CODE CRACKER
ACROSS
1 Artist’s workplace (6) 5 French sparkling wine (9) 10 Isla –, actress (6) 13 – Szubanski, comedy actress (5) 15 Jousting weapon (5) 17 Section of poetry (6) 18 Country music city in Tennessee (9) 19 Zodiac bull (6) 20 Prone to wet weather (5) 21 Unclear (5) 22 Private instructor (5) 25 Worker’s utensils (5) 26 Mediterranean island country (5) 28 Spiny anteater (7) 29 Valuable old artefact (7) 32 Impartiality, fairness (6) 35 Parentless child (6) 37 University qualification (6) 39 Warmest season (6) 42 Answered (7) 43 Honolulu’s island (4) 44 Assigned job (4) 45 Seasoned pork sausage (7) 47 Section of a tournament (5) 49 Wandering, with no fixed dwelling place (7) 50 Big –, Play School bear (3) 51 Wise nocturnal bird (3) 52 – Lynn, country singer (7) 55 Of sound and its reproduction (5) 56 Scuttling crustacean (4) 58 – Gervais, comedy performer (5) 60 Involving some chance of loss or damage (5) 62 -–Shields, actress (6) 64 Fourth month (5) 65 Marine cuisine (4) 66 Group of grazing animals (4) 67 Fred –, dancing film star (7) 70 – John, veteran pop star (5) 71 Additional (5) 73 Particular skill or ability (6) 75 Two-legged dragon (6) 77 Sportsperson such as Meg Lanning (9) 78 Peter –-, Lawrence of Arabia star (6) 81 Belgrade’s country (6) 84 Start of an Australian Rules match (6) 85 Savoury mixture used to fill roast poultry (8) 86 Young goats (4) 87 Casserole (4) 88 Laboratory cylinder (4,4) 89 Bogan hairstyle (6) 90 Love Me –, Elvis ballad (6) 91 Aircraft runway surface (6) 93 Singing without instrumental backing (1,8) 95 2013 Disney film (6) 97 Spade (6) 99 India’s currency (5) 101 Indonesian fabric dyeing technique (5) 102 Homeric tale of Ulysses’ adventures after the Trojan war (7) 104 Personal glow or ambience (4) 105 Nobleman’s rank (4) 107 Royal domain (5) 108 Country in southeast Africa (6) 110 Long-limbed (5) 113 Small boat (5) 115 Sculpted head and shoulders (4) 116 Run away to marry (5) 117 Kettledrums (7) 118 US spy organisation (1,1,1) 119 – Vardalos, actress (3)
120 Waltzing –, popular folk ballad (7) 122 Respond to stimulus (5) 123 Decorative craft involving knotted twine (7) 126 Slender (4) 127 Coloured part of the eye (4) 128 Soft furniture item filled with small polystyrene balls (7) 132 Disconnect a power cord (6) 134 Gambling venue (6) 135 Allergic reaction (6) 136 Football player positioned in goal and allowed to handle the ball (6) 138 Hurt (7) 141 Authority, as to drive (7)
143 Get –, spy spoof sitcom (5) 145 Not illuminated (5) 147 – Hawke, actor (5) 149 Colloquial jargon (5) 150 Cacophonous (5) 152 Single-cellular organism (6) 154 In disguise, under assumed identity (9) 155 Followed orders (6) 157 Surface gloss (5) 158 Spinning part of a mechanism (5) 159 Biblical husband of the Virgin Mary (6) 160 Come to pass (9) 161 German emperor prior to World War I (6)
DOWN
2 Vietnamese lunar new year (3) 3 Native Australian canine (5) 4 – Sharif, actor (4) 5 Grand –, natural wonder in Arizona, USA (6) 6 Valuable possession (5) 7 Russian scientist famed for his work with dogs (6) 8 65 across breathing organs (5) 9 Cricket team number (6) 10 School or church gala (4) 11 Steam room (5) 12 Flightless Aussie bird (3) 14 American football (8) 16 Brief or flimsy nightgown (8) 23 Without equal (6) 24 Payment to a landlord (4) 26 Bill of fare (4) 27 Man’s dinner jacket (6)
30 – Night Fever, disco dancing movie (8) 31 Directly adjacent (4,4) 33 Pakistan’s capital (9) 34 Give up (5) 36 Versatile polymer (7) 38 Steals livestock (7) 39 Aerated hot-tub (3) 40 Accomplished, renowned performer (7) 41 Music which accompanies a film (10) 46 Bright red (7) 48 Frolicsome (7) 49 Retail outlet selling plants and gardening supplies (7) 53 Torso bones (4) 54 Afford due recognition (11) 57 Fastidiously groom oneself (5) 59 New Zealand parrot (3) 61 Nickname of US President Eisenhower (3) 63 – Butler, Gone With the Wind hero (5) 68 Old fashioned telephone exchange (11) 69 Vegetable 87 across (11) 72 Discharge and release from criminal proceedings (9) 73 Important 1805 naval battle during the Napoleonic Wars (9) 74 Zero (6) 76 Arm joint (5) 79 Bottomless pit (5) 80 Clever and humorous (5) 82 Beyond prudent, excessive (11) 83 Join on to (6) 86 Japanese sword sport (5) 92 Out of alignment (5) 94 Deeply emotional (10) 95 Wild (5) 96 Landmass stretching from Iberia to Siberia (7) 98 Hero’s antagonist (7) 100 Scent, fragrance (7) 102 Sturdy tree (3) 103 Himalayan bovine (3) 104 Medical emergency vehicle (9) 106 Verdi opera set in Egypt (4) 109 Naval commander (7) 111 Centre of an atom (7) 112 Longing (8) 113 Capable of thought, self-aware (8) 114 Think up (7) 121 Slightly adjust (5) 124 – Land, region east of Kakadu in the Northern Territory (6) 125 Large coffee cup (3) 129 -– Franklin, late Queen of Soul (6) 130 Precise, on target (8) 131 – Cumberbatch, actor (8) 133 Flat, apartment (4) 137 Fencing weapon (4) 139 Motor (6) 140 Insubstantial, minor (6) 142 Pay no attention (6) 144 – Witherspoon, actress (5) 145 Male relative (5) 146 Sub arctic coniferous woodland (5) 148 Famous Roman fountain (5) 149 Type of window frame (4) 151 House of the white rose in the Wars of the Roses (4) 153 Bovine lowing sound (3) 156 Night before (3)