CODECRACKER
To win one of two 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 Eyeglasses (coll.) (5)
4 Horn section of a band (5) 6 Danger (5)
9 Of current interest, relevant (7) 12 Light of hair and complexion (4) 13 Concepts (5)
14 Fairytale opening (4,4,1,4) 15 Ship of the desert (5)
16 In this manner (4) 17 Constricting snake (3)
18 Third Greek letter (5) 22 Casino card dispenser (4) 24 Braid in the hair (5) 25 Shakespeare’s Prince of Denmark (6)
27 Of sound (5)
28 Clarified butter (4) 29 Slightly unwell or in dubious taste (3-6)
33 Crocodile –, iconic Paul Hogan character (6) 35 Apportion, distribute (5) 36 Gesture of assent (3) 37 Midday (4)
39 Joint between leg and foot (5) 40 Leave out (4)
41 Sausage (4)
42 At a distance (4)
43 Beer variety (5)
44 Katie Holmes’ daughter (4) 46 Delicious (5)
47 Electronic musical instrument (11)
52 Major regional church (9) 54 Roadside gully (5) 56 Assessment of injuries on basis of urgency or severity (6) 57 Freestanding light (4) 58 Earthy pigment (5) 60 – Wasikowska, actress (3) 61 Ovine grazers (5) 63 Blood-sucking worm (5) 64 Loss of ability to speak (7) 65 Reproductive cell (4) 67 Wood-shaping blade (4) 69 Price of entry (9)
73 Of the nose (5)
74 Wear away (5)
75 Road sealant (3)
76 Group of dolphins (3)
77 Legal excuse (5) 78 Journey in search of something (5)
80 Medical emergency vehicle (9) 83 Sweet potato-like tubers (4) 84 Exuberant stylishness (4) 87 Early childhood (7)
89 Oak seed (5)
90 Heavy –, aggressive rock music genre (5)
92 Tattoo pigment (3) 93 Bottomless pit (5) 94 Formal test (4)
96 Writing desk (6)
98 Simple mechanical device (5)
100 Hair on the upper lip (9)
104 German for Germany (11)
107 Nicki –, rap musician (5)
109 Engrave (4)
111 Passage between seats (5)
112 Covetousness (4)
114 Mark as correct or complete (4)
116 Ceramics firing oven (4)
117 Permit (5)
118 Ice Planet in The Empire Strikes
Back (4)
119 Worn groove, furrow (3)
121 Uncomfortable reflected
light (5)
122 Reply (6)
123 World War One battle site (9)
124 European mountain goat (4)
125 Talent, aptitude (5)
127 Suitable for farming (6)
131 Snow leopard (5)
133 Indolent (4)
135 Leafy salad vegetable
or garnish (5)
137 Cereal grass (3)
139 Bin chicken (4)
140 Small and suspicious, of eyes (5)
141 French seafood stew (13)
143 Shinbone (5)
144 Melody (4)
145 Sweet final course of a meal (7)
146 – Hawke, actor (5)
147 Group of Bradys or bananas (5)
148 Stray animal shelter (5)
DOWN
1 Meanly frugal (6) 2 Assertion (5) 3 and 4 down Pictured actress (6,9) 5 Wriggle uncomfortably (6) 6 Swimming facility (4) 7 Arrive at (5) 8 Hawaiian garland (3) 9 Musical symbol (6,4) 10 Punctuation mark (5) 11 Novice driver’s identification (1-5) 15 Small blood vessel (9) 19 Lunar illumination (9) 20 Pilot (7)
21 Popular mild cheese (7) 22 Potency (8) 23 Fairy-like (5) 26 Bearing cargo (5) 30 Poorly groomed or maintained (7) 31 Pungent culinary bulb (6) 32 Author (6)
34 Reject or repudiate (4) 38 Burden (4)
44 Dried grape (7)
45 – Fisher, actress (4)
48 Name before marriage (3) 49 Historical period (3)
50 Swift, agile antelope (6) 51 Singing and dancing competition (10) 53 Numbers divisible by two (5) 54 Small amount in cooking (4) 55 Signal (3)
59 Dull, lacking interest (2-3) 60 Large Florida city (5) 62 Santa’s helpers (5) 64 Balletic pose (9)
66 Hats and hat-making materials (9)
68 Require as a necessity (6) 70 Prone to perspiration (6) 71 Magnetic compass point (5)
72 P in PNG (5)
75 Bouncing play facility (10) 79 Praise highly (5)
81 Quickly close and reopen eyes (5)
82 Frank Sinatra’s singing daughter (5)
85 Disquiet, fractiousness (6)
86 Victory (7)
88 Lavish meal (5)
89 Of or like a wing (4)
91 Night before (3)
95 Curve (3)
96 – Arthur, actress (3)
97 Impolite (4)
99 Popular ice-cream flavour (7)
101 Positive aspect of a situation (6)
102 Throw away (4,5)
103 Number in a cricket team (6)
105 Japanese wrestling (4)
106 Anne –, actress (8)
107 Low expression
of displeasure (4)
108 Precious stones and metals fashioned as personal adornments (9)
110 Metaphorically tenacious
dog (7)
111 Divine, heavenly (7)
113 Flying mammal which consumes
blood (7,3)
115 – Georgiadis, TV gardening
presenter (5)
118 Acceptable to Islamic custom (5)
120 Last century (9)
126 Prohibit, ban (6)
128 Roughly apply paint (6)
129 Amigo (6)
130 Gilligan’s –, 1960s sitcom (6)
132 Approaches (5)
134 Nothing (5)
136 Horned pachyderm (5)
138 Inform of a threat (4)
142 Exploit (3)