THE AUSTRALIAN

ACROSS 1 Flo Patterson in Number96 (6,6) 9 Frozen sweet on a stick (3,4) 10 1980s ABC impersonator of Bob Hawke and other politicians, Max … (7) 11 1974-75 Queen of Pop and John Farnham’s TV co-host (5,5) 13 Stanthorpe’s fruit-growing region, Granite … (4) 15 WA town at the western end of the Eyre Highway (8) 16 Runner who feuded with Jana Pittman in 2006, … Lewis (6) 18 Olympic swimmer and Australian Ironwoman champion, Rebecca … (6) 19 1966 World Surfing champion (3,5) 22 Ned Kelly’s supposed last words: “Such is …” (4) 23 FAI founder and father of HIH boss Rodney (5,5) 25 Kevin’s wife Maree in TheMoodys, Tina … (7) 26 First meal of the day (coll) (7) 28 The Delltones’ booming bass singer (3,3,6) DOWN 1 Andrew Charlton’s nickname (3) 2 Centre of the northern Sunshine Coast (5,5) 3 Justine Schofield TV show,

…Gourmet (8) 4 Insects that plague Canberra in spring, … moths (6)

5 FourCorners host who died in 1995, Andrew … (4) 6 Barossa Valley winery, meaning ‘Emperor’s seat’ (6,5) 7 Goulburn River lake near Mansfield (6) 8 Sydney’s Julian … Art School (6) 12 Australian Customs Service’s name from 2015 (6,5) 14 Stuart Highway town south of Katherine (4,6) 17 Cotton town between Moree and Gunnedah (8) 18 ABC PatrolBoat star, Robert … (6) 20 Bluey & Curly cartoonist, Alex … (6) 21 Alpine eucalypts, black and white … (6) 24 Woolworths’ department store (3,1) 27 Graham Kennedy’s sidekick, … Sutcliffe (3)