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 Keith –, musician (5) 4 Hibernian (5)
6 Olympic prize (5)
9 In name only (7) 12 Dispatch (4) 13 Drag-racing track (5) 14 Occidental group of member states (8,5)
15 Inert gas (5)
16 Naming word (4) 17 Affectedly shy (3)
18 Thigh bone (5)
22 Sporting squad (4) 24 Faithful, true (5) 25 Miniaturised plant (6) 27 Fourth estate (5) 28 Persistent pain (4)
29 World War One battle site (9) 33 Japanese crime gang (6) 35 Change to suit conditions (5) 36 Meadow, pasture (3)
37 Snack featuring heated cheese (4) 39 Proprietor (5) 40 Ballerina’s outfit (4) 41 Specialty foodstuffs retailer (4) 42 Render senseless, amaze (4) 43 Horned pachyderm (5) 44 Dove enclosure (4)
46 Avoid, elude (5) 47 Pleasant to view (11) 52 Waterway linking Red and Mediterranean Seas (4,5) 54 Recurring motif (5) 56 Chinese meal consisting of many small dishes (3,3) 57 Tally of nothing (4) 58 Ceremonial table (5) 60 Navigator’s chart (3) 61 Remove sheep’s fleece (5) 63 Perspiration (5) 64 Building caretaker, cleaner (7) 65 Croaking amphibian (4) 67 Stalin’s empire (1,1,1,1) 69 Tree which sheds foliage each year (9)
73 Fred Flintstone’s wife (5)
74 – John, veteran pop musician (5) 75 Young boy (3)
76 Purchase (3)
77 – Watts, British-born actress, raised in Australia (5) 78 Large bird of prey (5) 80 Person providing treatment (9) 83 – Skywalker, Star Wars hero (4) 84 Lachrymose emission (4) 87 Apart (7)
89 Central Australian monolith (5) 90 Cyclist or jockey (5)
92 Name before marriage (3) 93 Spencer –, late actor (5)
94 Toy on a string (4) 96 Positive aspect of a situation (6) 98 Recurring sequence of events (5) 100 Water storage facility (9)
104 Stormy (11)
107 Come together as one (5)
109 Call out to (4)
111 Criminal fire-starting (5)
112 Of average quality (2-2)
114 Betting ratios (4)
116 Cricket field (4)
117 Three dimensional (5)
118 Agricultural property (4)
119 Gratuity paid to a waiter
or other service staff (3)
121 Fly without power (5)
122 Gratify (6)
123 Treeless plain stretching across
southern Australia (9)
124 Open to discussion (4)
125 World War Two German
submarine (1-4)
127 Charity retail outlet selling
second-hand goods (2,4)
131 Path of rotation (5)
133 Pottery oven (4)
135 Representative (5)
137 Wise nocturnal bird (3)
139 Seasoning mineral (4)
140 Suffer as a penalty (5)
141 Pictures which accompany
a story (13)
143 Raptor’s claw (5)
144 Midwest American state (4)
145 Make certain, verify (7)
146 Blended food product (5)
147 Lowest point (5)
148 Light wood used in model
making (5)
DOWN
1 Dangerous (6)
2 French farewell (5) 3 Fame, widespread repute (6) 4 Exactly the same (9) 5 Occur (6)
6 Repast (4)
7 Tennis score, 40-all (5) 8 Flower garland (3) 9 Unconcerned, casually indifferent (10) 10 Domestic childcare employee (5)
11 Lacking company (6) 15 Percussion instrument (9) 19 Butter substitute (9) 20 Italian rice dish (7) 21 Waiting, suspended (7) 22 Italian coffee-flavoured dessert (8)
23 Intended (5)
26 Liquid condiment (5) 30 Ancestry (7)
31 Tusked marine mammal (6) 32 Season leading to winter (6) 34 Soft French cheese (4) 38 Delicate, ornate fabric trim (4) 44 Caribbean music style (7)
45 Long tale of heroism and adventure (4) 48 American spy organisation (1,1,1) 49 Yellow-flowered medicinal herb (3)
50 Marital partner (6) 51 Tertiary education facility (10) 53 Unit of gemstone weight (5) 54 International cricket match, played over several days (4) 55 – Farrow, actress (3)
59 Gin mixer (5)
60 – Polo, medieval traveller (5) 62 – Flynn, swashbuckling actor (5) 64 Court ruling (9)
66 Roman arena fighter (9) 68 Central African country (6) 70 – Washington, actor (6) 71 Four-door family vehicle (5) 72 First appearance (5) 75 Having no interesting qualities (10)
79 Majestic (5)
81 Rub out, expunge (5) 82 Mumbai’s country (5) 85 Legendary Australian monster (6) 86 High ranking army officer (7) 88 Speak, put into words (5) 89 Compulsion (4)
91 – League, prestigious group of US colleges (3)
95 Affirmative (3)
96 Mysterious aircraft (1,1,1)
97 Type of window frame (4)
99 Arctic deer (7)
101 Shake with cold (6)
102 Stubborn (9)
103 National Park officer (6)
105 and 106 down
Pictured actress (4,8)
107 – Jagger, singer with The
Rolling Stones (4)
108 Moving staircase as in
a shopping mall (9)
110 Try (7)
111 Branch of mathematics (7)
113 Artistic style with dreamlike
elements (10)
115 Frock (5)
118 Group of sheep (5)
120 Senior academic (9)
126 Astrological symbols (6)
128 Charlton –, Ben-hur actor (6)
129 Flick with a fingernail to
incite action (6)
130 Section of a poem (6)
132 Cured pork product served
at breakfast (5)
134 Powerful and versatile beam
of light (5)
136 American tropical fruit (5)
138 At no cost (4)
142 Circuit of a racecourse (3)