THE AUSTRALIAN
ACROSS 1 Pakistan-born Australian Test batsman from 2011 (5,7) 10 WWII machine carbine, the “Digger’s Darling” (4,3) 11 WWII battle in Egypt and a Kings Cross fountain, El … (7) 12 Canberra military academy (1,1,1,1) 13 Sydney institution with a Western Plains branch at Dubbo (7,3) 15 Tom Gleisner and Rob Sitch’s comedy talk show (3,5) 16 Sydney container terminal, Port … (6) 19 Adult male kangaroos (3,3) 20 1960s ALP executive, the ‘36 … Men (8) 23 Killing Heidi singer-songwriter and revamped Spicks and Specks team captain (4,6) 25 1997 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds album, The Boatman’s… (4) 27 Barellan tourist attraction, Big Tennis … (7) 28 Jennifer Byrne’s TV panel show
First…BookClub (7) 29 SACA’s Test cricket arena (8,4) DOWN 2 Interstate cricket trophy from 1892, … Shield (9) 3 2014 World Cup Socceroos coach, … Postecoglou (4) 4 Mark Hammond in Skippy (3,5) 5 Sydney motor circuit until 1994 (6) 6 Swans’ 2003 and 2006 Brownlow medallist (4,6) 7 German-born Tasmanian Liberal senator, Eric … (5) 8 Jack Thompson film, Breaker… (6) 9 ABC election expert, … Green (6) 14 Tommy Smith’s trainer daughter, Gai … (10) 17 Sunshine Coast town, … Headland (9) 18 Cate Blanchett movie with Jude Law, The…Mr.Ripley (8) 19 SBS FoodSafari host, Maeve … (6) 21 Range between Mt. Isa and Cloncurry (6) 22 Lindsay in ArrestedDevelopment, … de Rossi (6) 24 University of Queensland suburb, St. … (5) 26 Bingo game played electronically in clubs (4)
Yesterday’s solution
ACROSS: 1. Bart Cummings 9. Kurts 10. OldManEmu 11. VelvetBand 12. Weir 14. Yeoval 16. Allstars 18. Alcatraz 19. Versus 22. Clix 23. Larry Adler 26. Daughters 27. Salvo 28. ForAlibrandi. DOWN: 1. Beryl 2. Rosie Batty 3. Coombs 4. McDonald 5. ICan 6. Greg Evans 7. Skivvy 8. Quiros 13. Esme Watson 15. Occhilupo 17. Cavaleri 18. Arcade 20. Sir Don 21. Fraser 24. Lilli 25. Thea.