Welcome to the first of a new series of crossword puzzles we are bringing to you on MCNews.com.au.

This first one might prove a little too hard for most. We will see how people go in this one and adjust the level of difficulty in the future based on those results.

Either way we hope you enjoy the challenge and please feel free to leave us some feedback on the puzzles on the MCNews.com.au social media feed here https://www.facebook.com/mcnews.com.au as we seek to refine how we present this new interactive feature.

This works much better on desktop and tablets and not quite so well on mobile phones, but is still functional on most with a little scrolling.