Puzzles CODE CRACKER
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.
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ACROSS
Sleeper’s fantasy (5) Clever ape (abbr.) (5)
Clear and easily understood (5) Medieval archer’s weapon (7) Sicilian volcano (4)
Set of hotel rooms (5) Putt-putt (9,4) Adolescents (5)
Lateral extreme (4) Before (3) Fingerprint pattern (5) Unaccompanied (4)
Cattle herder’s rope (5)
Not present (6)
– Hunter, Incredibles 2 star Season of high rainfall in tropical climes (3) 30 Winning position in chess (9) 34 Mystery (6)
36 Cosmic justice (5)
37 Brad –, actor (4)
39 Bird of peace (4) 41 Conduct mercantile business (5) 42 Drinks counter (3) 43 Challenged (5)
44 Mix ingredients with a spoon (4) 45 – weeny, very small (5) 46 Pacific Island nation (4) 47 Give up, cede (5)
48 Lowest high tide in a cycle (4) 49 See 26 down
54 Twitter link symbol (7) 56 Precipitous (5)
58 Hip-hop vocal style (3) 59 Bullfighter (7)
60 Cute aquatic mammal (5) 62 Church bench (3) 63 Mother-of-pearl (5) 65 Roman goddess of love (5) 66 Performance of a musical work (7)
67 Soon (4)
69 Corrosive chemical compound (4) 71 Laundry soap product (9)
75 Sir – Newton, revered physicist and mathematician (5)
76 The –, dramatised account of the life of Queen Elizabeth II (5) 77 Morning moisture (3) 78 Lettuce variety (3)
79 French farewell (5) 80 Powerful forward movement (5) 82 Idea of guilt (9)
85 Violent public disturbance (4) 86 Skilful (4)
89 Mexican walking fish (7) 91 Type of stage comedy involving ridiculous misunderstandings (5)
92 Productive chicken (5)
94 Take legal action (3)
95 Rope fibre (5)
96 Cocky newcomer (7)
99 Set of tools (3)
100 Non-committal shoulder
gesture (5) 103 Command of a process (7)
106 Nordic region of Europe (11)
109 American mountain lion (4)
110 Marked course (5)
112 High school dance, particularly
in the USA (4)
113 Model of perfection (5)
114 Speak wildly and at length (4)
116 Random estimate (5)
118 – Done, artist and designer (3)
119 Fine porcelain (5)
120 Roman garment (4)
121 Wind instrument (4)
123 Japanese sword sport (5)
124 Three times (6)
125 Italian appetiser of mixed
meats, cheeses and olives (9)
126 Carton (3)
127 Bush kettle (5)
129 Sound level (6)
134 Lively central European
dance (5)
136 Creative influence (4)
138 Pictogram (5)
140 – Aviv, Israeli port city (3)
142 Highest point (4)
143 Film or music production not associated with major studio corporations (5)
144 Entertainment facility featuring rides and themed installations (9,4)
146 Mar, deface (5)
147 Colour of unbleached linen (4)
148 Extreme joy (7)
149 Medical attendant (5)
150 Put off, discourage (5)
151 Royal domain (5)
DOWN
1 Repudiate, reject connection (6) 2 Ceremonial table (5) 3 Artist’s workplace (6)
4 Soft French cheese (9)
5 Holy songs (6)
6 Noisy (4)
7 Article of faith (5)
8 Pair, particularly of performers (3)
9 Marine safety device (4-6) 10 Consecrate (5) 11 Profound knowledge (6) 15 Simba’s girlfriend in
The Lion King (4)
16 Science of sending signals (9) 20 Lacking smell (9) 21 Soothing bedtime song (7) 22 Stand with legs on either side (8)
23 Earthy pigment (5) 26 and 49 across Pictured actor (8,11)
27 – Allan Poe, author of the macabre (5) 31 High-flying circus acrobat’s apparatus (7)
32 Rough drawing (6)
33 Natural water source (6) 35 Ongoing animosity, often between rival families (4) 38 Stumble over an obstacle (4) 40 Doing word (4)
46 Part of a golf course (7) 50 Extinct New Zealand bird (3) 51 Colour of debt (3)
52 Reach a destination (6) 53 Historical tales (10) 55 Fortune-telling cards (5) 56 Male children (4)
57 Make a mistake (3) 61 Unspoken (5) 62 Heartbeat (5)
64 Latin American line dance (5) 66 Made fun of (9)
68 Active by night (9)
70 Hindu festival of lights (6) 72 Highly skilled and fast shearer (6)
73 Drying cloth (5)
74 Centre of attention (5) 77 Involving public voting (10) 81 Ingenious, neat and clever (5) 83 Shovel (5)
84 Heavy shackles joined by a chain (5)
87 Keyboard command which moves cursor to the next line (6) 88 Speaker’s platform (7) 90 Forces out of a position (5) 91 Croaking amphibian (4) 93 Mountain –, tall flowering tree (3)
97 Glide over snow (3)
98 Speed up a motor (3)
101 Gathering of former
colleagues (7)
102 Red or green pepper (8)
103 41 across facility (6)
104 Forevermore (9)
105 Cowardly colour (6)
107 Extinct Mauritian bird (4)
108 Undeveloped photograph (8)
109 Marco –, medieval European
traveller and merchant (4)
110 Medieval torture frame (4)
111 Wipe out (9)
113 Vague feeling (7)
115 Collection of known words (10)
117 Sign up for a course (5)
120 Tribal symbol (5)
122 Betting professional (9)
128 Fairy, magical being (6)
130 Manchester –, famous English
football team (6)
131 Eponymous Jane Austen
character (4)
132 Lyrical literature (6)
133 Taxonomic category (6)
135 Mineral deposits (5)
137 See-through (5)
139 Failure, slip-up (5)
141 School or church fundraising
gala (4)
145 Ornamental vase (3)