THE AUSTRALIAN
ACROSS 1 ‘The race that stops a nation’ (9,3) 10 TheX-Factor finalist and 2012 DancingwiththeStars winner, Johnny … (5) 11 23-down keyboard player and FlameTrees songwriter (3,6) 12 Swimmer charged with assault and barred from the 2008 Olympics (4,5) 13 Paul Hogan’s offsider, played by John Cornell (5) 14 East Gippsland town on the Great Alpine Hwy (4) 15 Newsreader and ex- WakeUp host, … Belling (8) 19 1970s group, The Captain … Whoopee Band (8) 20 Company with 90 retirement villages in Australia (1,1,1,1) 24 Jelena Dokic’s father (5) 26 2008 Olympic 200 and 400m medley swimming champion, … Rice (9) 27 Brisbane racecourse (5,4) 28 ABC boss who resigned in 2001, Jonathan … (5) 29 Simon Baker’s US crime series (3,9)
DOWN 2 2007 1-across winner (9) 3 Lara Bingle’s tourism campaign: “Where the … hell are you?” (6) 4 Lava Tubes near Cardwell (6) 5 Food fish of SE Australia (8) 6 Jimmy Barnes’ 1985 hit, Working…… (5,3) 7 Person who fails to show up (coll) (5) 8 Slow-witted person (coll) (6) 9 Small town near Moree, in the Gwydir Shire, NSW, … Creek (6) 16 Skyhooks’ debut album, Livingin the… (9) 17 Kylie Minogue’s character in Neighbours, … Robinson (8) 18 Lighthouse at the entrance to Port Phillip Bay, Point … (8) 19 Central West NSW wine town (6) 21 Late SBS BookShow host, Dinny … (6) 22 Melbourne Cup-winning trainer with Vintage Crop, … Weld (6) 23 KheSanh band, Cold … (6) 25 1997 1-across winner, … and Power (5)