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 Brigitte –, French actress and sex symbol of the 1950s and ‘60s (6) Slender, onion-like herbs (6)
4 8 Truman –, Breakfast at Tiffany’s author (6)
Sign of the zodiac, the Fish (6)
11 14 Area of mathematics using letters and symbols (7)
17 Alan –, late actor, Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films (7) Small Greek restaurant (7)
18 20 Come in (5)
21 Area of science concerned with mass and energy (7) 23 Faithfulness (7)
25 – Watts, actress (5)
26 Guy –, singer (9) 27 Sleeping garments (7) 31 Horses, between twelve and twenty-four months old (9) 32 Russian spirit (5) 34 Japanese flower arranging art (7) 36 Italian potato dumplings (7) 38 Off the cuff (2,3)
41 – Michele, actress and singer, played Glee’s Rachel (3) 42 Name of the devil, particularly in Milton’s Paradise Lost (7) 44 Self-consciously masculine (5) 45 – Stardust, rock star persona created by David Bowie (5) 46 Overseas diplomatic office (7) 48 Push out (5)
49 Crosby, Stills & –, folk/rock music supergroup, formed in 1968 (4) 50 Boy band which featured Justin Timberlake (5)
51 – Blyton, children’s author (4) 53 Kitchen garment (5)
56 Trade ban or restriction (7) 57 Consumes (4)
58 Gesture of greeting (4) 59 Brave, intrepid (7) 63 Obtrude upon another (6)
65 The –, Dustin Hoffman film (8) 67 Swedish pop group formed in 1972 (4)
69 Friendly and easy-going (6) 73 Edible root vegetable (7) 75 Overcast (6)
76 Minsk’s country (7) 77 Portentous sign (4) 80 Spaghetti, cannelloni, etc (5) 81 Powerful 121 across, particularly in tropical south-east Asia (7) 83 Embrace applied with such force as to be uncomfortable (4,3) 84 Mother’s brother (5)
86 Bird’s home (4)
88 – Valley, region of northern California noted for its computer and high-tech industries (7) 89 Climatic phenomenon involving warming of the Pacific, causing dry weather patterns (2,4) 91 Food aficionado (7)
94 Sturdy supporting pillar (6) 96 – Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII (4)
97 Outfit worn to conceal identity (8) 98 Cream-filled choux pastry treat (6) 102 – Chaplin, silent comedy star (7) 103 Watery substance separated
from curds in cheese-making (4) 104 Responsibility (4)
106 Arch of colour in the sky (7)
110 1966 Michael Caine film, remade
in 2004 with Jude Law (5)
112 Currency of Vietnam (4)
113 Foot lever, as on a bicycle (5) 114 Greenish blue (4)
115 Followed a curving trajectory (5) 119 Compress tightly (7)
121 Tempest (5)
122 Daughter of the late
Steve Irwin (5)
123 Apparel (7)
124 Sense of self (3)
125 Member of a surfboat team at the
stern with a steering oar (5)
127 Protective item of head wear (4,3) 128 Something laid down (7)
129 Flavoursome (5)
130 Sausage dog (9)
133 Expensive property in the London-based version of the Monopoly board game (7)
136 Accuracy (9)
138 Central Australian monolith (5) 139 Prepared for printing, by either
mechanical or digital processes (7) 142 Glasses, spectacles (7)
144 Moving, operating (5)
146 Give false information,
deceive (7)
148 Illustrative story (7)
149 Poetic (7)
151 Save from potential disaster (6) 152 Lofty goals or standards (6)
153 Device or cloth for cleaning
household surfaces (6)
154 – Leone, West African republic,
capital Freetown (6)
DOWN
1 Jars used in chemistry labs (7) 2 Correct (5)
3 Road sealant (3)
5 Tranquil and pleasant (7) 6 Giuseppe –, opera composer (5) 7 Garments worn on the feet (5) 8 Desert beast of burden (5)
9 – Lane, Beatles song 10 Shopping cart (7)
11 Green pod vegetable (3) 12 Animated TV show (7) 13 Long-running daytime
TV dramas (7)
15 Skilled espresso maker (7) 16 Audio system component (9) 18 Tasmanian tiger (9) 19 Ice-cream flavour, extracted from an orchid pod (7) 22 Affectedly shy (3)
24 Egg cells (3)
27 Walk with an ostentatious or flamboyant gait (6)
28 Bitter envy (8)
29 Periodic publication (8) 30 Porous cleaning item (6) 32 Flow regulating device (5) 33 Michelle –, plays Downton Abbey’s Lady Mary Crawley (7) 35 All together, as a group (2,5) 37 Variety of hot pepper (7) 39 Powerful beam of light (5)
40 Blade on the muzzle of a rifle (7) 43 Silly, lacking any point (7) 47 System of raised dots by which the sight-impaired are able to read (7) 49 Particular musical sound (4) 52 Prominent female performer (4) 54 Artist’s workplace (6)
55 1993 hit song by Los del Rio, with accompanying dance (8) 56 Advertising airship (5) 60 Recognised truth or principle (5) 61 Edible small pilchard, often packed in cans (7)
62 Spell or enchantment (3) 64 Trojan prince who absconded with Helen in the Iliad (5) 66 Festive gathering following a wedding ceremony (9)
68 US pop group formed by Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson (5,4) 70 Sudden forward movement (5) 71 First artificial satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957 (7) 72 Traveller’s bags (7)
74 Tidy, well ordered (4)
78 Tall, tapering stone monument (7) 79 Ballerina’s outfit (4)
80 Frantic alarm (5) 82 Instrument which records how far a vehicle has travelled (8) 85 Punctuation mark indicating a brief pause (5)
87 Spicy Mexican condiment (5)
90 Tropical American lizard (6)
92 Hurl (5)
93 Dedicated poem (3)
95 White fluffy breed of terrier (7) 99 The Windy City, in Illinois, USA (7) 100 Unwanted plant (4)
101 – Stark, Maisie Williams’
Game of Thrones character (4) 102 Frame of a vehicle (7)
103 British royal house (7)
105 Small shiny discs sewn onto gowns
for a shimmering effect (7)
107 Roman god of wine and revelry (7) 108 Branch of mathematics concerned
with shapes (8)
109 Phnom-penh’s country (8)
111 The Magic –, Mozart opera (5) 116 Slim –, late Australian country
music icon (5)
117 Batman’s city (6)
118 Skilled sharpshooter (6)
120 Worn out or used up (9)
123 Major regional church (9)
126 Meadow (7)
129 Firing lever on a gun (7)
130 Percussionist in a rock group (7) 131 Units of study (7)
132 Flecked with sunlight
and shadow (7)
134 High card (3)
135 Climbing plant (3)
136 Passage of text before the main
body of a work (7)
137 – Lawson, celebrity cook (7) 140 Vintage photographic tint (5) 141 Items in an agreement (5)
142 Receded, flowed back (5)
143 Gambling odds of 50/50 (5) 145 Suffer as a penalty (5)
147 Primate (3)
150 Positive reply to a question (3)