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 Pope (7)
3 Supernatural phenomena (5)
5 – Streep, actress in box A (5)
8 US name for tomato sauce (7)
10 Mysterious aircraft (1,1,1)
11 Lunar illumination (9)
13 Vapour (3)
14 Versatile light truck (3)
15 Person giving a party (4)
17 – Quinn, Margot Robbie role (6) 20 Points tally in a game (5)
23 – Byrne, actress (4)
24 Italian appetiser plate (9)
28 Web-building arachnid (6)
30 Old-fashioned, obsolete (5)
31 Filming location (3)
32 Greek aniseed spirit (4)
34 Relative size (5)
35 Reflected sound (4)
36 Cosy and warm (4)
37 Mythical Himalayan hominid (4) 38 Shaving device (5)
39 Exchange (4)
41 Colourful part of a flower (5)
42 Batman’s young companion (5) 44 Gemini’s symbol (5)
47 Australian canine creature (5)
49 King of the beasts (4)
51 – Vader, Star Wars villain (5)
53 Capital of East Timor (4)
54 Forthright, daring (4)
56 Coniferous tree species (6)
58 Single level apartment (4)
59 Imaginary line at 0° latitude (7) 61 Feline pet (3)
63 Wool harvester (7)
64 Foe, adversary (5)
65 Shiny, silk-like fabric (5)
67 Hold firmly (4)
69 Bucket (4)
71 Ceremonial table (5)
73 Cowboy film (7)
76 Rolls-–, motor car brand (5)
79 – Keddie, actress (5)
80 Rowing crew (5)
81 Julie –, singing actress (7)
82 Hospital assistant (7)
83 Magnetic compass point (5)
85 – Dern, actress in box B (5)
87 Section of a tournament (5)
90 Protective structure or facility (7) 93 Author of the Odyssey (5)
95 Molten volcanic rock (4)
96 Promotional reference (4)
97 Illicit whiskey-making apparatus (5) 98 Major blood vessel (5)
100 Retailer gardening supplies (7) 103 Large deer (3)
105 Large beer-drinking vessel (7) 108 Grim fate (4)
109 Engaging tempo in pop music (6) 110 Bird’s home (4)
111 Equal, colleague (4) 112 Desert waterhole (5)
114 Outer layer of a tree (4)
116 Bushwalker (5)
119 Sweet sticky sauce (5)
121 Stone worker (5)
122 Punctuation mark (5)
124 Extinct Mauritian bird (4)
126 Playground installation (5)
127 Fortified wine (4)
129 Johnny –, late country singer (4) 131 Oriental stretching and
meditation technique (4)
132 Aware, on guard (5)
133 Hasty and ill-considered (4) 134 Identification label (3)
136 Wood-turning machine (5)
137 Tropical American lizard (6) 138 Kitchen utensil (3,6)
139 Chew persistently (4)
140 Telling fibs (5)
142 Slow movement in a
musical composition (6)
146 Perth’s river (4)
150 Bakery product (3)
151 – Max, Mel Gibson movie (3) 153 Garden watering device (9)
154 Small hotel (3)
155 Espresso machine operator (7) 156 Mike –, US Vice President (5) 157 Set firmly in place (5)
158 Uncomfortable or difficult (7)
DOWN
1 Buccaneer (6)
2 Time yet to come (6)
3 Of great consequence (9) 4 Hue (6)
5 Wise person, or sorceror (4) 6 Numerical comparison (5) 7 Captain’s journal (3) 8 Smooch (4)
9 Oriental temple (6)
12 Large group of musicians (9) 15 Simplest element (8) 16 Passionate ballroom dance (5) 18 Burdened (5)
19 Slender and supple (5)
21 – Kane, Orson Welles movie (7) 22 Cyclist or jockey (5) 25 Versatile farm vehicle (7) 26 Deeply admired (6) 27 Educational facility (6) 29 William –, Swiss folk hero (4) 33 Grated citrus peel (4) 34 Drink daintily (3)
39 – Ronan, actress in box C (7) 40 Family of lions (5) 43 Heroine of the Twilight saga (5) 45 Reckless, lascivious (6) 46 Greek goddess of victory (4) 48 Structured arrangement (5) 50 Author of War and Peace (7) 51 Grim, cheerless (4)
52 First even number (3)
55 Open, unconcealed (5)
56 The Taming of the –, Shakespeare comedy (5) 57 Mediterranean island, home of the ancient Minoan civilisation (5) 60 Portable source of light (5) 61 Blue toner used by printers (4) 62 Russian emperor (4) 63 Tremble, vibrate (5)
66 Ash –, tennis champ (5)
68 Golf score (3)
70 Fire a rocket (6) 72 Traditional ceremony (6) 74 Island home of Thomas the Tank Engine (5)
75 – Atkinson, comedy star who played Mr Bean and Blackadder (5) 77 – Winfrey, talk show host (5) 78 Heron-like bird (5)
81 Stayin’ –, Bee Gees hit from Saturday Night Fever (5)
84 Meghan Markle’s husband (5)
85 Circuit of a race course (3)
86 180° change of direction (1-4) 88 Mythical one-horned horse (7) 89 Small valley (4)
90 Steep in water (4)
91 Mistake (5)
92 Effective distance, scope (5)
94 Encounters (5)
97 Number-placing puzzle (6)
99 Guacamole fruit (7)
101 American cattle station (5)
102 Stage musical based on the poetry of TS Eliot, recently adapted for the screen (4)
104 City in Yorkshire (5)
106 – Nicodemou, Home and
Away actress (3)
107 Obligation of service (4)
109 Majestic (5)
113 Andy –, comedy actor (7)
115 Japanese robe (6)
117 – Stewart, actress (7)
118 Remorse (6)
120 American mountain lion (4)
121 Detroit’s state in the USA (8)
122 Fossil fuel (4)
123 Fitting, appropriate (3)
125 Having 80 across sides (9)
126 Mustang –, R&B song (5)
128 Competitor (5)
130 Steam room at a health club (5) 133 Riverside grasses (5)
135 Formula 1 car race (5,4)
141 Baby angel (6)
143 Australian monitor lizard (6) 144 Capital of Austria (6)
145 State of matter between
13 across and solid (6)
147 Criminal fire-starting (5)
148 – Watson, actress in box D (4) 149 At liberty (4)
152 Savoury paste served with
crackers or chips (3)