THE AUSTRALIAN

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ACROSS

1 Lose your temper (coll) (4,3,5) 10 Brisbane Commonwealth Games’ giant winking kangaroo (7) 11 Flick Scully in Neighbours, Holly … (7) 12 Skyhooks song, Million Dollar… (4) 13 1985 Uncanny X-Men hit (5,5) 15 Lake Macquarie town south of Newcastle (7) 16 Public servant in the 2009 OzCar affair, … Grech (6) 20 Female radio star who died in 1985, aged 95 (6) 21 Author of the Les Norton books, … … Barrett (6,1) 24 Batsman who scored 181 in the 1960 Tied Test (4,6) 26 Ex- BigBrother housemate and presenter, … Amer (4) 28 At full speed (coll) (4,3) 29 Family that ruled the Cocos Islands from 1827 to 1978, … Ross (7) 30 Not to worry (coll) (5,2,5)

DOWN

2 Bernard King’s ‘70s TV talent show (3,2,4) 3 Kelly O’Rourke in Blue Heelers, Samantha … (4) 4 Pest plant, water … (8) 5 1960 Olympic 100m freestyle champion, John … (6) 6 Brendan’s wife and Chloe’s mother in A Country Practice (5,5) 7 Riverina town east of Griffith (5) 8 Jacki Weaver’s character in the movie Animal Kingdom (5) 9 Hugh Jackman’s Dracula movie,

Van… (7) 14 Bryce Courtenay’s first novel, set in South Africa, The……… (5,2,3) 17 ABC surf series, Blue…… (5,4)

18 The Magic Pudding penguin, Sam … (7) 19 Extinct wallaby species of Victoria and SA (8) 22 The Nips Are Getting Bigger band, … As Anything (6) 23 Stan Zemanek’s TV panel show,

Beauty and the… (5) 25 Heather Ewart’s country town series, Back… (5) 27 1980s Socceroos coach, … Gutendorf (4)