CODECRACKER
To win one of two 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 Wait, endure (5)
4 Mexican friend (5)
6 and 9 across Pictured actor (5,7)
12 Garden utility building (4)
13 Robber, bandit (5)
14 Eponymous TV sitcom star (5,8)
15 Titan (5)
16 This location (4)
17 – Lanka, Indian Ocean country (3)
18 Painful muscular contraction (5) 22 Stalin’s empire (1,1,1,1) 24 Concentrated light beam (5) 25 With no order or system (6) 27 Freddie Mercury’s rock band (5) 28 Permit allowing entry to a country (4)
29 My – Career, Miles Franklin novel (9)
33 Currency unit (6)
35 Male relative (5)
36 Long snaky fish (3) 37 Morally corrupt (4) 39 Kitchen protective garment (5) 40 – Kyrgios, tennis player (4) 41 Water source (4)
42 Overt, candid (4) 43 Bundled, as hay or straw (5) 44 Beyonce’s partner (3-1) 46 Magpie’s 1 down (5) 47 Exotic, long-haired dog (6,5) 52 West Indies’ sea (9)
54 Bossy and impatient (5) 56 Civilised, sophisticated (6) 57 Musical symbol (4)
58 Steve –, late wildlife presenter (5) 60 – Buttrose, media executive (3) 61 Grown-up (5)
63 Spacious (5) 64 Educational facility (7) 65 Incinerate (4)
67 Capital of East Timor (4) 69 Tennessee country music city (9) 73 Article of faith (5) 74 Common mode of operation (5) 75 Unhappy (3)
76 – Thorpe, Olympic swimming champ (3)
77 Respected senior (5) 78 Discernment (5) 80 Statement of political intent (9) 83 Daybreak (4)
84 Hasty and ill-considered (4) 87 Pen-pal correspondence (7) 89 Tied, restrained (5) 90 Perhaps (5)
92 Small hotel (3)
93 Low point in a cycle (5) 94 Hardwood used to make furniture (4)
96 Yellow-belly (6)
98 Path of rotation (5)
100 – Taylor, screen legend (9)
104 Taped in advance (11)
107 Strong connective tissue (5)
109 Orient (4)
111 More certain (5)
112 – Lund, Ingrid Bergman’s
Casablanca role (4)
114 Superhero’s cloak (4)
116 Casserole (4)
117 Series of links (5)
118 Aerated soft drink (4)
119 Monsters –, 2001 animated
feature film (3)
121 Land of the pharaohs (5)
122 Casual pants, cut above the
knee (6)
123 Area of science concerned with
the interaction of substances (9)
124 Dame – Everage, Barry
Humphries character (4)
125 Reserved, cautious (5)
127 Workplace (6)
131 Nerve, daring (5)
133 Minor, expendable chess
piece (4)
135 Helen –, late I Am Woman
singer (5)
137 Historical period (3)
139 Statistical information (4)
140 Track competitor (5)
141 At 90 degrees to horizontal (13)
143 – Goodrem, Australian
singer/songwriter (5)
144 Rocky Mountains state (4)
145 By or of a name (7)
146 Colourful part of a flower (5)
147 Holy song (5)
148 Spanish farewell (5)
DOWN
1 Offensive manoeuvre (6) 2 Sleeping vision (5) 3 Drinking salutation (6) 4 Descriptive word (9) 5 Respiratory gas (6) 6 Castle’s central stronghold (4) 7 Roman goddess of love (5) 8 Name before marriage (3) 9 Absolute nonsense (10) 10 Approaches (5)
11 Come back (6)
15 – Island, 1960s castaway sitcom (9)
19 Friendly and affectionate, in the manner of one’s 35 across (9) 20 Make believe (7)
21 – Cooper, star and director of
A Star is Born (7)
22 Rain protection device (8)
23 Of the countryside (5)
26 Dig (5)
30 On edge, insecure (7) 31 French-speaking province of Canada (6)
32 – Kidman, actress (6) 34 Simple card-matching game (4) 38 2.54 cm (4)
44 First month (7)
45 Spanish-based ‘fast fashion’ retail chain (4)
48 – up, urge on, encourage (3) 49 Score of zero (3)
50 English university (6) 51 Triple-flavoured ice-cream variety (10)
53 Watch several episodes of a series in succession (5) 54 Stage production (4)
55 – David, Burt Bacharach’s songwriting partner (3) 59 Cardiff’s country (5) 60 Model of perfection (5)
62 180 degree change of direction (1-4) 64 Orchestra leader (9) 66 Having a questionable reputation (9) 68 Emphatic pronoun (6) 70 Watched, observed (6) 71 – Murphy, comedy actor (5) 72 Light refracting device (5) 75 Equestrian competitor (10) 79 – Spacek, actress (5) 81 Sidney –, Australian artist (5) 82 Knight’s mount (5) 85 Publishing executive (6) 86 Three pronged spear, as wielded by Poseidon (7)
88 Pacific island kingdom (5) 89 Trouser strap (4)
91 Simple melody (3)
95 Joan of –, medieval French heroine (3)
96 – Charise, Hollywood actress and dancer (3)
97 Broad (4)
99 Under (7)
101 Part of the foot (6)
102 Proverbial worm-getter (5,4)
103 To this place or circumstance (6)
105 Reflected sound (4)
106 Event (8)
107 Large bag, as carried by Santa (4)
108 Vintner (9)
110 Licorice-flavoured pod (7)
111 Warm pullover (7)
113 Very tall building (10)
115 Evidence (5)
118 Drag racing track (5)
120 Perplexing problem (9)
126 Incorporeal essence (6)
128 Frozen polar mass (3,3)
129 Of the stars (6)
130 Road which goes around rather
than through a town (6)
132 Intact, not censored (5)
134 Flour grain (5)
136 Adjust, correct (5)
138 Object of adoration (4)
142 Hip-hop vocal style (3)