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1 Sadie( The Cleaning Lady) singer born in Dagenham, London in 1949 (4,7) 9 Hang gliding town NW of Tamworth (7) 10 Gold Coast hotel, Palazzo … (7) 11 Tashkent-born composer, Elena …-Chernin (4) 12 1971-89 TV show, Young…… (6,4) 14 Noisy summer insects (7) 15 Small grey-brown robin, jacky … (6) 19 Steve Waugh’s nickname (6) 20 1956 Olympic sprint medallist, … Mathews (7) 23 Relatives of eucalypts, also called apple trees (10) 25 The Great Australian Bake-Off host, Anna … (4) 27 Sir Robert Menzies and Andrew Peacock’s seat (7) 28 Ex- ReadySteadyCook host, Peter … (7) 29 Tex Perkins’ TheHoneymoonIs

Over band (3,5,3) DOWN 1 Marta Dusseldorp’s ABC legal series (5,4) 2 2003 Eric Bana superhero movie (4)

3 TheProject and Utopia comedian, Kitty … (8) 4 SBS GlobalVillage host, Silvio … (6) 5 Major southern Sydney suburb (10) 6 Gold Coast suburb, north of Burleigh (5) 7 Country singer with a horse named Flash, … Dawson (5) 8 Max Merritt’s SlippingAway band (7) 13 Musical instrument made with bottle tops (10) 16 12-across star and Chains singer (4,5) 17 Skyhooks drummer, Freddie … (7) 18 2003 Toni Collette movie, …Story (8) 21 The Seekers guitarist, Keith … (6) 22 Late National Gallery director and TV presenter, … Churcher (5) 24 New Guard member who slashed the ribbon at the Sydney Harbour Bridge opening, Francis de … (5) 26 National under-19 men’s basketball team’s nickname (4)