THE AUSTRALIAN

ACROSS 1 Doctor who discovered thalidomide’s effects, William … (7) 5 2008 Idol winner and FeelsLike

Woah singer (3,4) 9 Largest carnivorous marsupials (9,6) 10 Jon English’s SixRibbons co-writer, … Millo (5) 11 1972 Olympic 400m IM swimming champion (4,5) 13 Roy Slaven’s comic partner (1,1,6) 14 Australia’s first female governor, Dame … Mitchell (4) 17 SBS AForkintheRoad host, … Viswalingam (4) 18 Wicketkeeper in the first Test, in 1877, Jack … (8) 22 Nick Cave song used by Barossa Valley tourism, Red…… (5,4) 23 Corruption scandals (coll) (5)

24 Homicide and TheCastle star, nicknamed “Bud” (7,8) 26 Hazel Hawke’s daughter, Sue … (7) 27 Joe Camilleri’s band, The Black … (7) DOWN 1 Blue Mountains botanic gardens (2,5) 2 Living as an outlaw in colonial times (11) 3 1983 Redgum hit single,

………Nineteen (1,3,4) 4 2006-10 Commonwealth 50m backstroke winner, Sophie … (8)

5 ACountryPractice town, … Valley (6) 6 Former steam-powered Manly ferry,

South… (6) 7 Former annual film award (1,1,1) 8 Arnott’s parrot logo (7) 12 Tina Turner’s MadMax song, We Don’tNeed…… (7,4) 15 Flowers thrown by Dame Edna (8) 16 WeoftheNeverNever star, Angela Punch … (8) 17 The Sheffield Shield’s 1999-2008 name (4,3) 19 Ken Rosewall’s nickname (7) 20 1963-65 Wimbledon runner-up and TV commentator, Fred … (6) 21 Aboriginal community west of Alice Springs, … Bluff (6) 25 Melbourne newspaper, The… (3)