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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 Of Scandinavia (6)

5 Water storage facility (9) 10 Biblical account of Christ’s life (6) 13 Rub out (5)

15 Mournful or pensive poem (5) 17 Scattered (6)

18 Short film made to promote a pop song on TV (5,4)

19 – Lindsay, creator of

The Magic Pudding (6)

20 Name (5)

21 Explode, as a volcano (5) 22 Non-poetic writing (5) 25 Classical water-nymph (5)

26 Land of the Pharaohs (5) 28 Buccaneers (7)

29 Versatile polymer (7)

32 Torn (6)

35 Alcohol, particularly spirits (6) 37 Italian frozen confection (6) 39 Port city in Massachusetts, USA (6) 42 Name shared by actresses Katharine and Audrey (7) 43 Farm storage building (4) 44 Coloured part of the eye (4)

45 Use up completely (7)

47 Move to music (5)

49 Deep, purplish red (7) 50 Coastal inlet (3) 51 Fermenting vessel (3)

52 Letter holder (8)

55 Elevate (5)

56 Move in small increments (4) 58 Common name for a pet parrot (5) 60 – Starr, the Beatles’ drummer (5) 62 Forever (6)

64 Provide with tools and materials (5) 65 Casually, inattentively (4) 66 Serve tea from a pot (4) 67 Deborah Harry’s rock group (7) 70 Disgraced Watergate President (5) 71 Capital of WA (5)

73 Cricket team number (6)

75 – Woman, Roy Orbison song (6) 77 Clapped (9)

78 Tender, mild (6)

81 Break in court proceedings (6) 84 Food cupboard (6)

85 Baked fruit treat (5,3) 86 Savoury product made from goose or duck liver (4)

88 Magistrate (4)

89 Not deserving (8)

90 Involuntary allergic reaction (6) 91 Burn superficially (6)

93 Stringed instrument (6)

96 Colonial Crown land pastoralists (9) 97 Of poor quality (6)

99 Silky, of texture (6)

101 Slumber (5)

103 Lawn or meadow plant (5)

104 Helps (7)

106 Musical element (4) 107 Send forth, radiate (4)

109 Volley of artillery fire (5)

110 Tiny (6)

112 Desert waterhole (5)

115 Orchard fruit (5)

117 Soybean curd (4)

118 Bottomless pit (5)

119 Convince, talk into something (8) 120 Wildebeest (3)

121 Knight’s title (3)

122 Major Sydney railway terminal (7) 124 In reserve (5)

125 Scraped (7)

128 – Lynn, wartime British singer (4) 129 Coin production plant (4)

130 Fainted (7)

134 Monumental sculpture (6)

136 One or the other (6)

137 Smudged, lacking clarity (6)

138 Shine, sparkle (6)

140 New and interesting thing (7) 143 Navigation device (7)

145 Is acquainted with (5)

147 Princess in Shrek (5)

149 Of the monarchy (5)

151 Marina –, musical theatre star (5) 152 Wryly witty (5)

154 Rich, cream-filled cake (6)

156 Stone fruit (9)

157 Moral standards (6)

159 Feudal lord (5)

160 Simple poetic technique (5)

161 African wild dog (6)

162 Holds back (9)

163 Custodian (6)

DOWN

2 Not at home (3)

3 Frock (5)

4 Part of a dollar (4)

5 Hold in high esteem (6) 6 Four-door, family car (5) 7 New-comer to a team, beginner (6) 8 Lubricated (5)

9 Overturn a law (6)

10 Peer –, Henrik Ibsen play with a famous score by Edvard Grieg (4) 11 Non-committal shoulder gesture (5) 12 Historical period (3)

14 Love –, 2003 rom-com (8) 16 Milky mixture of viscous and aqueous fluids (8)

23 Cooking instructions (6) 24 Fencing sword (4) 26 Reflected sound (4) 27 Supporting towers (6)

30 Four, in cricket (8)

31 I’m a –, Monkees hit (8)

33 Print media executive (9)

34 – Day, actress and singer (5) 36 Crossbow projectile (7) 38 Jennifer –, actress (7)

39 Carton (3) 40 Award-winning song from

A Star is Born (7) 41 The – Bloke, CJ Dennis poem (11) 46 Edible marine fish (7) 48 Female protagonist (7) 49 Shape (7)

53 Small bottle, as for medicine (4) 54 Register of employees (7) 57 Nervous, easily startled (5) 59 High, looping tennis shot (3) 61 Frozen water (3)

63 – Mcgranger, actress (5) 68 Magical Irish sprites (11)

69 Not reliant on others (11) 72 Grooming tool for long tresses (9) 73 Austrian alpine flower (9) 74 Means of escape (6)

76 Slight adjustment (5)

79 Circus buffoon (5) 80 Indulgent binge (5)

82 Female sheep (3)

83 Wriggle uncomfortably (6) 86 Camera image (5) 87 Muscular spasm (3)

92 – Creek, site of a fatal 1878 shootout between Victorian police and the Kelly Gang (11)

94 Kiev’s country (7)

95 Valuable possession (5)

97 Wheat variety (5)

98 Diligent, obedient (7)

100 Tenth month (7)

102 Gist, fundamental quality (7) 104 Mahershala –, actor (3)

105 Drink delicately (3)

106 Infamous, of ill-repute (9)

108 Prefix meaning extremely

great or large (4)

111 Pretentious newcomer to a

position of prominence (7)

113 Offer an opinion or advice (7) 114 Snags, bangers (8)

115 Regular gathering of school’s

student body (8)

116 Significant other (7)

123 Post on a staircase (5)

126 Gotham’s caped crusader (6)

127 Before (3)

131 – Stockade, 1854 miners’ uprising

near Ballarat (6)

132 Popular yeast extract spread (8) 133 Major orchestral composition (8) 135 Footed vases or large jars (4) 139 Stalin’s empire (1,1,1,1)

141 Ethel –, author of

Seven Little Australians (6)

142 Means of balloon flight (3,3) 144 Military commands (6)

146 Remains of a sunken ship (5) 147 Centre of attention (5)

148 Legal excuse (5)

150 Earthy pigment (5)

151 Gravitational attraction (4)

153 Welsh vegetable (4)

155 – Gardner, silver screen diva (3) 158 Snooker rod (3)