Puzzles 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 Fate, destiny (6)
4 Parable such as those attributed to Aesop (6)
8 Touring band’s crew member (6) 11 North Indian state (6)
14 Thick, sweet sugar refining by-product (7)
17 Victory (7)
18 Not domesticated (7) 20 Traveller’s accommodation (5) 21 The –, current affairs panel show featuring Carrie Bickmore (7) 23 Developing, coming into existence (7)
25 – Starr, the Beatles’ drummer (5) 26 Edge, extremity (9)
27 Sober, grave (7)
31 Indoor sports and fitness facility (9) 32 Stringed instrument (5) 34 Emerald Isle (7)
36 Gwen Stefani’s pop group (2,5) 38 Desert waterhole (5)
41 Flying fox (3)
42 Brussels’ country (7) 44 Twilight heroine (5)
45 Pile or small hill (5) 46 Quicksilver (7)
48 Precise (5)
49 Team of actors (4) 50 Unsubtle, mawkish, of a joke (5) 51 Protagonist (4)
53 Japanese rice and seafood dish (5)
56 Variety of 63 across (7) 57 Shout, holler (4) 58 Purposes (4) 59 Performance venue (7)
63 Salt’s seasoning partner (6) 65 Vehicle’s approach to a home (8) 67 Impudent (4)
69 Bram –, Dracula author (6) 73 Slow steady rain (7)
75 Bizet opera (6)
76 Set apart, quarantine (7) 77 Blue printer toner (4)
80 John –, young adult fiction author (5)
81 Roman god of the sea (7) 83 Italian potato dumplings (7) 84 Woman with occult powers (5) 86 At a distance (4)
88 Forward in a football team (7) 89 Love apple (6)
91 Amaze (7)
94 Bird enclosure (6) 96 Responsibility (4)
97 Small carp, kept in a bowl (8) 98 Medieval fortress (6)
102 Deep, purplish red (7) 103 Official Papal document (4) 104 Breeze (4)
106 Mythical flying horse (7) 110 Mother’s brother (5) 112 Reflected sound (4)
113 – Cranston, actor (5) 114 Fibre-rich cereal by-product (4) 115 Key –, Bogart/bacall film (5) 119 Pastoral, of shepherds (7) 121 Garden bed ground cover (5) 122 Famous Sydney beach suburb (5) 123 Shakespeare’s Scottish play (7) 124 Dedicated poem (3)
125 School tests (5)
127 Hot condiment (7)
128 Device for restoring battery power (7)
129 Slightly burn (5)
130 Make up (9)
133 Nervous tension (7) 136 Underlying structure (9) 138 Comes close (5)
139 Sound following lightning (7) 142 Paper-folding craft (7)
144 Steve –, late crocodile hunter (5) 146 Cost (7)
148 Layered pasta dish (7)
149 Bring to bear, as a law (7) 151 Flip-flops (6)
152 Stay (6)
153 Aromatic spice (6) 154 Problem, malfunction (6)
DOWN
1 Popular condiment (7) 2 Perspiration (5)
3 – Aviv, Israeli port city (3) 5 Small fish used on pizza (7) 6 Unit of volume (5)
7 Small, fast flying bird (5) 8 Japanese noodles (5) 9 Symbolic test cricket trophy (5) 10 Frozen maritime hazard (7) 11 Livestock enclosure (3)
12 Film about a magical board game (7)
13 Sleeping chamber (7) 15 Caribbean music style (7) 16 Substitute expression (9) 18 Final demand (9) 19 Whirlwind (7)
22 Snooker rod (3) 24 Springfield convenience store proprietor (3)
27 Basic food product (6) 28 Nickname of WWI German fighter pilot Manfred von Richthofen (3,5) 29 Balm, cosmetic or medicinal cream (8) 30 Chemical element, symbol Na (6) 32 Electrical cord (5)
33 Bedtime song (7)
35 Foreign diplomatic office (7) 37 Remove clothes (7) 39 Ignores, rejects (5)
40 Outline of city’s tall buildings (7) 43 Powerful, concentrated (7) 47 High esteem (7)
49 Vessel’s complement (4) 52 Solemn vow (4)
54 Plant said to be lucky when found with four leaves (6) 55 Barista-made coffee (8) 56 Winged archer of love (5) 60 Hungarian fortified wine (5) 61 – Todd, murderous musical theatre barber (7) 62 Artificial colour (3)
64 Family of lions (5)
66 Festive gathering following a wedding (9)
68 Very tasty (9)
70 American cattle farm (5) 71 Comic strip featuring Charlie Brown and Snoopy (7) 72 Following moral standards (7) 74 Galvanising metal (4) 78 Inferior, of dubious standard (7) 79 Strike a fly (4)
80 Tropical fruit (5)
82 Kitchen and dining implements (8) 85 Faith, belief (5)
87 Legal excuse (5)
90 Illicit romance (6)
92 Frock (5)
93 Sense of self (3)
95 – Crowe, actor (7)
99 Divine, heavenly (7)
100 – Hathaway, actress (4) 101 Bridge, stretch across (4)
102 Fall to pieces (7)
103 Atlantic island territory, capital Nassau (7)
105 Western NSW river (7) 107 Operating doctor (7) 108 Conventional (8)
109 Outdoor grilling facility (8) 111 Chocolate powder (5) 116 Earthy pigment (5) 117 Llama-like ruminant, raised for its fine fleece (6) 118 Surreptitiously cunning (6) 120 Selection or administrative panel (9) 123 Butter substitute (9) 126 Cowboy hat brand (7)
129 Local lawman in the Wild West (7) 130 Circumstances in which something is said or takes place (7)
131 Hair washing product (7) 132 Banger, snag (7)
134 Name before marriage (3) 135 Black road sealant (3)
136 Easily broken (7)
137 – Brannagh, actor (7)
140 Wide river mouth (5)
141 Sticky tree secretion (5) 142 Church keyboard instrument (5) 143 Unskilled (5)
145 Of poorest quality (5) 147 Multicultural TV network (1,1,1) 150 Constantly harangue or berate (3)