THE AUSTRALIAN

ACROSS

1 LookingforAlibrandi star once married to Vincent D’Onofrio, Greta … (7) 5 Tasmanian brewer, Australia’s oldest, founded in 1832 (7) 10 Shepparton fruit canning company (1,1,1,7) 11 Dawn Lake’s partner, Bobby … (4) 12 2001-11 ACT Chief Minister, Jon … (8) 13 Nickname for Queenslanders, … Benders (6) 14 Children’s downhill racer, … cart (5) 15 The man behind Rampaging Roy Slaven (4,5) 17 NSW Central Coast town on Tuggerah Lake (5,4) 19 Indigenous group headed by Geoff Clark and abolished in 2005 (1,1,1,1,1) 22 Kylie Minogue’s sister who married Julian McMahon in 1994 (6) 23 Aboriginal community, 300km NW of Alice Springs (8) 24 Three times Australian Open golf champion, Norman von … (4) 25 Fred Schepisi’s 1989 film about Azaria Chamberlain (4,6) 26 AllTogetherNow and Againstthe Wind star Jon … (7) 27 NeverHadSoMuchFun band, … Rhomb (7)

DOWN

2 Headland near Cooktown, named by Captain Cook (4,11) 3 Region of SW Qld with many interlaced streams, … Country (7) 4 Qantas co-founder, … Fysh (6) 6 Tycoon who won the America’s Cup in 1983 (4,4) 7 Sean Connery’s first wife, Mooloolaba-born actress Diane … (7) 8 Soprano whose real name was Helen Mitchell (4,6,5) 9 Ficus macrophylla, a popular park tree from the Brisbane area (7,3,3) 16 Gold Coast casino (8) 18 Bushranger killed near Forbes in 1865 (3,4) 20 Country singer and 2003-07 NT Administrator (3,4) 21 National Park in the Adelaide Hills (6)

Yesterday’s solution

ACROSS: 1. Combet 4. Gra Gra 10. Stromlo 11. Einfeld 12. Crown 13. Red Centre 14. FiveBells 15. Rhys 17. Mojo 18. De La Hunty 21. TuckerMan 22. Rossa 23. Mission 24. Tankard 25. Hanson 26. Dickie. DOWN: 1. Cusack 2. Marjorie Jackson 3. Emmanuel 5. Ranger 6. Great White Shark 7. Andrews 8. Lorrae Desmond 9. Ten Dollar Note 16. Quirindi 17. Mt. Tomah 19. Merino 20. Caddie.