Puzzles 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 Hitchhiking digit (5)
4 Off the cuff (2-3)
6 Work of prose fiction (5) 9 Residential areas around a city (7) 12 Period of prosperity within a particular industry (4)
13 Breed of beef cattle (5)
14 Able to be broken down by natural organic processes (13) 15 Vanquished competitor (5) 16 Mountain in Japan (4) 17 Drink-driving offence (1,1,1) 18 Heavy pole tossed in a Scottish Highland games event (5) 22 Solemn vow (4)
24 Brothers –, 19th century German fairytale anthologists (5) 25 Reply, response (6) 27 Petrified resin (5)
28 South African colonist of Dutch heritage (4)
29 Woman due to be married (5-2-2) 33 Region of Europe including Spain and Portugal (6)
35 South American ruminant (5) 36 Distress code (1,1,1)
37 At rest (4)
39 Beyond or extreme (5) 40 Distilled coal, used in metallurgy (4) 41 Church song (4)
42 Object of adoration (4) 43 Ensemble of eight musicians (5) 44 Naughty, disrespectful child (4) 46 Disney deer (5)
47 Schnitzel coating (11) 52 Person who devises plans and strategies (9)
54 Piano technician (5) 56 Slightly wet (4)
57 Magical sprite (3)
58 Flower said to induce soporific, forgetful state (5) 60 Meadow (3)
61 Daniel –, author (5) 63 Prepared (5)
64 Merciful, exercising clemency (7) 65 Former name of Thailand (4) 67 Boast (4)
69 Caracas’ country (9) 73 Kitchen garment (5) 74 Golfer’s stroke (5)
75 Baby’s protective garment (3) 76 Arid, parched (3)
77 Franz –, 19th century Hungarian composer and pianist (5) 78 Earthy pigment (5) 80 Descriptive word (9)
83 Small tree, shrub
84 Miranda –, lingerie model (4) 87 William –, Scottish hero (7) 89 Laughing African scavenger (5) 90 1970s dance music style (5) 92 Score of zero (3) 93 – Cranston, actor (5)
94 – the Builder, children’s TV character (3)
97 Knitting fibre (4)
98 Fathered, biblically (5)
100 Cook’s vessel of discovery (9)
104 Property dealer (6,5)
107 Break up a military unit (5)
109 Questionable, uncertain (4)
111 Group of products made at
the same time (5)
112 Tiny Jedi master (4)
114 Red gemstone (4)
116 Provisional release (4)
117 Romantic ballroom dance (5)
118 Ballpoint pen (4)
119 Torso bone (3)
121 Last Greek letter (5)
122 Coastal town in Western Australia’s
Kimberley region (6)
123 Historical period with tools from an alloy of tin and copper were developed (6,3)
124 Broadcasts
125 Mode of speech (5)
127 Processed wood (6)
131 Island in the bay of Naples (5)
133 Weeps convulsively (4)
135 Four-door family car (5)
137 – Thurman, actress (3)
139 Island of Napoleon’s exile (4)
140 Tribal symbol, often on a pole (5)
141 List of transactions issued by a
financial institution (4,9)
143 – Paterson, Australian author (5)
144 Dutch cheese variety (4)
145 Pass in front (7)
146 Child-minding employee (5)
147 Derisive expression (5)
148 Inferno (5)
DOWN
1 Mesmeric condition (6) 2 Small rodent (5)
3 Level of sound (6)
4 Driven to achieve success (9) 5 Underpants (6)
6 Uncool, socially inept person (4) 7 Russian spirit (5)
8 Science workshop (3) 9 Hastily took flight (10) 10 Portia de –, actress (5) 11 Small prawn (6) 15 Illumination fitting (5,4) 19 Overblown, exaggerated in speech and manner (9) 20 Stage events again as a demonstration (7)
21 Skilled espresso coffee maker (7) 22 Sanctioned by the church (8) 23 Unruly, aggressive multitude (5) 26 Verbose (5)
30 Road surfacing material (7) 31 Louisa May –, author (6) 32 Two-piece bathing suit (6) 34 Indonesian resort island (4)
38 King –, Shakespeare play (4) 44 Printed scarf or kerchief, worn around the neck (7) 45 Cooking measurement of about 15ml (abbr.) (4) 48 Recede, flow back (3) 49 Snooker rod (3)
50 Open out a rolled up banner (6) 51 Period of tonsorial disorder, (3,4,3) 53 Edition of a periodical (5) 54 Neat, well ordered (4)
55 Sense of self (3)
59 Part of a carpentry joint (5) 60 Wood-turning machine (5) 62 Religious brother, monk (5) 64 Farm animals (9) 66 Mammal which lays eggs (9) 68 Of France or the French (6) 70 Croatia’s capital (6)
71 Stamp or photograph book (5) 72 Many-headed monster (5) 75 Unrestrained, energetic (10) 79 Plants used in cooking and medicine (5)
81 Precious stone (5)
82 Rome’s country (5)
85 Rocky –, Stallone character (6) 86 Leather processing facility (7) 88 Tripoli’s country (5)
89 Owl sound (4)
91 Frozen water (3)
95 Run not scored off the bat in cricket (3)
96 Honey-making insect (3)
97 Himalayan monster (4)
99 Casino patron (7)
101 Formal argument (6)
102 Famous Jack Kerouac
6 across (2,3,4)
103 Warm up left over food (6)
105 – Collette, actress (4)
106 Tumbling performers (8)
107 Soft feathers used in bedding (4)
108 Ancient name of Istanbul (9)
110 Limb section between the wrist
and elbow (7)
111 Gentlemen Prefer –, 1953
Marilyn Monroe film (7)
113 Reliable, trustworthy (10)
115 Floor sweeping tool (5)
118 Spurious, counterfeit (5)
120 Air pressure gauge (9)
126 Curved reaping blade (6)
128 Arm muscle (6)
129 Device for transmitting images
on the internet (6)
130 Sleep (6)
132 Coloured flower part (5)
134 Bathroom sink (5)
136 Computer message (5)
138 Madcap, crazy (4)
142 Cloistered sister (3)