Puzzles Win cash prizes
ACROSS
1. TV personality, … Pickering 4. Academy Award 8. Sofa, settee 11. Artist’s colour-mixing board 16. Eagle’s claw 18. Event or outcome that cannot occur
19. Camera’s long-distance accessory (9,4) 21. Overflow from dam, water …
23. Grain husks 24. Just passing, … through 26. Makes damp 28. US gold store, … Knox 31. Latin American dance 32. Bogart and Bacall movie, …Largo
34. Courted as suitor 35. Winning serves 36. Flashlight 37. Tennis great, … Agassi 38. Exchanged for cash 40. Stop, come to a … 42. Bach melody, …Onagstring 43. Barry Humphries role, Dame … Everage 47. Batch of recruits 48. Candleinthewind singer, Sir Elton … 50. Novel, Aroundthe Worldineighty… 53. Female sibling 54. Juliet’s lover 56. Baby bird 57. Theatrical band 60. Spanish city 61. North African desert 64. Japanese currency 65. Pea shells 67. Headquarters, company … 70. Stir-fry pan 71. Cafe’s bill of fare 72. Computer-readable price tag (3,4) 73. Truck’s cargo, eg 74. Australian actress, … Wasikowska 76. Shopping carriers 79. The Wiggles song, Wakeup… 81. Genetic blueprint (1,1,1) 83. Provide firm evidence, … to 85. Nepal’s capital 86. Works bread dough 87. Thoroughbred, eg 88. TV presenter, … Kruger 89. All-knowing prophet 90. Showing caution, … of danger 93. Check, put to the … 95. NRL, National Rugby … 96. Smelly, on the … 99. Geological period 100. Military flute 102. Dockof Thebay singer, … Redding 104. Transmitted rapidly by digital media, went … 105. Santiago’s country 106. Enter, go … 108. Nobody, there is … home (2-3) 109. Item at an auction 111. Large fishing net 113. Falls asleep, … off 116. Team, sports … 118. Keen reader 120. Charlton Heston movie, The…man 121. Military guards 122. Cash for non-essential items (8,5) 124. Succulent tropical fruit (8,5) 125. Allots, … out 126. Rent-paying residents 127. Dangerous act in a movie, eg 128. Income, weekly … 129. Bereaved husband
DOWN
1. Deep red shade 2. Increase in sound volume 3. Devoid of vitality or energy 5. Sterile saltwater solution 6. Roof rooms 7. Homeandaway veteran actor, … Meagher 8. Baby’s bed 9. Unique occurrence (3-3) 10. Ingenious 12. Large spotted wild cats 13. Item that supposedly broke the camel’s back (3,5,5) 14. Naval flags 15. Slender wind instrument 17. Song, Onanightlike… 20. Clint Eastwood classic, …Rider 22. Third Greek letter 25. Monarch’s headgear 26. Light bulb power rating 27. Human trunk 29. In a weird way 30. Sentimentally cute 32. Ancient Mongolian conqueror, Genghis … 33. Rear garden, back … 39. Australian comedian, … Flanagan 40. Burt Lancaster movie, From…toeternity 41. Caribbean dance under a pole 44. Droplets, … of paint 45. Makes an enquiry 46. Fracture 48. Work tasks 49. In future 51. Prevention 52. Wound’s healing cover 55. Greet with enthusiasm, … warmly 58. Take exams again 59. Begging requests 62. Repeat, do it … 63. Circular 65. Tavern, inn 66. Poodle or schnauzer 68. Orang-utan, eg 69. Sprite 74. Military officer rank, … general 75. World’s second largest body of water (8,5) 77. Old land measures 78. Distort, … the result 79. As a precaution, … in case 80. Mushrooms and toadstools 81. Son’s wife (8-2-3) 82. Profit-making possession 84. Occasionally, now and … 86. Dark green leafy vegetable 91. Pungent, … smoke 92. Scream, shout 93. Skill in dealing with sensitive issues 94. Futuristic genre (3-2) 97. Unpleasant smell 98. All square, scores are … 100. Fundraiser fair, school … 101. Illuminated distress signal 103. Trapped by winter weather (6,2) 106. Done at a bad moment (3-5) 107. Look after a child while parents are out 110. Ready for business 112. Hollywood star, Kevin … 114. Decide not to take part (3,3) 115. Dignified and grave, … occasion 116. Indian spiced pastry 117. Expunge 119. Large cups, coffee … 121. Mixer drink, … water 123. Nevertheless, and … 124. Shape with an axe