THE AUSTRALIAN

ACROSS 1 Great Ocean Road and Twelve Apostles town (4,8) 9 Gardens such as Brisbane’s Mt Coot-tha (7)

10 Raz orback director, Russell … (7) 11 Helen Daniels in Neighbours, … Haddy (4) 12 Actor whose dogs were threatened with euthanasia by Barnaby Joyce (6,4) 14 Geoffrey Rush’s …ofthe

Caribbean (7) 15 Park near Sydney’s 9-across Gardens (6) 19 Paris body to which Gough Whitlam was ambassador (6) 20 Car’s protector from animal collisions (4,3) 23 Returning missiles (10) 25 Spinner who made 98 on his Test debut, Ashton … (4)

27 Blankety Blanks panellist, Barry … (7) 28 Seekers guitarist, Bruce … (7) 29 Hey ,Hey comedian who was Quinney in Bellbird (6,6) DOWN 1 Be pretentious (coll) (3,2,4) 2 Naomi Watts’ film, The… (4) 3 Australian cycling team’s nickname (8) 4 The Church’s song, Unguarded… (6) 5 Henry Lawson’s short story collection, While the…… (5,5) 6 Company that led the World Trade Center clean-up, Lend … (5) 7 Launceston brewery, … … & Son (1,4)

8 Come In Spinner co-author, … Cusack (7) 13 Australian term for sheets and towels (10) 16 NT Chief Minister defeated in the 2016 election (4,5) 17 Old term for sheep used in Waltzing

Matilda (7) 18 NSW Central Coast town near Wyong (8) 21 2000 and 2008 Olympic breaststroke medallist, … White (6) 22 White Collar Blue star, … Stafford (5)

24 Hands Up in the Air band, Boom Crash …. (5) 26 2012 world surfing champion, … Parkinson (4)