and Crossword
ACROSS
1 Yield (7)
4 Good fortune (10)
9 Look at closely (7)
13 Friend (4)
14 Caught red-handed (inf) (6) 15 Take up again (6) 16 Authentic (7)
19 Half a ring (10)
20 Tending to avoid company (8) 21 Worth (5)
24 Cunning (6)
25 Seldom (6)
27 Smelly (10) 30 Pushchair (8)
31 Portable computer (6) 32 Withdraw (7) 35 Captivating (8)
37 Mixed breed dog (7) 38 Timetable (8)
41 Sale docket (7) 45 Summer shoe (6) 47 Liquorice-flavoured seeds (7) 48 Fascinate (8)
50 Body of fresh water (4) 52 Self-important (7)
55 False (6)
57 Slack (5)
58 Very pleased (inf) (7) 60 Animal’s foot (3)
61 Noisy insect (6)
62 Minor argument (4) 64 Touching (8)
66 Teller (7)
70 Unfeeling (4) 71 Miscalculate (3)
73 Vest (7)
75 War memorial (8) 78 Platform for performers (5) 79 Songbird (6)
80 NZ or Australian soldier (5) 82 Happen (5)
84 Magic (7)
88 Revealing (7)
89 Toxic (7) 90 Pachyderm (8) 94 Doubtful (4)
96 Pursue (5)
99 Clothing (7)
103 Harsh laugh (6)
106 Prod (5)
108 Herb of the mint family (5) 109 A sausage in a roll (3,3) 110 Extra (10) 112 Unbranded (7)
113 Body’s strength tissue (6) 114 Clover-like plant (8) 118 Inventory (9) 120 Courageous (6) 121 Indifference (6)
125 Cross (5)
126 When February 29 occurs (4,4)
128 Destroy by burning (10) 133 Wash (7)
134 Confer holy orders (6) 135 Next to (6)
136 Break with cracking sound (4) 137 Dole (7) 138 Mischievous behaviour (inf) (5-5)
139 Ore (7)
DOWN
1 Sausages (colloq) (5) 2 Disaster (8) 3 Indistinct (6) 4 Part of a flower (5) 5 Likelihood (4) 6 Depiction (9)
7 Take an exam again (5) 8 Tree tomato (9)
10 NZ school qualification (4) 11 Greenstone (7)
12 Agree (6)
17 Be used to (10)
18 Snarky (5)
22 Mock (4)
23 Released (4) 24 Llama-like mammals (7) 26 Everyone (3)
27 Voting system in NZ (3) 28 Reckless driver (colloq) (4) 29 Fictional (4,2) 32 Extraordinary (10) 33 Scallywag (5)
34 Holiday house (4) 36 Conservationist (colloq) (7) 39 Connected metal links (5) 40 Church official (5)
42 Lose your nerve (colloq) (7,3) 43 Frosted (4)
44 Juvenile frog (7) 46 Natural pool (6) 49 Number, rua in Maori (3) 51 Visual vandalism (8) 52 Stipulated condition (7) 53 Type of wild horse (7) 54 Ponderous (4) 56 Picturesque (6) 59 Postpone (5) 60 Procession (6)
63 Agitate (4) 64 Uncontrollable fear (5) 65 Impending (8) 67 Enthusiastic (4)
68 Late afternoon meal (4,3) 69 Vigour (6)
72 Tear (3)
74 Appealing, pleasing (10) 76 Float in the air (5) 77 Informant (colloq) (5) 79 Totally disorganised (7) 81 Group of performers (6) 83 State of pressing necessity (7) 85 1950s friendly dolphin (3) 86 Porcelain (5)
87 Appeal (4)
91 Every one or thing (4) 92 Sword handle (4) 93 Knotty mass (6) 94 Government department (abbr) (3)
95 Ran away (4)
97 Home of God (6)
98 Gleam (5)
99 Bird enclosure (6)
100 Of high morals (10) 101 Phoned (4)
102 Bedtime song (7)
104 White heron (6) 105 Decree (5)
107 Deep cut (4) 111 Competitor (5)
114 Music genre (4) 115 Biblical vessel (3) 116 Desire someone else’s property (5)
117 Sieve (8)
119 Put into order (7) 120 Whitish root vegetable (7) 122 Breathe in (6) 123 Comment (6) 124 Sagacity (6)
127 Type of coat (5) 129 Unpleasant (5)
130 Cast out (5)
131 Food shop (abbr) (4) 132 Stewart Island town (4)