REAL NEW YEAR TEST
GIANT CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Gold Coast Titans forward who made his Origin debut for Maroons in 2017 (7).
5. Gold Coast filly who won 2017 Magic Millions 2YO Classic and competed in inaugural The Everest in Sydney (7).
9. Australian Test batsman in 2017-18 Ashes cricket series (9).
14. The only Australian to advance to second round in singles play at Wimbledon in 2017 (9).
15. Gold Coast Suns AFL player,
– Hall (5).
16. Motorcycling great who won MotoGP world championship for seventh time in 2009 (5).
17. Nickname of AFL great Nick Riewoldt (3).
18. The only Australian cyclist to win Tour de France (5).
19. Gold Coast swimmer who won women’s 200m backstroke at 2010 Commonwealth Games (3).
20. England captain in 2017-18 Ashes cricket series (4).
21. Canadian golfer who was one of three US Masters champions who played in 2017 Australian PGA at Royal Pines (4).
22. Coached North Queensland to win 2015 NRL premiership (5).
23. Nickname of former Australian cricketer Michael Clarke (3).
25. Made Origin rugby league debut at five-eighth in Maroons’ seriesclinching win in 2017 (7).
28. Remains the only player to have won Australian golf’s triple crown of Open, PGA and Masters in same year after achieving feat in 2005 (7).
30. Represented Australia at 2016 Olympics a year after winning Australian Ladies Masters golf title at Royal Pines (2).
32. Former French Open tennis women’s singles champion, – Ivanovic (3). 36. Prop who won Paul Broughton Medal as Gold Coast Titans player of the year in 2106 (5). 37. Young Gold Coast driver who competed in 2016 Indianapolis 500 in the US (7). 38. Australian cricket and soccer representative, – Perry (6). 40. Queensland Origin rugby league fullback in 2017 (4). 42. Became only the second back in Titans history to win Paul Broughton Medal after an outstanding 2017 NRL season (3). 43. Wallabies prop who played the last of his 10 Tests against Argentina on the Gold Coast in 2014 (5). 45. Cricket great who holds world record for most centuries in a Test career (9). 47. Sydney Swans defender named in AFL All-Australian team for first time in 2016 (5). 48. Australian who won women’s modern pentathlon at 2016 Rio Olympics (8). 51. Type of craft sailed to victory by Australian Tom Burton at 2016 Olympics (5). 53. Australian rugby league winger in 2017 Anzac Test v NZ (8). 56. Another of the former US Masters champions who competed in 2017 Australian PGA at Royal Pines (5). 57. Former Maroons hardman who played the last of his 241 NRL games with Cowboys in 2004 after launching his career with Gold Coast Seagulls (7). 58. St George Illawarra winger who scored his 100th NRL try in 2017 (11). 60. One of only five Australian cricketers to take 300-plus Test wickets (3).
61. Former Gold Coast Titans winger who played for NZ at 2017 World Cup (6).
62. The only person to win more world women’s surfing titles than Tweed Coast champion Stephanie Gilmore (8).
65. Former NSW Origin hooker who retired after winning 2016 NRL premiership with Cronulla (5).
67. Peter Snowden-trained horse who won 2013 Doomben 10,000 from Sea Siren and Buffering (9).
70. Veteran forward who played his 29th Origin rugby league match for Maroons in 2017 (7).
71. Gold Coast champion who capped amazing comeback from injury to win women’s 100m hurdles at 2017 world titles (7).
72. Glamour English soccer competition, – Cup (1,1).
73. One of only two Gold Coast Suns players to have gained AFL AllAustralian selection (5).
74. Holds record for most tries in career by a Gold Coast Titans player (4).
75. Young Broncos rugby league winger who played for Maroons and Australia in 2011 (3,3).
77. Australian batsman who shared 284-run opening partnership with 1 down in 2016-17 ODI cricket series v Pakistan (4).
82. Canadian who was beaten by Andy Murray in 2016 Wimbledon men’s singles final (6).
84. One of two sportsmen who have kicked a goal in AFL and scored a try in Test rugby union (4).
85. Sport for which Calgary is famous (5).
87. Shooting event in which Australia’s Michael Diamond was a dual Olympic champion (4).
88. State in which Barbagallo motor racing venue is located, abbrev (1,1).
91. Former world champion formula one driver who was killed in San Marino Grand Prix in 1990s (5).
92. Former Wimbledon and Australian Open women’s singles champion, – Davenport (7).
93. One of the Naiqama brothers to
play in NRL and captain Fiji in rugby league (3).
94. Australian player who won 10 of his 14 Davis Cup singles matches from 1999-2006 (7).
DOWN
1. Australian opening batsman in 2017-18 Ashes cricket series (6).
2. Winter Olympics-winning Australian skier, – Lassila (5).
3. Brisbane Roar coach in A-League (6).
4. Australian tennis great, – Cawley (6).
5. Australian women’s wicketkeeper who is married to Australian men’s fast bowler Mitchell Starc (5).
6. Country that won Hopman Cup tennis title for sixth time in 2011, abbrev (1,1,1).
7. Gold Coast product who gained his first AFL All-Australian selection in 2017 (5).
8. Only Australian to win Olympic gold in heptathlon (4).
9. Gold Coast Titans rugby league centre who played at 2017 World Cup (7).
10. Gold Coast allrounder who is a member of Queensland cricket team (5).
11. Olympic champion Australian sailor who was co-skipper of 2016 SydneyHobart line honours winner Perpetual Loyal (8).
12. Young Irish trainer who upstaged his father when Rekindling beat Johannes Vermeer to win 2017 Melbourne Cup (6).
13. Northcliffe star who won 2016-17 Nutri-Grain Ironwoman Series (5). 20. Gold Coast Suns veteran who is lining up for his 15th season of AFL (11). 24. Australian Test cricketer,
– Khawaja (5).
26. Olympic track and field great, – Bolt (5).
27. More than four decades on, this 1976 winner remains the last Australian to take out Australian Open tennis men’s singles (9).
29. Golfer who claimed his fourth major at 2012 British Open (3).
31. Triple AFL premiership-winning captain who will play for Brisbane Lions in 2018 (5).
32. Triple premiership player after whom best-on-ground medal for AFL’s QClash between Suns and Lions is named (8).
33. Nickname of cricket great Allan Border (1,1).
34. Wallabies prop who played his 91st Test against Scotland in 2017 (4).
35. Australian rugby league winger who scored six tries in World Cup game against Fiji in 2017 (6).
36. AFL star who won Brownlow Medals in 2004 and 2010 (4).
39. Hawthorn defender who won Norm Smith Medal in 2013 AFL grand final (4).
41. Award shared by Labrador’s Wayde Mills and Palm Beach Currumbin’s Jason Burge as 2017 QAFL players of the year (6,5).
44. Gold Coast driver who won Supercars championship in 2017 (7). 46. A surfing manoeuvre (2-5). 49. England Test opening batsman in 2017-18 Ashes cricket series (8).
50. Star Queensland apprentice jockey who had distinction of riding in most races in Australia in 2015-16 season (5).
52. Athletics great and former Gold Coast Mayor, – Clarke (3).
54. Succeeded John Buchanan as Australian cricket coach after 2007 World Cup (7).
55. Australian golfer who won 2006 US Open (6).
56. Nickname of NZ national women’s netball team (6,5).
59. Former Test rugby league referee who is Gold Coast Titans CEO (8).
61. Former world and Commonwealth Games champion swimmer who is a member of Gold Coast Suns board (5). 63. Former world heavyweight boxing champion, – Holyfield (7).
64. Former Gold Coast Suns player who was a member of Richmond’s AFL premiership-winning team in 2017 (5).
66. American football team, Pittsburgh – (8).
68. Held record for most AFL/VFL games by a player until passed by Brent Harvey in 2016 (4).
69. Former Australian Test batsman, – Cowan (2).
71. Richmond midfielder who won an AFL premiership in 2017 in his first year after leaving Gold Coast Suns (7). 76. Australian rugby league prop in 2017 World Cup final triumph (5).
78. Australian rugby coach from 2008-2013 (5).
79. Australian who beat boxing great Manny Pacquiao to claim WBO welterweight world title in 2017 (4).
80. Big-hitting Queenslander who made his ODI cricket debut for Australia v Pakistan in 2016-17 (4).
81. Former Brisbane Lions star and Norm Smith Medallist who was part of Gold Coast Suns coaching panel from 2009-2014 (4).
83. Former French Open tennis women’s singles champion, – Majoli (3). 86. Gold Coast Suns coach for 2018 season (3).
89. Former Wallabies prop, – Baxter
(2).
90. Olympic medallist who partnered Alexandra Croak to win women’s 10m synchronised platform diving event at 2010 Commonwealth Games (2).
Solution tomorrow