Puzzles 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 Small earth-moving machine (6) 4 Las Vegas’ state (6) 8 Level of sound (6) 11 University grounds (6) 14 Pervasive flowering weed (7) 17 Spiny anteater (7) 18 Quicksilver (7) 20 – Montoya, swordsman in The Princess Bride (5) 21 Helpful tip (7) 23 Tactical withdrawal (7) 25 Joe –, My Cousin Vinny actor (5) 26 Female clan leader (9) 27 Brief account of main points (7) 31 Sleep through winter (9) 32 Violent confrontation (5) 34 Biblical giant slain by David (7) 36 In name only (7) 38 Of sound (5) 41 Yoko –, artist and musician (3) 42 Mythical winged horse (7) 44 Sharp pain (5) 45 Theatre attendant (5) 46 Cowboy hat brand (7) 48 Dig, investigate (5) 49 Roman robe (4) 50 Quick bite to eat (5) 51 Forthright, brazen (4) 53 Kevin –, Downton Abbey actor (5) 56 Disclose items at customs (7) 57 – Fitzgerald, jazz/blues singer (4) 58 Fifth book of the New Testament (4) 59 Vivid shade of red (7) 63 Naval flag (6) 65 Having eternal life (8) 67 Long, difficult journey (4) 69 Dam-building amphibious rodent (6) 73 Roald Dahl story adapted as a stage and movie musical (7) 75 Revise with new information (6) 76 Spanish wine and fruit punch (7) 77 Cereal by-product (4) 80 Covered canoe (5) 81 Sideways (7) 83 The Flintstones’ home town (7) 84 Burned remains (5) 86 Unctuous (4) 88 Guacamole fruit (7) 89 The Two –, second book of The Lord
of the Rings trilogy (6) 91 Chemical compound added to some types of petrol (7)
94 The Great –, novel (6) 96 Wife of Zeus (4) 97 Capital of South Australia (8) 98 Large American vulture (6) 102 – Shipka, Chilling Adventures of
Sabrina actress (7) 103 Angler’s bait-holder (4) 104 School or church gala day (4) 106 Major inter-urban road (7) 110 Bathroom flooring (5) 112 Howling canine predator (4) 113 Pink –, The Wall band (5) 114 Brewery product (4) 115 Blouse (5) 119 Meaningless nonsense or lies (7) 121 Workers’ organisation (5) 122 Understood, recognised (5) 123 Of the stars (7) 124 Homer Simpson expletive (3) 125 Frantic alarm (5) 127 Free time for relaxation and enjoyment (7) 128 Province of western Canada (7) 129 Astronomical phenomenon (5) 130 Defeated in a game by superior skill and tactics (9) 133 Far off (7) 136 Eggplant (9) 138 Bulb flower (5) 139 Duty-bound (7) 142 Indonesia’s capital (7) 144 Hawaiian greeting (5) 146 Layered timber product (7) 148 Move forward (7) 149 Hobart’s river (7) 151 Cured with aromatic fumes (6) 152 Publishing executive (6) 153 Military gesture of respect (6) 154 Illness (6)
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1 Brussels’ country (7) 2 – Irwin, daughter of late wildlife presenter Steve (5) 3 Prepare hides as leather (3) 5 Jon –, late rock singer and musical theatre star (7) 6 Vigilant and attentive (5) 7 – Keddie, Offspring actress (5) 8 Darth –, Star Wars villain (5) 9 Fewest in number (5) 10 Play featuring three witches (7) 11 Snooker rod (3) 12 19th century military and imperial power in the north of modern Germany (7) 13 Silhouette of a city’s tall buildings (7) 15 Do away with (7) 16 Spear-shaped vegetable (9) 18 Camphor pods placed in wardrobe (9) 19 Teacher’s written assessments of students (7) 22 Large flightless bird (3) 24 Make a mistake (3) 27 Crackling radio interference (6) 28 Reddish brown hardwood (8) 29 Make a proclamation (8) 30 Chinese dining style (3,3) 32 Winger archer of love (5) 33 Divine (7) 35 Layered pasta dish (7) 37 Edgy, fretful (7) 39 Unpleasant (5) 40 Live musical performance (7) 43 The whole –, everything (7) 47 Closing stages of a chess match (7) 49 Affectedly sweet or cute (4) 52 Fine airborne dirt (4) 54 Marzipan nut (6) 55 Edinburgh’s country (8) 56 Sleeping vision (5) 60 Hepatic organ (5) 61 Dignified and elegant (7) 62 Cunning (3) 64 Peanut flavoured sauce (5) 66 Upper lip hair (9) 68 Totally captivated (9) 70 Ladder steps (5) 71 Meringue based dessert cake (7) 72 Henry –, Happy Days’ Fonzie (7) 74 Mischievous Norse deity (4) 78 Tummy, lower part of the torso (7) 79 Ill-considered (4) 80 Thai canal (5) 82 Cooling apparatus on an engine (8) 85 Sharpened (5) 87 Milky coffee (5) 90 Hard coating on a tooth (6) 92 – Hagman, Dallas’ JR Ewing (5) 93 Surfboard coating material (3) 95 Flowering shrub (7) 99 Supervise (7) 100 Jon –, Game of Thrones character (4) 101 A long way away (4) 102 Tomato sauce (7) 103 Greek cheese (7)
105 – Rigby, Beatles song (7) 107 Gough –, Prime Minister dismissed in 1975 (7) 108 Matthew –, early colonial explorer, first European to circumnavigate Australian mainland (8) 109 Horse-riding carnival (8) 111 Hugh Jackman character, Wolverine’s alter-ego (5) 116 Fortune telling cards (5) 117 Fluid form of matter (6) 118 Chubby, burrowing marsupial (6) 120 Movie-making district of Los Angeles (9) 123 Right hand side of a vessel (9) 126 Caribbean music style (7) 129 Pirate raider (7) 130 Eight-limbed sea creature (7) 131 Hunting call (5-2) 132 Under a false impression (7) 134 Nickname of US president Dwight Eisenhower (3) 135 – Vardalos, My Big Fat Greek
Wedding actress (3) 136 Circus tumbler (7) 137 Precisely (7) 140 – Denyer, TV presenter (5) 141 Coastal region in England known for white cliffs (5) 142 – Joplin, 1960s rock diva (5) 143 Genuflect (5) 145 Drama with sung dialogue (5) 147 Unusual (3) 150 Shady tree (3)