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ACROSS 1 Education centre west of Townsville, … Towers (8) 5 Flashy show-off (coll) (4) 10 Ernie Carroll’s Hey, Hey, It’s Saturday ostrich (5) 11 Rowena Wallace in Sons and Daughters (3,3,3) 12 Shane Warne’s ex-wife (6,8) 14 Hunter Valley village, or slang for lacking funds (5) 15 Tanunda winery founded in 1851 by a Prussian immigrant (8) 18 English tourist who disappeared on the NT’s Stuart Highway in 2001, Peter … (8) 19 Plastic surgeon and 2005 Australian of the Year, Dr. … Wood (5) 21 Yachting HQ at the Sydney Olympics (11,3) 23 Torres Strait islander whose case founded Native Title (5,4) 25 1973-74 Interdominion pacing champion, … Grattan (5) 26 18-across’ girlfriend, Joanne … (4)

27 Blankety Blanks comedian, Ugly … … (4,4) DOWN 1 Ross Wilson’s Eagle Rock band, Daddy … (4) 2 $70m yacht built for golfer Greg Norman (6,5) 3 The blue Wiggle Anthony Field’s ‘80s pub rock band (3,11) 4 Pearler, corker (coll) (6) 6 North Qld town where Karrie Webb was born (3) 7 Quokka-inhabited island near Perth (8) 8 Station on Sydney’s City Circle rail line (2,5) 9 Euthaniasia campiagner who founded Exit (6,8) 13 Author of Monkey Grip and This House of Grief (5,6) 16 2011-14 NSW Liberal premier, Barry … (8) 17 400m hurdler Jana Rawlinson’s maiden name (7) 20 SA town where Mary MacKillop opened a school in 1866 (6) 22 Aboriginal detective created by Arthur Upfield (4) 24 1989-92 Golden Slipper-winning jockey, Shane … (3)