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 Public square (5) 4 Squeaking rodent (5) 6 Tokyo’s country (5) 9 Certificate of qualification (7) 12 Himalayan monster (4) 13 Anaesthetises (5) 14 Son’s wife (8-2-3) 15 Perspiration (5) 16 Smooch (4) 17 Tennis court divider (3) 18 Of Caesar’s empire (5) 22 Shapely fruit (4) 24 – Starr, the Beatles’ drummer (5) 25 Reply (6) 27 – Macdowell, actress (5) 28 – Sharif, actor (4) 29 Hot chilli peppers (9) 33 Entreaty (6) 35 Long-barrelled firearm (5) 36 Blood colour (3) 37 2.54cm (4) 39 Felony (5) 40 Dog in The Wizard of Oz (4) 41 Cattle meat (4) 42 New –, this magazine (4) 43 – Spacek, actress (5) 44 Cab for hire (4) 46 Train tracks (5) 47 Chance combination of events at the same time (11) 52 Warrior armed with a long-bladed weapon (9) 54 Judy’s bad-tempered puppet show antagonist (5) 56 Strong, versatile metal (4) 57 Gather for a discussion (4) 58 Cricket trophy (5) 60 Heavy mist (3) 61 Unpleasant (5) 63 Bullwinkle the moose’s cartoon squirrel companion (5) 64 Railed platform on the outside of a building (7) 65 Galvanising metal (4) 67 Cricket runs not scored with the bat (4) 69 Release from service (9) 73 Compulsions (5) 74 Manner of speaking (5) 75 Drinks counter (3) 76 Payment when goods are received (1,1,1) 77 Prefix meaning beyond (5) 78 Hint of colour (5) 80 Wave-riding plank (9) 83 Brass instrument (4) 84 Greek goddess of victory (4) 87 Fictional vampire count (7) 89 Former name of Myanmar (5) 90 Prod with the elbow (5) 92 – Sayer, singer (3) 93 Velocity (5) 94 Fateful March date for Julius Caesar (4) 97 Young horse (4) 98 Show-off (5) 100 – Clouseau, bumbling French detective (9) 104 Make on an industrial scale (11) 107 From Cardiff (5) 109 Rotate rapidly (4) 111 Measure of gold purity (5) 112 Units of electrical resistance (4) 114 Peruse text (4) 116 American mountain lion (4) 117 Layered vegetable (5) 118 Stylish (4) 119 Employment (3) 121 Decorative feather (5) 122 Fictional perfect society (6) 123 Fast running dog (9) 124 Lunar satellite (4) 125 Student (5) 127 Largest of the United States (6) 131 Freight (5) 133 Shakespearean king (4) 135 Force out (5) 137 Theresa –, UK PM (3) 139 Wealthy (4) 140 Hitchhiking digit (5) 141 Sweets, lollies (13) 143 Drink squeezed from fruit (5) 144 Way out (4) 145 Raise (7) 146 Russell –, UK comedian (5) 147 Paramour (5) 148 Wild weather event (5)
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1 Food cupboard (6) 2 Striped equine creature (5) 3 Intellectually gifted person (6) 4 A – Night’s Dream, Shakespeare romantic comedy (9) 5 Moral principles (6) 6 Billy –, singer (4) 7 Winner’s award (5) 8 Score of zero (3) 9 Copied from the internet (10) 10 Vast body of water (5) 11 Movie director’s call (6)
15 A – Named Desire, Tennessee Williams play (9) 19 Statement of political position (9) 20 Innocence, lack of guile (7) 21 Apparently self-contradictory set of circumstances (7) 22 Fruitful, highly productive (8) 23 Arrive at destination (5) 26 In what place (5) 30 Point of view (7) 31 Emergency, turning point (6) 32 Batman’s city (6) 34 Tidings of current events (4) 38 – Kroeger, Nickelback singer (4) 44 This evening (7) 45 Symbol on a computer desktop (4) 48 Tattoo pigment (3) 49 Frozen water (3) 50 Whole, complete (6) 51 Grounds around a chapel (10) 53 Nightclub playing records for dancing (5) 54 Small horse (4) 55 Feline pet (3) 59 Adam –, comedian and TV presenter (5) 60 Lobby of a hotel or office building (5) 62 Golf stroke (5) 64 Shuttlecock sport (9) 66 Trojan princess who foresaw the city’s destruction (9) 68 Residential area outside a city centre (6) 70 Shakespeare’s Prince of Denmark (6) 71 Before expected time (5) 72 Centre of attention (5) 75 1968 Jane Fonda science-fiction movie (10) 79 Unclad (5) 81 Cowboy/girl carnival (5) 82 Entertain, divert (5) 85 Long type of 80 across (6) 86 Thousand thousand (7) 88 Passage between seats (5) 89 Ursine creature (4) 91 Mysterious aircraft (1,1,1) 95 Historical period (3) 96 Wildebeest (3) 97 Professional charges (4) 99 Army member (7) 101 Marital partner (6) 102 Greenish blue (9) 103 Dirty – Scoundrels, Michael Caine and Steve Martin movie (6) 105 Simple card-matching game (4) 106 Widely distributed letter or notice (8) 107 Timber (4) 108 Beehive structure (9) 110 Sleeping garments (7) 111 Crew compartment of a spacecraft (7) 113 Two-wheeled vehicle (10) 115 Hawaiian greeting (5) 118 Man-made waterway (5) 120 Hair-styling device (4-5) 126 Curved reaping blade (6) 128 Educational facility (6) 129 Outdoor meal (6) 130 On-demand TV service provided via internet connection (6) 132 Moulin –, Paris nightclub (5) 134 Tina –, singer (5) 136 Stylised fight with lances (5) 138 Horse breeding facility (4) 142 Pen point (3)