There's a very nasty thing that appears in our "national newspaper" every weekend.
It's called the "Sunday Times" crossword but has nothing whatsoever to do with any newspaper I know of called "The Times".
Apparently it's written by some superannuated old fart in the dart.
She gets her idea of Australia from the good and great Ramson (Oz Nat Dict).
I knew him -- Bill that is.
But this old pussy (as Agatha would say) seems to think anything called "Mount ..." is a mountain.
USW.
Bill knew he was collecting obscure expressions and preserving them for posterior.
And that's what they're good for.
Not crosswords in 2008.
E.g., did you know that a "lamplighter" is the cicada (Cyclochila australasiae)?
Things like this just make me pippy (it's on page 412): "I'll admit I get a bit pippy at times".
Said pussy can't even count.
E.g. -- again -- at 9 across, we have "Some fear a chest pain (4)".
Of course, the answer is EARACHE which was 7 letters when I last counted.
Then go figure 2 down: "This hat we designed for town crier (7)".
Prolly TRICORN but who knows?
Will R. Murdoch sue me if I start publishing the answers here in advance, so everyone can go in for the competition?
All you get is the lousy Australian Concise Oxford.
Go and buy a copy of Ramson.
You'll enjoy it a lot more.

Sledge (only lexicographer in Minjup)