THE AUSTRALIAN

ACROSS

1 D Generation comedian who starred in Crackerjack (4,6) 6 Race caller who had a hit with

LittleHondo in 1974, Johnny … (4) 9 1945-47 Governor General, Duke of … (10) 10 Brian Mannix’s 50Years band, Uncanny … (1-3) 12 Body of water at the mouth of the Murray (4,11) 13 Alex Gurney’s cartoon,

…&Curley (5) 14 Promoter and publicist, Harry M. … (6) 18 Belle in OnceUponaTime, … de Ravin (6) 19 100km-long salt lake east of SA’s Strzelecki Desert (5) 23 Large web-footed bird of Bass Strait (4,6,5) 24 Ex- Getaway presenter, Ben … (4) 25 Copper and uranium mine at Roxby Downs, SA (7,3) 26 Carton of beer (coll) (4) 27 “Fightback!” Liberal leader at the 1993 federal election (4,6)

DOWN

1 First Australian woman to swim the English Channel, Linda … (6) 2 Chickens (coll) (6) 3 Openly gay High Court judge who retired in 2009 (7,5) 4 1890s prospector of a fabulous NT gold reef (8) 5 Type of international cricket match first played in Melbourne in 1971 (3-3) 7 Director of Belvoir St. Theatre and the 2006 film Candy, Neil … (8) 8 Town near Mandurah south of Perth (8) 11 Collingwood president and 2006-07 Nine Network boss (5,7) 15 Schappelle Corby’s sister (8) 16 1994 Fathers Day bikie altercation in Sydney, the “... Massacre” (8) 17 Makybe Diva trainer Lee … (8) 20 Construction tycoon whose company built Melbourne’s Rialto Towers, Bruno … (6) 21 2003 and 2006 Brownlow medallist, Adam … (6) 22 Hunter Valley town (6)