CODE CRACKER
To win one of three prizes of $100, work out which number represents which letter. All letters of the alphabet appear at least once. Fill in the coloured boxes at the bottom to reveal our prize word. Write this answer on the entry coupon.
ACROSS
1 Surface sheen (6) 4 Barista’s product (6) 8 Burrowing marsupial (6) 11 Dish served on fire (6) 14 Small amount (7) 17 Regal grandeur (7) 18 Mosque tower (7) 20 High male vocal register (5) 21 Educational facility (7) 23 Set out a new course (7) 25 Corn variety (5) 26 Repudiated, denied responsibility (9) 27 Paid no attention (7) 31 Trial run in a new car (4,5) 32 – Gale, model (5) 34 Huge (7) 36 Bullfighter (7) 38 Punctuation mark (5) 41 Expected (3) 42 Hard-wearing, long-lasting (7) 44 Refined ore (5) 45 State in north-east USA (5)
46 – Mystery Tour, 1967 Beatles album and film (7) 48 Rental contract (5) 49 Call out to (4) 50 Valuable possession (5) 51 – Stone, actress (4) 53 Surrounded by (5) 56 Dessert, particularly one served hot (7) 57 Breaking waves (4) 58 Local carnival (4) 59 Cherry pepper (7) 63 Jewish state established in 1948 (6) 65 Powerful snowstorm (8) 67 Neat, well ordered (4) 69 Jerry Seinfeld’s eccentric neighbour (6) 73 From the red planet (7) 75 Classical dance (6) 76 Long, adventure-filled journey (7) 77 Norse all-father deity (4) 80 Painter’s stand (5) 81 Chemical recipe (7) 83 Major railway station in Sydney (7) 84 Arm joint (5) 86 Male bovine (4) 88 Proverbially hard rock (7) 89 Tune (6) 91 Poisonous herb (7) 94 Lee –, actress (6) 96 Buddy, pal (4) 97 Mathematics of shapes (8) 98 Nail striking tool (6) 102 Berry used in making gin (7) 103 Small biting arachnid (4) 104 Racehorse’s recent results (4) 106 Cathy –, athlete (7) 110 Freight (5) 112 Robin Williams’ sitcom alien (4) 113 Hosiery textile (5) 114 Celebrity (4) 115 Follow as a result (5) 119 Mystical oriental design composed as a form of meditation (7) 121 Stringed instrument (5) 122 Evil spirit (5) 123 From Moscow (7) 124 Pen point (3) 125 – Watts, actress (5) 127 Beer factory (7) 128 Those in charge or at the front (7) 129 Ground meat (5) 130 Relating to earth, wind, fire and water (9) 133 Muslim woman’s veil (7)
136 A – Night’s Dream, surreal Shakespeare play (9) 138 Michael –, singer (5) 139 Result (7) 142 – Monroe, actress (7) 144 Sound of a plucked guitar string (5) 146 The Three –, slapstick comedy team (7) 148 Method of bowling in cricket (7) 149 Came into view (7) 151 Shouted (6) 152 Point in time (6) 153 Tempestuous (6) 154 Roman warship (6)
DOWN
1 Restricted (7) 2 Khartoum’s country (5) 3 Flightless Australian bird (3) 5 Fruit plantation (7) 6 – fatale, dangerously seductive woman (5) 7 Take pleasure in (5) 8 More sage (5) 9 Local council figurehead (5) 10 Bank transaction facility (7) 11 US crime-fighting organisation (1,1,1) 12 Gin and vermouth cocktail (7) 13 Radical, on the edge (7) 15 Portable dwelling towed by a motor vehicle (7) 16 At the same time (9) 18 Violent whirlpool (9) 19 Wandering (7) 22 Gullible punter (3) 24 Female sheep (3) 27 Instinctive rather than learned (6) 28 Having no purpose (8) 29 Call to mind (8) 30 Small but often important aspect (6) 32 Award for merit or service (5) 33 Judy –, singer and actress (7) 35 Written recollections of one’s life (7) 37 Fantasist (7) 39 Overtly masculine (5) 40 Quickly in music (7) 43 Apiarist’s construction (7) 47 Rules of language (7) 49 Lofty (4) 52 Mountains (4) 54 Rio de Janeiro’s country (6) 55 Extinct mammoth-like creature (8) 56 Transparent device which splits light into constituent colours (5) 60 Nominated, identified (5) 61 Sideways (7) 62 Unusual (3) 64 Dishonest or exploitative schemes (5) 66 Maze (9) 68 Fast, manoeuvrable warship often used as an escort (9) 70 Return to original condition (5) 71 Standard garb (7) 72 In good physical condition (7) 74 At rest (4) 78 Level in a hierarchy (7) 79 Vessel’s steering station (4) 80 Glowing coal (5) 82 Final (8) 85 Flower (5) 87 Yellow citrus fruit (5) 90 Tropical American wild cat (6) 92 – Gillan, actress (5) 93 Organisation’s yearly gathering to elect office-bearers (1,1,1) 95 Francis Ford –, film director (7) 99 Seemingly unaffected by the passage of time (7) 100 Small unit of weight (4) 101 At a distance (4) 102 Hugh –, actor (7) 103 Amazing, seemingly supernatural event (7) 105 Afternoon performance (7) 107 Assigned task, particularly in the military (7) 108 Words with the same meaning (8) 109 Jeff –, actor (8) 111 The Beatles’ drummer (5) 116 – Dingo, actor and TV presenter (5) 117 Drowsy (6) 118 Get on board (6) 120 Driven to succeed (9) 123 Dwelling place (9) 126 Frozen maritime hazard (7) 129 Horseback Canadian police officer (7) 130 Overseas diplomatic office (7) 131 Become entangled (7) 132 Hit song from Frozen, sung by Queen Elsa (3,2,2) 134 Goal (3) 135 – Nicodemou, actress (3) 136 – Turnbull, Australian PM (7) 137 Stiffly, strictly (7) 140 Atmospheric gas (5) 141 Force out (5) 142 Intends (5) 143 Vigilante hero played by Sylvester Stallone in a series of action films (5) 145 Heavenly messenger (5) 147 Finish (3) 150 – Ryan, actress (3)