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 Last Greek letter (5)

4 Big band music style (5) 6 Pointy, keen (5)

9 Fatty layer of whale flesh (7) 12 Old land measurement (4) 13 Rest on water’s surface (5) 14 Chart of elements (8,5)

15 Mark –, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn author (5) 16 Eastern spiritual advisor (4) 17 No particular one (3) 18 Mawkishly sentimental (5) 22 Caledonian (4)

24 Christina –, actress (5) 25 Indian creek or watercourse (6) 27 Dish of mixed vegetables (5) 28 Stylish, fashionable (4) 29 Product titles (5,5)

33 Dwell, abide (4,2)

34 Given a relative score, position (5) 35 Sense of self (3)

36 Radiate (4)

38 – days, the past (5)

39 Fine, acceptable (4)

40 Little Women character (4) 41 Male suitor, boyfriend (4) 42 Sailboat (5) 43 Two-wheeled vehicle (4) 45 Flavouring additive (5) 46 Panelling made from crossed strips (11) 51 Repository for old wares and antiquities (9)

53 Shroud in heavy mist (5) 55 Fairytale monster (4) 56 Armed conflict (3)

57 Host, compere (5)

59 Large wine or beer cask (3) 60 Passage between seats (5) 62 Mother-of-pearl (5) 63 Terribly (7)

64 Weakling, easily daunted person (4) 66 Low musical register (4) 68 Guarantee (9)

72 Piano maintenance technician (5) 73 In the air, flying (5) 74 Enthusiastic cuddle (3)

75 Anger (3)

76 Japanese port city (5) 77 Provide food, dining facilities (5) 79 – Fairy, character in Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker (9) 82 Small clump of grass or hair (4) 83 Spirit, panache (4)

86 With set boundaries (7)

88 Free from dirt or impurities (5) 89 Picture, representation (5) 91 Meek and modest (3)

92 Device that combines ingredients (5) 93 Uncooked (3)

96 Seasoning mineral (4) 97 Avoid capture (5)

99 Of the sense of smell (9) 103 Not required (11)

106 Group of products made at

the same time (5)

108 Goals, objectives (4)

110 Out of place (5)

111 Data, facts (4)

113 Musical pitch symbol (4)

115 Tiger Woods’ game (4)

116 Change gears in a car (5) 117 Visual style, appearance (4) 118 Large shady tree (3)

120 Solidified in the cold (5)

121 Organ of voice (6)

122 Wristband on a timepiece (10) 123 Incorrectly aligned (4)

124 Lesser in importance (5)

125 Containing nitrogen,

of a chemical (6)

129 Polynesian balcony or

shade structure (5)

131 Violent hooligan (4)

133 Verbal assent (3-2)

135 Two-up paddle (3)

137 Voiceless (4)

138 Suffuse with a

particular quality (5)

139 Major military engagement between well prepared opposing armies (7,6)

141 Retail transactions (5)

142 Maritime military force (4) 143 Pickled cucumber (7)

144 Major blood vessel (5)

145 Characteristic (5)

146 Common, regular (5)

DOWN

1 Clumsy and rude (6)

2 Take hold of (5)

3 Real, genuine (6)

4 Sacred burial chamber (9)

5 Of the planet (6)

6 Dermis (4)

7 Precolonial culture of Mexico (5) 8 Local bar (3)

9 Blade used to slice loaves (10) 10 French white (5) 11 Flourishing of art and science following the medieval period (11) 15 Despotic, cruel and oppressive (9) 19 Useful (9)

20 Beginning of time (4,3) 21 Remove a disguise (7) 22 Chinese port city (8)

23 Hurl (5)

26 Feudal lord (5)

30 Torso, particularly as revealed by a crop-top (7) 31 Supplication to a deity (6)

32 Section of a poem (6)

37 A single time (4)

43 Blade mounted on the muzzle of a rifle (7)

44 Otherwise (4)

47 As well (3)

48 Crow or raven’s call (3) 49 Electrical connections (6) 50 Disinclination (10) 52 Suppress, quieten (5) 53 Scottish hillside (4)

54 Wise nocturnal bird (3) 58 Wrists restraints (5)

59 Test a garment for size (3,2) 61 Descendent, offspring (5) 63 Destructive snowslide (9) 65 Carried out a task (9)

67 Bram –, Dracula author (6) 69 Witty come-back (6) 70 Encourage or provoke (3,2) 71 Couples (5)

74 Wrestling hold (4,6)

78 Small decorative crown (5) 80 Ditch, dry watercourse (5) 81 Synthetic rubber (5)

84 False (6)

85 Department overseeing travellers and goods arriving in a country (7)

87 Ape, imitate (5)

88 Give over (4)

90 – Gibson, actor (3)

94 Little (3)

95 Health resort (3)

96 Bean used to make tofu (4) 98 Straighten something which has become tangled (7)

100 Distant (3-3)

101 Control of a market by a small

number of companies (9)

102 Sycophants (3-3)

104 Italian salutation (4)

105 Taking milk from a mother (8) 106 Travelling on foot in

the wilderness (11)

107 Thumb a ride (9)

109 Approximate, not

strictly accurate (7)

110 Illicit romances (7)

112 Marker, writing implement (4-3,3) 114 Heron-like bird (5)

117 Fewest in number (5)

119 Mirthful enjoyment (9)

126 Meal (6)

127 Reason, particularly for

committing a crime (6)

128 Tiny scrap of food (6)

130 Worthy of respect and esteem (5) 132 Theatre attendant (5)

134 Gather a large sum or amount (5) 136 Concept (4)

140 Hot infused drink (3)