THE AUSTRALIAN

ACROSS 1 Salvation Army officer played by Ian Smith in Neighbours (6,6) 9 Australian national honour instituted in 1975 (1,1,1) 10 Brewers of XXXX, … Perkins (11) 11 John McCallum’s actress wife, … Withers (6) 12 1960s Sydney murder case, Bogle … (8) 14 2003 World Cup Wallaby coach and England coach from 2015 (5,5) 15 Joyce Jacobs in A Country Practice, … Watson (4) 17 Australian poet commemorated in Westminster Abbey, … Lindsay Gordon (4) 19 Bathurst motor racing circuit (2,8) 22 NSW Central Coast town and lake (8) 23 Historic Darwin gaol closed in 1979, … Bay (6) 25 Played the character of Ted Bullpit in

Kingswood Country (4,7) 26 Betting agency founded in 1961 (1,1,1) 27 Rower who “laid down” in the 2004 Olympic women’s eight (5,7)

DOWN 1 Skippy’s family, Matt, Mark and Sonny … (7) 2 2004 Idol star and 2008-09 host, … … Coulter (5-3) 3 1988 Olympic marathon runner-up, … Ondieki (4) 4 Great Lakes town on the NSW Mid North Coast (10) 5 Aussie Home Loans founder, John … (6) 6 Former Perth netball team (7) 7 1960s and ‘70s Test batsman whose SCG stand was demolished in 2007 (6,7) 8 James Bond in On Her Majesty’s

Secret Service (6,7) 13 Nickname for the Sydney Harbour Bridge (10) 16 Swimmer with 1996 Olympic 200m, 400m and 1500m freestyle medals, Daniel … (8) 18 WA town near Cape Leeuwin (7) 20 Makers of Milk Arrowroots and Tim Tams (7) 21 Leigh Matthews’ nickname (6) 24 Former Kimberley cattle route, … River Road (4)