THE AUSTRALIAN
ACROSS
1 Stevie Wright’s ‘60s She’sSoFine band (3,9) 9 Doctor who discovered thalidomide’s effects, William … (7) 10 Stocky, thickset (coll) (7) 11 Gippsland’s “Mural Town” (3,3,4)
12 Mas terChef judge, … Preston (4) 14 Shane Jacobson’s GreatAustralian
BakeOff co-host (4,4) 16 Fraser’s Defence Minister, Sir James … (6) 18 Sunshine Coast town with a medieval castle (3,3) 19 Playground slide, … dip (8) 22 Phone and internet company, now part of TPG (1,1,1,1) 23 Kerry Packer in PaperGiants (3,7) 26 1890 Melbourne Cup winner, the first Racing Hall of Fame member (7) 27 1970s Commonwealth boxing champion, Tony … (7)
28 TheBattlers and RideonStranger author (5,7)
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1 1960s Test wicketkeeper, Brian … (5) 2 Fred Schepisi’s Azaria Chamberlain movie (4,6) 3 2015 Chris Hemsworth movie,
…:AgeofUltron (8) 4 1980s Socceroos captain, Charlie … (6) 5 SBS documentary series,
TheCutting… (4) 6 Region of NW Victoria (3,6) 7 Portia de Rossi’s real name, … Rogers (6) 8 John Howard’s campaign director, … Crosby (6) 13 Gold rush ghost town near Tibooburra (10) 15 Rockpool restaurateur and
FreshTV presenter (4,5) 17 Voice of Dickie Knee on Hey,Hey,
It’sSaturday, John … (8) 18 World Heritage island south of Tasmania, Pedra … (6) 20 North Qld Aboriginal leader, Murrandoo … (6) 21 The Church’s 1981 single,
Unguarded… (6) 24 Paul Jennings’ children’s book,
Roundthe… (5) 25 Spirit people of Arnhem Land (4)