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 Pale, yellowish brown (5) 4 Made a mistake (5) 6 Conclusive evidence (5) 9 Source of good fortune (7) 12 Formal dress (4)
13 Of the city (5)
14 Required paperwork (13) 15 More mature (5)
16 Great –, large dog (4) 17 Possess (3) 18 Distinguishing mark (5) 22 Signal chime (4)
24 Abrupt, brief in speech (5) 25 Come to light (6)
27 Tempest (5)
28 Explosive device (4) 29 Abundant wealth (9) 33 Regional inflection (6) 35 Native New Zealander (5) 36 – Howard, film director (3) 37 Red gemstone (4) 39 Lubricated (5)
40 – Gwyn, famous royal mistress (4) 41 Nil, zilch (4)
42 Largest continent (4)
43 In the midst of (5)
44 River side (4) 46 Impressionist painter noted for ballet scenes (5) 47 Privileged upper classes (11) 52 Payments to musicians or authors based on sales of their work (9) 54 Overpowering fear (5) 56 Rescue or conserve (4) 57 Epidermis (4)
58 Crime group originating in Sicily (5)
60 Baby’s bed (3)
61 Award for service or bravery (5) 63 Wear away (5)
64 At the limit (7)
65 Blue printer ink (4)
67 Follow orders (4)
69 Beehive structure (9) 73 Obvious, unconcealed (5) 74 Normal, regular (5) 75 Morning moisture (3)
76 Wise nocturnal bird (3)
77 Put off, discourage (5)
78 Hint of colour (5)
80 Eggplant (9)
83 Devoid of light (4)
84 Bird of peace (4)
87 Second day of the working week (7)
89 Slim –, late country music legend (5)
90 Worth, merit (5)
92 Fire residue (3)
93 Element of a digital image (5) 94 Adhesive strip (4)
97 Inflating device (4)
98 First appearance (5) 100 Inability to move (9)
104 Items used in a recipe (11) 107 Vehicle’s stopping apparatus (5) 109 Cowl (4)
111 Milled wheat (5)
112 Large brass instrument (4) 114 Imperfection (4)
116 At rest (4)
117 Insane, irrational (5)
118 Mock, deride loudly (4) 119 Centre of a wheel (3)
121 Drying cloth (5)
122 Drink (6)
123 Two-wheeled conveyance with an engine (9)
124 Medieval stringed instrument (4) 125 Substantial (5)
127 Sign of the Twins (6) 131 Opening remarks (coll.) (5) 133 Italy’s capital (4)
135 Submit in homage (5)
137 Deity (3)
139 Coloured part of the eye (4) 140 – frogmouth, 76 across-like bird (5) 141 Quality of single-minded preoccupation (13) 143 Inexperienced (5)
144 Robe worn in ancient
133 across (4)
145 German pastry treat (7)
146 Park seat (5)
147 Pieces arranged to make words in scrabble (5)
148 Glow or sparkle (5)
DOWN
1 Australian wild horse (6) 2 Pattern in timber (5)
3 El –, fabled city of gold sought by Spanish conquistadors (6) 4 Captain Cook’s ship (9) 5 Cute cheek indentation (6) 6 Rose colour (4)
7 Give a speech (5)
8 US crime fighting organisation (1,1,1) 9 Glasses used to see long distances (10)
10 Low point (5) 11 Assented, concurred (6) 15 Beat generation novel by Jack Kerouac (2,3,4)
19 Art of reading and interpreting horoscopes (9) 20 Term of affection (7) 21 Beirut’s country (7)
22 Deep red vegetable (8) 23 Elevated (5)
26 – Witherspoon, actress (5) 30 Man’s fragrance (7) 31 Disable, hinder (6)
32 Spicy continental sausage (6) 34 – of March, fateful day for Julius Caesar (4)
38 Political coalition (4)
44 Public transport boarding/ alighting point (3,4) 45 Cabbage-like vegetable (4) 48 Small hotel (3)
49 Sturdy tree (3)
50 Blade –, classic sci-fi film (6) 51 Old-fashioned artillery projectile (10) 53 Depart (5)
54 US 10 cent piece (4) 55 – Nicodemou, actress (3) 59 Japanese mattress (5) 60 Article of belief (5) 62 Melissa –, TV presenter (5) 64 Worn out, used up (9) 66 Unfavourable reputation (9) 68 Over there (6)
70 Shouted (6)
71 David –, late chameleonlike rock star (5) 72 Hawaiian greeting (5)
75 The Great –, economic crisis in the 1930s (10) 79 Bellybutton (5)
81 Items prepared at the same time (5) 82 Reference list (5)
85 Pearl mollusc (6)
86 Struck with open hand (7) 88 Cast out (5)
89 Amount owed (4) 91 Winning tennis serve (3) 95 Bachelor’s dwelling (3)
96 Play on words (3)
97 Shove (4) 99 Swaggering self-confidence (7) 101 Boat’s steering apparatus (6) 102 Fairytale beauty who took refuge with the
Seven Dwarves (4,5) 103 Leisurely walk (6)
105 – Macpherson, model and businesswoman (4) 106 Transgress, breach guidelines (8) 107 Male rabbit (4)
108 Study of words (9) 110 Hamlet’s girlfriend (7) 111 Horse’s leg joint (7)
113 Iconic dress-up toy figure (6,4) 115 Volume of stamps or photographs (5) 118 Wildcard in a deck (5)
120 Plant scientists (9)
126 Pause, interruption (6) 128 Six-legged arthropod (6) 129 Spanning structure (6)
130 Legally –, comedy film starring 26 down (6)
132 – of London, historic building guarded by Beefeaters (5) 134 Stone worker (5) 136 Magnetic compass direction (5) 138 Heartfelt desire (4)
142 Weep convulsively (3)