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 Rice and fish delicacy from 58 across (5)
4 Sing in an alpine fashion (5) 6 Practice to improve sporting skills and fitness (5)
9 Flightless Antarctic bird (7) 12 Lois –, Superman’s girlfriend (4) 13 Royal domain (5) 14 Financial trading facility such as Wall Street (5,8)
15 Loudly express praise or joy (5) 16 Citrus peel grated as a flavouring ingredient (4)
17 Mad –, Mel Gibson film (3) 18 Cured pork served at breakfast, usually with eggs (5)
22 – Fisher, actress (4)
24 – Berry, actress (5) 25 Respiratory gas (6) 27 Flavoursome (5)
28 Object of adoration (4) 29 Facial hair next to ears (9) 33 Take too far (6)
35 First Greek letter (5)
36 58 across currency (3)
37 – Gosling, actor (4) 39 Tropical mammal (5)
40 To Sir With Love singer (4) 41 Period of unusual prosperity (4) 42 – Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII (4)
43 – Hawthorne, actor (5) 44 Usain –,world champion Jamaican sprinter (4) 46 Sleeping vision (5) 47 Triangle with all sides and angles the same (11) 52 Abundant (9) 54 Medication measures (5)
56 Bird which lays eggs in others’ nests (6)
57 Mythical Himalayan hominid (4) 58 Tokyo’s country (5)
60 Which person? (3)
61 – Welles, film maker (5) 63 Proprietor (5)
64 Egyptian god-king (7)
65 Fifty percent (4)
67 – Redding, 1960s soul singer (4) 69 Hosiery (9)
73 Bart and Lisa Simpson’s dad (5) 74 – John, veteran pop musician (5) 75 Performer’s signal (3)
76 – Morrison, Irish-born blues and folk singer (3)
77 Bereaved wife (5)
78 Picture, representation (5) 80 Water storage facility (9) 83 Unauthorised release of sensitive information (4) 84 Tattered clothes (4) 87 Remains in place (7) 89 Heartbeat (5) 90 Soothing balm or ointment (5) 92 On the –, fleeing authority (3) 93 Computer message (5)
94 Makeshift vessel (4)
96 Gently, tenderly (6)
98 Grinding tooth (5)
100 Broad public walking area (9) 104 Egg-delivering lagomorph (6,5) 107 Hurled (5)
109 Reflected sound (4)
111 Tiny marine crustaceans (5) 112 Idris –, actor (4)
114 Rescue (4)
116 Witty quip (4)
117 Loud warning signal (5)
118 – Byrne, actress (4)
118 Berate or pester repetitively (3) 121 Tradesperson’s kit (5)
122 Classical dance (6)
123 Horoscope study (9)
124 Salt Lake City’s state (4)
125 Large vocal ensemble (5)
127 Heath –, late actor (6)
131 Fortune telling cards (5)
133 Spool used to wind film
or fishing line (4)
135 Michelle –, 2015 Melbourne
Cup-winning jockey (5)
137 Rowing blade (3)
139 Not at home (4)
139 East –, country formerly
governed by Indonesia (5) 141 Handheld device for operating
electronic equipment (6,7) 143 Beverly –, upscale area
of Los Angeles (5)
144 Corporate or
commercial symbol (4)
145 Benevolent organisation (7) 145 Checked fabric pattern (5) 147 – Brontë, Wuthering
Heights author (5)
148 Number of players in a
20 down team (5)
DOWN
1 Rapidly flashing light (6) 2 First single from Adele’s 2015 album, 25 (5)
3 In recent times (6)
4 Day before today (9) 5 Probable (6)
6 SMS message (4)
7 Burned remains (5) 8 Cloistered sister (3) 9 Remarkable event (10) 10 Common, regular (5) 11 Aromatic spice (6)
15 Worn out or used up (9) 19 Sparkling French wine (9) 20 Women’s team sport (7) 21 Army officer (7)
22 Casual, relaxed (8) 23 Foreign, unfamiliar (5) 26 Greta –, silver screen legend (5)
30 Junior surf lifesaving club members (7)
31 Short sleep (6)
32 Article of faith (6) 34 Percussion instrument (4) 38 Assist in illegal activity (4) 44 Scene of Juliet’s ‘Wherefore art thou Romeo’ speech (7) 45 Tropical hardwood (4) 48 Mysterious aircraft (1,1,1) 49 Simian (3)
50 Thomas –, US inventor (6) 51 Bullets and shells (10) 53 Pacific island nation (5) 54 Portal (4)
55 Sense of self (3)
59 Ancient Greek philosopher (5) 60 Chinese city at centre of recent health emergency (5)
62 Large mass of flying insects (5) 64 Back or rear end (9) 66 Pyrotechnics (9)
68 Bathing facility with overhead water outlet (6)
70 Dog’s house (6) 71 Streamlined, aerodynamic (5) 72 Scuba enthusiast (5)
75 1942 film classic with Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman (10) 79 Heavenly messenger or protector (5)
81 Colonial US town noted for witch trials (5)
82 Last greek letter (5)
85 Something kept in confidence (6) 86 Caribbean music style (7)
88 Brother’s daughter (5)
89 Shapely fruit (4)
91 Fuss, bother (3)
95 Animal’s hairy coat (3)
96 Male child (3)
97 – Dunaway, actress (4)
99 Slats of a window shade (7)
101 Rectangular shape (6)
102 Ill-feeling (9)
103 Sign up for service (6)
105 Therefore (4)
106 Field of Dreams sport (8)
108 Speedy (9)
108 Electricity source (9)
110 One hundred runs in cricket (7) 111 US name of tomato sauce (7) 113 Groundhog Day actor (4,6)
115 Sound, authoritative (5)
118 Jolly –, pirate flag (5)
120 By small increments (9)
126 Crackling interference (6)
128 Early 1990s rock music style (6) 129 Rapid advance on the enemy (6) 130 Jim –, Muppets creator (6)
132 Cuban ballroom dance (5)
134 Additional (5)
136 Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland girl (5) 138 Corrosive compound (4)
142 Navigator’s chart (3)