … Walton (5)

24 Ditch Davey in BlueHeelers (4,5)

25 First Australian to score at a soccer World Cup (3,6)

27 2006-09 Essendon captain, Matthew … (5)

28 Chaser comedy series, The…… (7,5)

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1 Jim Keays’ TurnUpYourRadio band, Masters … (11) 2 Whitsundays town, … Beach (6) 3 Artist sued over his 1943 Archibald Prize ‘caricature’, Sir William … (6) 4 Singer of Riptide, which topped Triple J’s 2013 Hottest 100 (5,3) 5 Denise Drysdale’s nickname (4,4) 6 Peter Phelps TV series, Rescue

Special… (3) 7 Bottle tree (6) 8 Australian football’s followers, or ‘ …’ players (2-4) 13 2003 Idol runner-up and What

AboutMe singer (7,4) 16 NSW rugby team (8) 17 Galllipoli battlefield cemetery (4,4) 18 Bryce Courtenay convict novel,

The…Factory (6) 20 Geoffrey Rush in Quills, Marquis … … (2,4) 21 Big Apple NSW town (6) 22 1968-87 Qld Premier, Sir Joh …-Petersen (6) 26 Riverina irrigation system (1,1,1)