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 brewed drink (6) 4 International child welfare body (6)
8 Clearly describe or state meaning (6)
11 Tissue found in bones (6)
14 The Three –, comedy team (7) 17 Train track (7) 18 Eight-sided shape (7)
20 Bury (5)
21 Woman’s daily carry-all (7) 23 Distance, length (7) 25 Relative number (5) 26 Strengthen (9)
27 Exertions (7)
31 Make worse (9)
32 Garden or field divider (5) 34 School tuckshop (7) 36 Caribbean music style (7)
38 Cute aquatic mammal (5) 41 Road surface (3)
42 Not artificial (7)
44 Religious doctrine (5) 45 Customary practice (5) 46 Diapers (7)
48 Slack, not tight (5)
49 Light of complexion, hair (4)
50 L in Roman numerals (5) 51 Medieval peasant (4) 53 Long-barrelled firearm (5) 56 Ungainly, difficult (7)
57 Deities (4)
58 Army base (4)
59 Curious, social African mammal (7) 63 Controversial Nabokov novel (6) 65 Fraudulent cheat (8)
67 Small clump of grass (4) 69 Taken unlawfully (6)
73 Tasty, appetising (7)
75 Pearl mollusc (6)
76 Florid, ornate 17th century art and music style (7) 77 Ongoing dispute (4) 80 Blacksmith’s furnace (5) 81 Against the law (7)
83 Pass in front of (7) 84 Mother’s brother (5) 86 Agricultural property (4) 88 Catch in a trap (7) 89 Confused failure (6) 91 Hypersensitivity (7)
94 Scottish delicacy (6)
96 Small landmass (4)
97 Flakes of dry scalp skin (8) 98 Pungent culinary bulb (6) 102 Incorrect notion (7)
103 Bucket (4) 104 Responsibility (4)
106 Vigilant sentry (7)
110 Infused mayonnaise (5)
112 Gas used in advertising lights (4) 113 Workers (5)
114 Sharp tooth (4)
DOWN
115 Cake topping (5) 119 Umbrella used as a sunshade (7) 121 – John, veteran pop musician (5) 122 Drag racing course (5) 123 Person not believing in any deity (7)
124 Travel across snow (3)
125 Put in place anew (5)
127 Gin and vermouth cocktail (7) 128 Misguided (7)
129 Tom –, Welsh singer (5) 130 Hosiery (9)
133 Of the stomach (7) 136 Intended to amuse, often inappropriately (9)
138 As above (5) 139 Supermarket cart (7) 142 Dizziness (7)
144 – Allan Poe, author (5) 146 Sheer fabric (7) 148 Gathered, collected (7)
149 One potentially responsible for an offence (7) 151 Colourful, drooping flower (6) 152 Calm, serene (6) 153 Washing facility with water outlet overhead (6)
154 Public address (6)
1 Checkout operator (7) 2 Frozen dew (5)
3 Female sheep (3)
5 One put forward for an award or position (7)
6 Chocolate alternative (5) 7 Highland dance (5) 8 Covered in soft feathers (5) 9 Hotel lobby (5)
10 Curt Cobain’s 1990s band (7) 11 Apple computer (3) 12 Boating carnival (7) 13 Attractive, charming (7) 15 Long-necked animal (7) 16 Ball-shaped (9)
18 Beset by weeds (9) 19 Whirlwind (7)
22 – Stewart, veteran Home and Away character (3)
24 To the back, nautically (3)
27 E in Einstein’s famous e=mc2 equation (6) 28 Disney film with classical music (8) 29 Enlistees (8)
30 Muslim sovereign (6)
32 Last and deciding game of a tournament (5) 33 Interconnected system (7) 35 Signalling assent (7) 37 Senior student invested with disciplinary authority (7) 39 Burglar, larcenist (5) 40 Admiration, esteem (7) 43 Simulate events again (2-5) 47 Flawless (7)
49 Wane, diminish (4)
52 Renown (4)
54 Handsome young man of Greek myth (6)
55 Team sport played under various codes (8)
56 Book of maps (5)
60 – Minogue, pop star (5) 61 Aged, senior (7)
62 Cook in oil (3)
64 Basic mechanical device (5) 66 Forest areas (9) 68 Risk-free, even if used incorrectly (9) 70 Encouraging prod (5) 71 Healthy cleanliness (7)
72 Burial ceremony (7) 74 Second-hand (4)
78 Roman army units (7)
79 At capacity (4)
80 After fourth (5)
82 Fragrant white flower (8) 85 Christmas song (5)
87 Majestic (5)
90 Season before summer (6) 92 Sailing boat (5)
93 – Nicodemou, actress (3) 95 Slanting letters (7)
99 Do away with (7)
100 Blue tone in printing (4) 101 Banner (4) 102 High-spirited party girl of the 1920s (7)
103 Original settler of a region (7) 105 Exchanged (7)
107 Point of view (7)
108 Kitchen tools (8)
109 Assistant, partner (8) 111 Fairytale monsters (5)
116 Bill –, computer technology tycoon (5)
117 Wire on a violin or guitar (6) 118 Gambol playfully (6)
120 Small sponge-cake coated in chocolate and coconut (9) 123 Daring, adventurous (9) 126 Plane’s departure from a runway (4-3)
129 Nervous, fidgety feelings (7) 130 Tempted, particularly amorously (7)
131 Largest living bird (7) 132 Diver’s breathing tube (7) 134 High card (3)
135 Anger (3)
136 Disc-shaped flying toy (7) 137 Superficial abrasion (7) 140 Process of reasoning (5)
141 Give up (5)
142 Second planet from the sun (5) 143 Cowboy carnival and competition (5) 145 Honking birds (5)
147 Egg cells (3)
150 – and downs, vicissitudes (3)