THE AUSTRALIAN

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1 Botanist on the Endeavour (3,6,5) 10 Wheat-growing region of western Victoria (7)

11 Crowded House’s 1991 hit, … …

Natural (3,4) > i <

12 Pat Rafter’s > i /< wife, … Feltham (4) 13 Australian Crawl singer and Return

To Eden star (5,5) > i <

15 Rapper with > i /< four 2015 Grammy nominations, Iggy … (6)

16 Helen Morse’s film, … … Hanging

Rock (6,2) > i <

19 Double > i /< 2008 Olympic butterfly medallist, … Schipper (8)

20 Housos creator and star, Paul … (6) 23 > i 1964 < Olympic > i /< bronze and 1968 silver medallist 80m hurdler (3,7) 25 Magda Szubanski’s sketch show, …

Slather (4) > i <

27 Mark Webber’s > i /< 2007–13 Formula One team (3,4)

28 Rabbit-like marsupials (7)

29 Brian Mannix’s Everybody’s Got to

Work 1980s band > i < (3,7,1-3) > i /< DOWN 2 Rugby league stars such as Langlands, Gasnier and Wally Lewis (9)

3 Young wombat (4)

4 Former Bass Strait catamaran ferry (6)

5 ‘80s Wallaby forward and rugby commentator, Simon … (8) 6 Colonial highwayman (10)

7 All the Rivers Run author, > i … < Cato (5) > i /<

8 Airline founded in WA in 1963 and bought by Virgin in 2013 (7)

9 Owner of gold mine where Herbert Hoover worked, Sons of … (6)

14 NSW Riverina town with an annual Ute Muster (10)

17 Cold Chisel’s 1980 hit from East (5,4) 18 Nickel town south of Kalgoorlie (8) 19 Robert Menzies’ 10-across home town (7)

21 Howard’s nickname, … John (6) 22 2012 Olympic diving runner-up, Brittany … (6)

24 Harold’s late wife in Neighbours, played by Anne Charleston > i < (5) > i /< 26 Arnotts savoury crackers (4)