THE AUSTRALIAN

ACROSS

1 Cigar-smoking BlanketyBlanks comedian (4,4,4) 9 1981 Split Enz single, …Never

Repeats (7) 10 TV talent show, cancelled after its eighth season, in 2016, The…-… (1,6) 11 1990s ABC “Bush Tucker Man” (3,7) 13 Baby Animals singer, … DeMarchi (4) 15 1959-99 puppet show, Mr.… (8) 16 Model and TV host, … Bardot (6) 18 Longest serving Qld premier, from 1968 to 1987 … … BjelkePetersen (3,3) 19 Bowler of an underarm delivery against NZ in 1981, Trevor … (8) 22 Sybyl lain My Brilliant Career, … Davis (4) 23 Darwin’s satellite town (10) 25 Make an attempt at something (coll) (4,1,2) 26 Chat (coll) (7) 28 RBT equipment (12)

DOWN

1 University with a tower on Sydney’s Broadway (1,1,1) 2 Pia Miranda’s 2000 film,

……Alibrandi (7,3) 3 Painter of desolate landscapes, who died in 1981, Russell … (8) 4 Melbourne netball team (6) 5 Sydney gay and lesbian celebration, Mardi … (4) 6 Mornington Peninsula locality with a chairlift (7,4) 7 ABC MiddayReport newsreader, Ros … (6)

8 AlvinPurple star, … Blundell (6) 12 Sole survivor of the 1997 Thredbo landslide (6,5) 14 The Cruel Sea and Beasts of Bourbon singer (3,7) 17 2002 Grinspoon single, …Heart (8) 18 First aid group, … … Ambulance (2,4) 20 1995 World Cup Wallabies captain, Michael … (6) 21 Jewish NSL soccer club until 1986, Sydney … (6) 24 Harold Holt’s widow, Dame … Bate (4) 27 Salvo’s newspaper, The…Cry (3)

Yesterday’s solution

ACROSS: 1. YoungDoctors 10. Roden 11. Midwinter 12. Wanganeen 13. Hirst 15. Euro 16. Dinnigan 19. Dame Enid 20. Fysh 24. Nancy 25. Whitehead 26. Sophie Lee 28. Aggie 29. Billy Snedden. DOWN: 2. OrdinaryMen 3. Ninian 4. Damper 5. C. J. Dennis 6. Oliphant 7. Set 8. Browne 9. Bruton 14. Rugby league 17. BeMyGirl 18. Jim Waley 19. Denise 21. Hadley 22. Pigeon 23. Gerard 27. Pub.