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 Pleasant cooking smell (5) 4 Man-made waterway (5)
6 At no time (5) 9 Fortunately (7)
12 – Worthington, nee Bingle (4) 13 Red cheek makeup (5) 14 Giving up, handing over (13) 15 Drying cloth (5)
16 Castle’s central stronghold (4) 17 Colour (3)
18 – 22, satirical war novel (5) 22 Slight skin irritation (4) 24 Small paddle-boat (5) 25 Respiratory gas (6)
27 Inuit snow shelter (5)
28 Halt (4)
29 With identity concealed (9) 33 Versatile dairy product (6) 35 Accommodation for car travellers (5)
36 – de Janeiro, Brazilian city (3) 37 Wealthy (4)
39 Estimated price (5) 40 Forearm bone (4)
41 This place (4)
42 Bill of fare (4) 43 Foreboding darkness (5)
44 – Fey, comedy actress (4) 46 – Page, actress (5) 47 Florence –, nursing innovator (11)
52 Sugar or its substitute (9) 54 Perhaps (5)
56 Urban bird (6)
57 Fiddling Roman emperor (4) 58 Hotel or office building foyer (5)
60 Extra run in cricket (3) 61 Vigilant, on guard (5) 63 Cook with open flame (5) 64 Oriental (7) 65 Overthrow of a regime (4) 67 – Fieldel, TV chef (4)
69 Of trees which seasonally shed and regenerate foliage (9) 73 John –, singer and guitarist (5) 74 Classical Greek fabulist (5) 75 Knight’s title (3) 76 Assistance (3)
77 Cake frosting (5) 78 Proposal (5)
80 Large musical ensemble (9) 83 Heavy canvas cover (4) 84 Skating arena (4)
87 Jewish candle-holder (7) 89 Madagascan primate (5) 90 Twilight saga heroine (5) 92 – Gardner, Hollywood diva (3) 93 Grease heroine (5)
94 A single time (4) 96 Itemised financial register (6) 98 From Havana (5) 100 Oppressive weariness (9) 104 Long-running Summer Bay drama series (4,3,4) 107 Melbourne NRL team (5) 109 Sodium chloride seasoning (4) 111 Baked meal (5) 112 Mountains (4)
114 Small Jedi Master (4)
116 At liberty (4)
117 – Welles , film-maker (5) 118 Kristen –, actress (4) 119 Young chap (3)
121 How-to manual (5) 122 Cause pain, harm (6) 123 University academic (9) 124 Flow in abundance (4)
125 – John, subject of the film Rocketman (5) 127 Aircraft shelter (6) 131 Throws forth, as a fishing line (5)
133 That which is owed (4) 135 Perilous (5)
137 Harbour utility vessel (3)
139 In a fit and ready state (4)
140 A in AV, of electronics (5) 141 Very unusual, marvellous (13) 143 Italian savoury flan with multiple toppings (5) 144 Ultimate goals (4)
145 Track athletes (7) 146 Sleeping vision (5) 147 Trojan War epic (5) 148 Untrue, fake (5)
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1 Kenya’s continent (6) 2 Sorcery (5)
3 Drinking establishment (6) 4 Tradesperson who builds things with wood (9) 5 Laura –, actress (6) 6 Naming word (4)
7 Pay a personal call (5) 8 Chronic work malady (1,1,1) 9 Tall maritime beacon (10) 10 Steve –, late crocodile hunter and TV presenter (5) 11 Shouted (6)
15 Skill, method (9)
19 Circus high-wire (9) 20 Crook, criminal thug (7) 21 Popular cinema snack (7) 22 Return on investment, or charge on loan (8) 23 Derryn –, broadcaster turned politician (5) 26 Honking birds (5) 30 Shopping cart (7) 31 Pictures (6)
32 Jim –, Muppets’ co-creator (6) 34 118 down vessel (4) 38 Metal currency token (4) 44 Underwater missile (7) 45 Opening poker bet (4) 48 Firearm (3)
49 Frozen water (3)
50 – Clooney, actor (6)
51 Oiled (10)
53 Fragrant herb (5)
54 Repast (4)
55 Drinks counter (3) 59 Fundamental (5) 60 Bluegrass instrument (5) 62 Hard black wood (5) 64 Cook’s vessel (9)
66 Section of prose (9) 68 Cricket official (6)
70 Leave (6)
71 Dried grass used as bedding (5) 72 Keyboard instrument (5) 75 Capital of California (10) 79 Deciding match in a tournament (5) 81 Punctuation mark (5) 82 Italian city, home to a mysterious shroud (5) 85 Needle track on a vinyl record (6)
86 The – Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne novel (7) 88 Variety of pear (5)
89 Mown area of grass (4) 91 Large flightless bird (3) 95 Metal food or drink container (3) 96 Legislated rule (3)
97 Happy –, sitcom featuring Henry Winkler as the Fonz (4) 99 Internet search facility (7) 101 Holy, consecrated (6)
102 Vote with all in favour (9) 103 Respect (6)
105 – Hathaway, actress (4) 106 – saving, clock adjustment which provides for later sunset during summer months (8) 107 Narrow opening for
38 down (4)
108 Detailed statement of political ideology (9) 110 Quickly, in music (7) 111 Faithful patron of a business (7) 113 Transport service users (10) 115 French mustard variety (5) 118 Vital bodily fluid (5)
120 Put on show (9)
126 Choux pastry treat (6) 128 Zodiac twins (6)
129 Tune (6)
130 Twirl or wriggle suggestively (6) 132 Four-door family vehicle (5) 134 Intrepid, valiant (5) 136 Mediterranean resort island in the Balearic group (5) 138 Melbourne streetcar (4) 142 – Danson, actor (3)