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 War and –, epic Tolstoy novel (5) 4 Tennis playing area (5) 6 Infant’s respiratory malady (5) 9 Roman god of wine and revelry (7) 12 Comedy series set during the Korean War (4) 13 Cricket bowler’s approach (3-2) 14 Musical backing for a vocal performance (13) 15 Man-made waterway (5) 16 Polynesian feast (4) 17 Text abbreviation; “to be honest” (3) 18 Chopped into small cubes (5) 22 Responsibility (4) 24 Earthy pigment (5) 25 Lengthen (6) 27 Honking birds (5) 28 Tally of nothing (4) 29 Playground game (9) 33 Eucalypt species (3,3) 35 Leg joint (5) 36 Small carpet (3) 37 Sunrise direction (4) 39 Bearing weapons (5) 40 Utterly destroy (4) 41 Ridge on a guitar fingerboard (4) 42 Public disagreement (4) 43 Precise, accurate (5) 44 Weight apportioned to one side over another (4) 46 – Hawke, actor (5) 47 Larval form of a butterfly (11) 52 Jason –, played George in Seinfeld (9) 54 – Day, actress and singer (5) 56 Cadence (6) 57 Black bird (4) 58 Garden pest (5) 60 American crime-fighting organisation (1,1,1) 61 Drying cloth (5) 63 Scarlett –, Gone with the Wind southern belle (5) 64 Tympanic membrane (7) 65 Employed or exploited (4) 67 2.54 centimetres (4) 69 Surname of actors Chris and Liam (9) 73 Fourth month (5) 74 – Bolt, Jamaican sprinter (5) 75 Fruit conserve (3) 76 The – Man and the Sea, Ernest
Hemingway novella (3) 77 In the midst of (5) 78 Official name (5) 80 Head of state in a republic (9) 83 Currency of Vietnam (4) 84 Slightly wet (4) 87 Calmed, often with medication (7) 89 Sound, authoritative (5) 90 Small cake served with tea (5) 92 Game with scores equal at the conclusion (3) 93 Intended (5) 94 Melbourne streetcar (4) 96 Holy river in India (6) 98 Valuable possession or attribute (5) 100 Jakarta’s country (9) 104 Little people in Irish folklore (11) 107 Disband a military unit (5) 109 Swedish pop group of the 1970s (4) 111 Pound one’s foot angrily (5) 112 Jessica –, TV presenter (4) 114 Change position (4) 116 Andre –, Dutch violin maestro (4) 117 Cut roast meat for serving (5) 118 Order of knights in Star Wars (4) 119 – Thurman, Pulp Fiction actress (3) 121 Fundamental (5) 122 Vocal organ (6) 123 Flavoured dairy treat (9)
124 – La Douce, 1963 Shirley Maclaine film (4) 125 – Bacon, actor (5) 127 – wonder, pop music artist with only a single successful release (3,3) 131 – Goodrem, singer and actress (5) 133 – Gosling, actor (4) 135 Japan’s capital (5) 137 Droop, become limp (3) 139 At rest (4) 140 Begin (5) 141 Given to sudden swings of mood and emotion (13) 143 Ring-shaped bread roll (5) 144 Welsh vegetable (4) 145 Leslie –, actor (7) 146 Nickname of AFL star Lance Franklin (5) 147 Mexican friend (5) 148 Trite or unsubtle (5)
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1 Satiric imitation (6) 2 Unrefined (5) 3 Tropical American big cat (6) 4 Professional limousine driver (9) 5 Male domestic feline (6) 6 Applaud (4) 7 Layered vegetable (5) 8 Edgar Allan –, US mystery writer (3) 9 Large, powerful military vessel (10) 10 Derryn –, controversial broadcaster turned politician (5) 11 Second place medal metal (6) 15 Popular cacao confection (9) 19 Winning position in chess (9) 20 Sweet last course (7) 21 Atlanta’s state in the USA (7) 22 Dashboard instrument showing distance travelled (8) 23 Organised athletic pursuit (5) 26 Keen, enthusiastic (5) 30 Smelly chemical in mothballs (7) 31 Photographic device (6) 32 Magician or sorcerer such as Harry Potter (6) 34 Powerful Norse warrior deity (4) 38 Indian robe (4) 44 Soft tortilla roll (7) 45 Caledonian (4) 48 – Winton, Australian author (3) 49 Golf score (3) 50 Henry –, Australian bush balladeer (6) 51 Known (to) (10) 53 Snake (5) 54 Statistical information (4) 55 Frozen water (3) 59 Group of concubines (5) 60 Thigh bone (5) 62 More sagacious (5) 64 Worn out (9) 66 Excitedly happy (9) 68 Tropical island state of the USA (6) 70 Desired, required (6) 71 Bart and Lisa Simpson’s dad (5) 72 Descend upon prey (5) 75 – van Damme, Belgian-born martial arts film star (4-6) 79 Musical beat (5) 81 – Davis, actress (5) 82 Additional (5) 85 Publishing executive (6) 86 Greek wine (7) 88 Evil spirit (5) 89 Air hole (4) 91 Lettuce variey (3) 95 Joan of –, medieval French heroine (3) 96 Wildebeest (3) 97 US space exploration organisation (1,1,1,1) 99 Japanese swordsman (7) 101 Robert –, actor (2,4) 102 Physical, often violent comedy genre (9) 103 Llama-like ruminant, raised for its fleece (6) 105 Lateral extreme (4) 106 New Zealand city on the Waikato River (8) 107 Score of zero in cricket (4) 108 First meal of the day (9) 110 Ore from which aluminium is refined (7) 111 Area of study (7) 113 Capital of the USA, in the District of Columbia (10) 115 Part of a song or poem (5) 118 Archenemy of Batman (5) 120 American mammal with a shell of bony plates (9) 126 Thomas –, US inventor (6) 128 – Bonham Carter, actress (6) 129 Classical dance discipline (6) 130 Tennis shot played before the ball has bounced (6) 132 Rental contract (5) 134 In front (5) 136 Dunedin’s region on New Zealand’s South Island (5) 138 Change, alter (4) 142 Group of kangaroos (3)