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 University grounds (6) 5 Agent 007 (5,4) 10 Cooking style involving long forks (6) 13 Humming instrument (5) 15 Indian currency (5) 17 Hot pepper (6) 18 Descriptive word (9) 19 Skin illustration (6) 20 Hickory nut (5) 21 Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland girl (5) 22 – Georgiadis, TV gardener (5) 25 – Witherspoon, actress (5) 26 Single-masted sailing vessel (5) 28 Hosiery mesh (7) 29 Mind-reader (7) 32 Sudden burst of activity (6) 35 Chunk of gold (6) 37 Howard –, media baron depicted in The Aviator (6) 39 Motor (6) 42 Stored away out of sight (7) 43 Enormous (4) 44 Richard –, actor (4) 45 Frying pan (7) 47 Ground meat (5) 49 – Fool, 1994 Paul Newman film (7) 50 Tango requirement (3) 51 Dedicated poem (3) 52 Area between flights of stairs (7) 55 Sidney –, Australian artist (5) 56 Contented feline sound (4) 58 Long-limbed, lanky (5) 60 Impudently quick-witted (5) 62 England’s capital (6) 64 See 162 across (5) 65 At capacity (4) 66 Metropolis (4) 67 Students in their last years of high school (7) 70 Biblical hero who slew Goliath (5) 71 Theatre attendant (5) 73 Australian sheepdog (6) 75 Baby angel (6) 77 Jakarta’s country (9) 78 Span (6) 81 Malicious chatter (6) 84 Ginger –, Hollywood dancer (6) 85 Person illegally transporting goods (8) 86 Sleeveless jacket (4) 88 Ceramic material (4) 89 Minor complaints (8) 90 Red wine (6) 91 Assured poise (6) 92 Spicy continental sausage (6) 95 Increase in intensity of music (9) 97 Cricket batter’s position (6) 99 Inuit style raincoat (6) 101 Underwater echolocation system (5) 103 Organs prepared as food (5) 104 Early form of motorised vessel (7) 106 Formal academic test (4) 107 – Stark, Iron Man (4) 109 Engaging personal quality (5) 110 Puzzle in which pieces are fitted together to create a picture (6) 112 One of twelve divisions of a year (5) 115 Olympic prize (5) 117 Miranda –, actress (4) 118 Theatrical performance with sung dialogue (5) 119 and 53 across, What About
Me singer (7,4) 120 – and downs, variations in fortune (3) 121 Container for milk or water (3) 122 Kiev’s country (7) 124 Group of lions (5) 125 Hand thrown explosive (7) 128 Spiced tea (4) 129 Building location (4) 130 UK PM’S street (7) 134 Vitality, vigour (6) 136 Former period of greatest success or achievement (6) 137 Purplish blue flower (6) 138 Cowardly colour (6) 140 Rules of linguistic construction (7) 143 Dwelling on wheels, towed by another vehicle (7) 145 Pleasant cooking smell (5) 147 Checked fabric pattern (5) 149 1979 science fiction film classic (5) 151 Mexican friend (5) 152 Cute aquatic mammal (5) 154 Containing nitrogen (6) 156 In very poor spirits or condition (9) 157 Pressing, imperative (6) 159 Capital of Vietnam (5) 160 Breakfast meat product (5) 161 Breakfast TV host’s nickname (6) 162 and 64 across, actress who starred as Wednesday in
The Addams family (9,5) 163 Large mass of stars (6)
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2 Burned residue (3) 3 Aircraft captain (5) 4 Pass over, leave out (4) 5 – Froggatt, actress (6) 6 Military rank (5) 7 Something kept in confidence (6) 8 Fruit used as martini garnish (5) 9 Sleeping visions (6) 10 School or church gala fundraiser (4) 11 Of birth (5) 12 Mysterious aircraft (1,1,1) 14 Courgette (8) 16 Royal daughter (8) 23 Spotted cat of tropical America (6) 24 At a distance (4) 26 Look over quickly (4) 27 Prison jumpsuit colour (6) 30 Stylised ritual (8)
31 – & Dragons, role-playing game (8) 33 Red cordial flavour (9) 34 Give up, cede (5) 36 Very greedy individual (7) 38 Straps worn for safety or support (7) 39 Large deer (3) 40 – Anderson, actress (7) 41 Result, outcome (10) 46 Large flightless African bird (7) 48 Light-hearted, frolicsome (7) 49 Provide with means of growth (7) 53 See 119 across (4) 54 Radiant (7) 57 Lightly wooded bushland (5) 59 Least dense form of matter (3) 61 Tummy muscles (abbr.) (3) 63 More mature (5) 68 Public expression of support (11) 69 Likeness (11) 72 Rhodesian –, large dog breed (9) 73 Large hopping marsupials (9) 74 European region including Spain and Portugal (6) 76 Out of practice (5) 79 Venomous Asian snake (5) 80 Wind instrument (5) 82 Nocturnal bird (3) 83 Anna –, actress (6) 86 Flow regulating device (5) 87 Total (3) 93 Illicit romances (7) 94 Mediterranean Island republic (5) 96 Ornate light fitting (10) 97 Dairy product (5)
98 Sleepless in –, rom-com movie (7) 100 – Chandler, author of hard-boiled detective fiction (7) 102 Centre of an atom (7) 104 Harden (3) 105 Cereal grain (3) 106 Given to strong feelings (9) 108 – Wilson, actor (4) 111 Wrench (7) 113 Badly behaved (7) 114 Medical care facility (8) 115 Imposingly grand and dignified (8) 116 Of numbers, as used in computers (7) 123 Spacious (5) 126 National Park officer (6) 127 Arid, parched (3) 131 Piece of pasta (6) 132 Winner of a sporting title (8) 133 Western hemisphere ocean (8) 135 Lady –, singer and actress (4) 139 Barry Humphries’ Dame (4)
141 – Blonde, 2017 spy/action thriller with Charlize Theron (6) 142 Tusked marine mammal (6) 144 Single-celled organism (6) 146 Precious aromatic resin, among the gifts of the Magi at the Nativity (5) 147 Show-off (5) 148 Member of the United Arab Emirates (5) 150 Within the law (5) 151 Persistent pain (4) 153 Step on a ladder (4) 155 Wedding vow (1,2) 158 Nothing (coll.) (3)