THE AUSTRALIAN

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ACROSS

1 Olympic sprinter who married Nova Peris (6,6) 9 Melbourne street directory (7) 10 Dangerous current over a reef (7) 11 Ex-WA, NSW and Test spinner, … Casson (4) 12 1972 Slim Newton hit, Redbackon

the…… (6,4) 14 In little known areas, “Off the … track” (6) 15 1982 WhatAboutMe band, Moving … (8) 18 The only man to win an AFL premiership and All-Ireland football final, Tadhg … (8) 19 1991 Daryl Braithwaite hit, The… (6) 22 Ex-Coles Myer chair and frequent critic (7,3) 24 Kids TV show until 2005,

TheBig… (4) 26 White humpback whale spotted off the east coast (7) 27 1985 INXS album, ListenLike… (7) 28 Billy in Neighbours and Dr. Robert Chase in House (5,7)

DOWN

1 1973 Helen Reddy hit (5,4) 2 The young David Helfgott in Shine, … Taylor (4) 3 Richard Roxburgh’s ABC drama,

……Everything (4,2) 4 ALP speechwriter who directed

TheNostradamusKid (3,5) 5 Tony Barber’s ‘ 70s game show,

Great… (10) 6 1986 Sam Neill movie, ForLove… (5) 7 Pick up sticks or rubbish (coll) (3-3) 8 Adelaide-based oil company (6) 13 Manly’s motto: … … from Sydney and a thousand miles from care (5,5) 16 Virus named after a Townsville stream (4,5) 17 Makybe Diva’s jockey (4,4) 18 Rhythmic gymnast with five 1994 Commonwealth gold medals, … Takahashi (6) 20 Brawl (coll) (6) 21 Stereotypical working class Sydneysider or Melbournite (6) 23 TV award from 1959 (5) 25 Sun cream for the face, pink … (4)