THE AUSTRALIAN

ACROSS 1 1970-84 Test wicketkeeper (3,5) 5 Bryan Brown’s actress wife, Rachel … (4) 10 Annual popular music awards (5) 11 SummeroftheSeventeenthDoll playwright (3,6) 12 Sonny Hammond in Skippy (5,9) 13 Sydney beach suburb, south of Narrabeen (8) 15 Catholic university founded in Fremantle in 1990, … Dame (5)

18 YoungTalentTime star and InDeep singer, Tina … (5) 19 Formal Naval Dockyard in Sydney Harbour, … Island (8) 20 PM 1971-72, father of actor Julian, Sir … … (7,7) 24 Gough Whitlam’s Minerals & Energy Minister at the centre of the Loans Affair (3,6) 25 Swimmer with three 2008 Olympic medals, … Sullivan (5) 26 German-born landscape painter, … Heysen (4) 27 Universal health scheme from 1984 (8) DOWN 1 Force whose motto is:

PerArduaadAstra (1,1,1,1) 2 Brand of waterproof stockman’s coat (4-1-4) 3 Talent show hosted by Andrew G. and James Mathison (10,4) 4 Paul Hogan’s offsider, played by John Cornell (5) 6 FAI founder Larry, or his son Rodney who was jailed in 2005 (5)

7 My Country poet, … Mackellar (8) 8 Inaugural A-League soccer champions, in 2006 (6,1,1)

9 Hey,Hey,It’sSaturday guitar virtuoso (6,8) 14 Ballina’s river and federal electorate (8) 16 Darling Downs city (9) 17 Country music capital (8) 21 2001 Melbourne Cup-winning trainer, Sheila … (5) 22 Purple-flowered weed also called Salvation Jane, Paterson’s … (5) 23 Slim Dusty’s daughter and Golden Guitar winner, … Kirkpatrick (4)

Yesterday’s solution

ACROSS: 1. Jo Beth 4. HisMates 9. Holmes 10. Neil Finn 12. Berridale 13. O’Shea 14. Lucy Turnbull 17. Hetherington 20. Rioli 21. Lloyd Rees 22. ALongWay 23. Pierre 24. Tea Trees 25. Revell. DOWN: 1. John Bell 2. Bald Rock 3. The Little Digger 5. IRememberYou 6. MulhollandDrive 7. Trisha 8. Sunday 11. Harry Holgate 15. St. George 16. Onesteel 18. Bryant 19. Corowa.