THE AUSTRALIAN

ACROSS 1 Phar Lap’s trainer (5,7) 9 Photographer famous for his

Sunbaker picture (3,6) 10 James Reyne’s Reckless band, Australian … (5) 11 Double pluggers, say (6) 12 Roy Rene’s vaudeville character, Mo … (8) 14 Ex-Minardi Formula 1 boss and airline tycoon (4,8) 17 Sprinter who won three Olympic silver medals, in 1968 and 1972 (7,5)

20 My Country poet, … Mackellar (8) 21 Lava Tubes inland from Cardwell in north Queensland (6)

23 Australian Idol and Young Divas singer, … Lee Coulter (5) 24 South Gippsland town that is the home of Devondale milk (9) 25 Poet who wrote Bell Birds (5,7) DOWN 1 Mango-growing town near Darwin, … Doo (6)

2 Ex-Victorian RSL president who died in 2010, Bruce … (6) 3 Johnny Young’s TV variety show that ran from 1971 to 1988 (5,6,4) 4 Test cricket umpire who died in 2008, Col … (4) 5 Horse substituted at Eagle Farm on August 18, 1984 (4,6) 6 Author of The Narrow Road to the

Deep North (7,8) 7 Nicole Kidman’s Australia co-star, Hugh … (7) 8 The Easybeats’ and Billy Thorpe’s record label (7) 13 Cattle dog, or a slang term for a policeman (4,6) 15 Natalie Bass ingth waighte’ sb and, Rogue … (7) 16 Tim Ross’ comic partner, … Watts (7) 18 Bollywood actress and Celebrity Apprentice contestant, Tania … (6)

19 The Elephant Song singer, born Kandiah Kamalesvaran in Malaysia in 1934 (6) 22 Future king who opened Parliament House in 1927, Duke of … (4)