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 Dress (5) 4 Ring-shaped coral Island (5) 6 – Bay, northern NSW coastal town (5) 9 Brash, pretentious newcomer (7) 12 Corrosive chemical compound (4) 13 Industrial organisation (5) 14 Boston’s state in America (13) 15 Mode of speaking (5) 16 Car for hire (4) 17 Low, persistent background noise (3) 18 Brief, sudden brilliance (5) 22 Apocraphyl tale (4) 24 – noir, wine grape variety (5) 25 Movie theatre (6) 27 Bottomless pit (5) 28 Swedish pop group formed in 1972 (4) 29 Area behintd theatre’s performance space (9) 33 Drinking establishment (6) 35 Family or corporate saying (5) 36 Consume (3) 37 Unctuous, greasy (4) 39 Electronic message (5) 40 Gather crops, as one has sown (4) 41 Object of adoration (4) 42 Supreme Norse deity (4) 43 – Deschanel, actres and singer (5) 44 Red planet (4) 46 Mountainous region governed by China, home of the Dalai Lama (4) 47 Capital of Malaysia (5,6) 52 With fond reverence for the past (9) 54 Female fox (5) 56 Formal collar accessory (3,3) 57 Group of grazing animals (4) 58 First public appearance (5) 60 Shade of colour (3) 61 Reference list (5) 63 Dish of mixed produce (5) 64 Home of the Pope (7) 65 Step on a ladder (4) 67 Cease and desist (4) 69 Warm, full-length inderpants (4,5) 73 To such a time (5) 74 Richard –, US President brought down by Watergate scandal (5) 75 Disturb, annoy (3) 76 Purchase (3) 77 Sweet, sticky sauce (5) 78 Picture, representation (5) 80 – Heights, Emily Brontë novel (9) 83 Bargain (4) 84 Barry Humphries’ Dame (4) 87 Puppet troup including Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy (7) 89 Facility in which funds are held for use at a later date (5) 90 Lobby of hotel or office building (5) 92 Mysterious airctaft (1,1,1) 93 – Firth, actor (5) 94 Bible’s first murder victim (4) 96 Financial plan (6) 98 Bird associated with the delivery of babies (5) 100Fictional home of Peter Pan (9) 104Electronic musical instrument (11) 107Utility space in roof (5) 109Basic football skill (4) 111Cured pork product served for breakfast (5) 112Rod on which wheels are mounted (4) 114Greenish blue (4) 116Monetary penalty (4) 117Post on Twitter social network (5) 118Celebrated performer (4) 119In good physical condition (3) 121Male duck (5) 122Three dimensional circle (6) 123Largest living creature (4,5) 124Skating venue (4) 125Welsh dog breed (5) 127British general killed at the siege of Khartoum in 1885 (6) 131Proposal (5) 133Daybreak (4) 135Paul –, Australian singer/ songwriter (5) 137In the past (3) 139– Rogen, actor (4) 140Crustacean’s hard casing (5) 141International organisation founded in 1945 (6,7) 143Mode, fashion (5) 144Seasonal lake in northern South Australia (4) 145Immature frog (7) 146Trifling, of little importance (5) 147Winner’s award (5) 148Joyful song of praise (5)
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1 Covered in soft hair (6) 2 Grumpy, out of sorts (5) 3 Period of global glaciation (3,3) 4 Worthy of respect and esteem (9) 5 Ponderously slow and heavy (6) 6 Currency of Thailand (4)
7 Out of practice (5)
8 Tennis court divider (3)
9 Free from restrictions, such as chains (10) 10 Foreign (5)
11 Ketchup flavour (6) 15 Lacking the ability to wait (9) 19 Large seabird (9)
20 Study of the past (7) 21 Spread around randomly (7) 22 Large tree with pink and white blossoms (8) 23 Intoxicating, disorienting (5) 26 Fix, improve (5)
30 Part of a vehicle’s transmission system (7) 31 Great river of South America (6) 32 Sachet containing leaves for infused drink (3,3) 34 Narrow opening for coins (4) 38 Stead (4) 44 Shakespeare’s ‘Scottish play’ (7) 45 Short comedy piece, often satire or parody (4) 48 Chopping tool (3) 49 Harper –, author of To Kill a Mockingbird (3) 50 Snake-haired gorgon who turned those who beheld her to stone (6) 51 Covering of cushions and other furnishings (10) 53 Of Montezuma’s empire (5) 54 Empty space, vacuum (4) 55 Female sheep (3) 59 Police officer’s stick or club (5) 60 Gut feeling, intuition (5) 62 Misgiving (5) 64 Patron saint of lovers (9) 66 Pacific island group wherew Charles Darwin researched the theory of evolution (9) 68 Chase (6) 70 Beset by unlucky circumstances (6) 71 Member of Germanic tribes who colonised Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries (5) 72 Arm joint (5) 75 List or collection of words (10) 79 Irritate (5) 81 Musical rhythm (5) 82 Model of perfection (5) 85 British royal dynasty which followed the Tudors (6) 86 Early Russian satellite (7) 88 Harness racing horse (5) 89 Long, arduous journey (4) 91 Dismissed in cricket (3) 95 Visual organ (3) 96 Public transport vehicle (3) 97 Scottish dagger (4) 99 Ground grain used in porridge (7) 101Italian city of canals (6) 102Important divine messenger, such as Gabriel (9) 103Terpsichorean performer (6) 105Vast army (4) 106Symbol of the zodiac (4,4) 107University humanities faculty (4) 108Major regional church (9) 110Blaze (7) 111Fred Flintstone’s home town (7) 113Tall maritime signal building (10) 115Theatre attendant (5) 118Sturdy, dependable (5) 120– Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire playwright (9) 126Shaping undergarment (6) 128Fracas, fisticuffs (4-2) 129Ringed planet (6) 130Two-legged dragon (6) 132Paddock, meadow (5) 134Take from (5) 136Additional (5) 138Merely and no more (4) 142Devilish sprite (3)