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 Hot or warm dessert (7) 3 James –, You’re Beautiful singer (5) 5 – Roger, pirate flag (5) 8 Cultured dairy product (7) 10 Large flightless bird (3) 11 Soft cheese (9) 13 Baby rabbit (3) 14 Burnt residue (3) 15 Prisoner’s room (4) 17 Highland whisky (6) 20 Jessica –, actress in box A (5) 23 Body of written work (4) 24 Unable to be seen (9) 28 I Will – Love You, Whitney Houston hit from The Bodyguard soundtrack (6) 30 Giraffe-like creature (5) 31 Muscular twitch (3) 32 Lachrymose emission (4) 34 Striped equine creature (5) 35 Elevator (4) 36 Major Indonesian island (4) 37 Maori amulet (4) 38 Magical enchantment (5) 39 Ale or lager (4) 41 Pleasantly rounded (5) 42 Kitchen garment (5) 44 Berate, tell off (5) 47 Productive chicken (5) 49 Green emotion (4) 51 Cat-like Madagascan predator (5) 53 Units of electrical resistance (4) 54 Captain in Moby-dick (4) 56 Scary or shocking movie genre (6) 58 – Astaire, Hollywood dancer (4) 59 Sleep (7) 61 Carton (3) 63 Gin and vermouth cocktail (7) 64 Stayin’ –, Bee Gees hit (5) 65 Section of a boxing match (5) 67 Skiing ground cover (4) 69 Make, shape (4) 71 Simple poetry technique (5) 73 Highly strung, nervous (7) 76 Long (for) (5) 79 Atmospheric gas (5) 80 Storage space in a roof (5) 81 Kenya’s capital (7) 82 Austrian fruit-filled pastry (7) 83 Direction indicator (5) 85 Bowler’s approach in cricket (3-2) 87 Religious belief (5) 90 Expensive yellow spice (7) 93 Drying cloth (5) 95 Milk or water jug (4) 96 Inverted knitting stitch (4) 97 Award for bravery or service (5) 98 Operating, moving (5) 100 Spacecraft launch devices (7) 103 Possess (3) 105 Retail –, shopping (7) 108 Dutch cheese (4) 109 Gallic (6) 110 Underwater barrier (4) 111 Jessica –, actress in box B (4) 112 Start (5) 114 Vessel’s cargo storage area (4) 116 Picture, representation (5) 119 Sound, authorised (5) 121 Quick (5) 122 Audibly (5) 124 Idris –, actor (4) 126 Explode or split due to overfilling (5) 127 Symbol on a computer screen (4) 129 Kate –, Wuthering Heights singer (4) 131 Hawaiian dance (4) 132 Meat served for breakfast (5) 133 Jamie –, played cross-dressing Corporal Klinger in M*A*S*H (4) 134 Animal doctor (3) 136 Chart of teams’ progress through a sporting season (5) 137 Unmatched, one of a kind (6) 138 One –, boy band formed in 2010 (9) 139 Garden workshop and storage building (4) 140 Pier, wharf (5) 142 Outcome (6) 146 Red gemstone (4) 150 Tradie’s vehicle (3) 151 Start of a horserace (3) 153 Luke –, Star Wars hero (9) 154 Mysterious aircraft (3) 155 Window panel on top of a car (7) 156 Take one’s ease (5) 157 Local council fees (5) 158 Ongoing state of competitive opposition (7)
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1 Outdoor meal (6) 2 Italian ice-cream (6) 3 Romania’s capital (9) 4 Popular sauce flavour (6) 5 Military vehicle (4) 6 Wood-turning machine (5) 7 Himalayan bovine creature (3) 8 Legendary Himalayan monster (4) 9 Shelled aquatic reptile (6) 12 Upper lip hair (9) 15 Jessica –, actress in box C (8) 16 Of the moon (5) 18 Small ornamental crown (5) 19 – Irwin, daughter of late wildlife presenter Steve (5) 21 Educational establishment (7) 22 Sam –, actor (5) 25 Love’s – Lost, early Shakespeare comedy (7) 26 Fin on a shark or dolphin’s back (6) 27 Barista’s product (6) 29 Bivouac (4) 33 Expression of lament (4) 34 American postal code (3) 39 Munich’s region in southern Germany (7) 40 Shaving blade (5) 43 Sylvester Stallone action hero (5) 45 Frank and open (6) 46 Vientiane’s country (4) 48 Jewish religious instructor (5) 50 Chemical recipe (7) 51 Chimney conduit (4) 52 Take legal action (3) 55 Recently married Duke of Sussex (5) 56 Short Japanese poem (5) 57 In debt (5) 60 – Paterson, Australian author (5) 61 – Newton, veteran TV personality (4) 62 Medical 116 across (1-3)
63 The Sound of Music heroine (5) 66 – California, Eagles hit song (5) 68 Deep sadness or despair (3) 70 Classical composer (6) 72 Get away (6) 74 Robber, pickpocket (5) 75 Nun’s garb (5) 77 Additional (5) 78 Low point in a cycle (5) 81 Bellybutton (5) 84 Cardiff’s country (5) 85 Dangerous beach current (3) 86 Medical attendant (5) 88 – Jones, Harrison Ford character (7) 89 Divine aura (4) 90 Omen, indicator (4) 91 Brother in a holy order (5) 92 Magnetic pole (5) 94 In which place (5) 97 Breakfast mixture of grains, nuts, seeds and fruit (6) 99 Venetian canal boat (7) 101 Dog breed, originally from 84 down, favoured by the Queen (5) 102 Large farm storage building (4) 104 Colour of purity (5) 106 Shade (3) 107 Eastern stretching and meditation technique (4) 109 Wind instrument (5) 113 Italian potato dumplings (7) 115 River flowing through Vienna, Budapest and Belgrade (6) 117 Circus tumbler (7) 118 One or the other (6) 120 Prominent female performer (4) 121 Second month (8) 122 Jessica –, actress in box D (4) 123 Cacophony (3) 125 Farm animals (9) 126 Wash (5) 128 Deliver a speech (5) 130 Roger Federer’s nationality (5) 133 Milled wheat (5) 135 Dictionary of synonyms (9) 141 Break in court proceedings (6) 143 Not equitable (6) 144 Minor earthquake (6) 145 Covered in soft hair (6) 147 – Fawlty, irascible hotelier played by John Cleese (5) 148 Tiger Woods’ game (4) 149 Tufted-eared wild cat (4) 152 Cone-bearing tree (3)