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 Impoverished, lacking resources (5)
4 Precipice (5)
6 Hooded snake (5) 9 Acrobat or gymnast’s garment (7)
12 American mountain lion (4) 13 Terrible (5) 14 Stimulating interest and pleasure (13) 15 Glasses (5) 16 Expression of woe (4) 17 Jump on one foot (3) 18 Ring-shaped bread roll (5) 22 Recover, of a wound (4) 24 Bestow upon (5)
25 Take an action too far (6) 27 Astound (5)
28 Dutch cheese (4)
29 System of government (9) 33 Grazing paddock (6)
35 Once more (5)
36 – Nicodemou, actress (3) 37 Weapons (4)
39 Peaceful rural scene (5) 40 Way into 33 across (4) 41 Trepidation (4)
42 Sharp, eager (4)
43 Elevate (5)
44 Neat, well ordered (4) 46 Private teacher (5) 47 Horse-riding sportspeople (11) 52 Soft, French cheese (9) 54 Abdomen, tummy (5) 56 Sesame seed paste (6) 57 Boyfriend (4) 58 Colloquial idiom (5) 60 Accomplished player (3) 61 Forceful forward movement (5) 63 Medical attendant (5) 64 and 69 across
Pictured actress (7,9) 65 Magnificent display (4) 67 – Rogen, actor (4)
69 See 64 across
73 Similar in some respect (5) 74 Pattern and texture of timber (5)
75 Chook (3) 76 Affirmative (3)
77 Legal excuse (5)
78 71 down for two (5) 80 – Kennerley, TV presenter (5-4) 83 Most important or prominent (4)
84 Fool, trick (4)
87 Railway bridge (7)
89 Wear away (5)
90 Small landmass (5)
92 Wise nocturnal bird (3) 93 Intoxicated (5) 94 Shove (4)
96 Horse’s gait (6)
98 Artist’s stand (5)
100 Spear-shaped vegetable (9)
104 Accomplished chess player (11)
107 Rock (5)
109 Property title (4)
111 Broadcasting live (2,3)
112 Short written message (4)
114 Roman robe (4)
116 Basic 71 down move (4)
117 Artefact from the past (5)
118 Prestigious US college (4)
119 – Buttrose, media executive (3)
121 Remove from power (5)
122 Surgical piercing tool (6)
123 Stamina (9)
124 Solemn vow (4)
125 – White, actress (5)
127 Arboreal marsupial (6)
131 Plants of a region (5)
133 Sort, ilk (4)
135 Flavoursome (5)
137 Wildebeest (3)
139 Bin chicken (4)
140 Host, compere (5)
141 Butterfly and moth
collector (13)
143 Small bush (5)
144 Coloured part of the eye (4)
145 Bird of prey (7)
146 Synthetic 31 down (5)
147 Frock (5)
148 Sign up for school (5) DOWN
1 Close at hand (6) 2 Extinguish flames with water (5) 3 Culpable (6) 4 Prophetess of Troy’s downfall (9)
5 Time yet to come (6) 6 Telephone conversation (4) 7 Conflagration (5) 8 Muhammad –, boxing great (3) 9 Tall maritime beacon (10) 10 Make corrections (5) 11 Repudiate, renounce (6) 15 Fresh chewing gum flavour (9) 19 Workout or training facility (9) 20 Soothing throat lolly (7) 21 Military leadership (7) 22 Harry Potter’s school (8)
23 City in Yorkshire (5)
26 Line of hills (5)
30 High quality cut glass (7) 31 Textile (6)
32 Water boiling appliance (6) 34 Make indistinct (4) 38 Northern English heathland (4) 44 Skin illustrations (7)
45 Himalayan monster (4) 48 Tertiary education institution (abbr.) (3)
49 Drawn contest (3) 50 Tropical American lizard (6) 51 Louisiana city known as the Big Easy (3,7) 53 Supernatural practice or phenomenon (5) 54 Christian –, actor (4) 55 Captain’s record of a journey (3) 59 Presentation for merit (5) 60 Italian staple food (5)
62 – Watts, actress (5) 64 Treated with gas, as for pests (9) 66 Head of a republic (9) 68 USA’S tropical island state (6) 70 Lacking any pattern or regularity (6)
71 Terpsichorean art (5)
72 Covered canoe (5)
75 Chopper (10)
79 Kathmandu’s country (5)
81 Foe, competitor (5)
82 Pacific island nation (5)
85 – bowling, indoor sport (6)
86 Spotted African big cat (7)
88 Viper (5)
89 And others (2,2)
91 Body of water (3)
95 America’s symbolic Uncle (3)
96 Digestive tract (3)
97 High ranking feudal leader (4)
99 Distended (7)
101 Handgun (6)
102 Those completing courses,
as at 48 down (9)
103 Marked with bands of colour
like a tiger or zebra (6)
105 Cartoon explorer (4)
106 African ruminant such as the
gazelle or impala (8)
107 Title of respect for a king (4)
108 Urge on (9)
110 Condensed representation (7)
111 Displaying affluence (7)
113 Three-sided (10)
115 Taxonomic category (5)
118 Sailboat (5)
120 Chronic joint disorder (9)
126 As new (6)
128 Cunning, canny (6)
129 – Colman, actress (6)
130 Representative icon (6)
132 Happen (5)
134 Foot lever (5)
136 Pale, lacking colour (5)
138 Rotate (4)
142 Play on words (3)