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When complete, the shaded letters will reveal a well- known film, TV, book or song title (see mystery clue below).
MYSTERY CLUE
17ac & 56ac & 34dn & 78dn. A well-known TV title (3,6,6,4)
ACROSS
1 Holds on tightly (6)
4 Make annoyed and slightly
offended (4)
7 Seat used in horse riding (6)
10 Power cords (6)
16 Masterton is the largest town in this New Zealand region (9)
17 See Mystery Clue
18 Abrasion on skin (5)
19 Workplace holiday
entitlement (5)
20 Course of treatment for drug or alcohol dependence (5) 21 Motivation and focus to
achieve (5)
23 See upper right photo (5)
25 Wrangles or bargains over
price ( 7)
26 Make sound of
disapproval (3)
27 _____ sense – good
instinct for fashion (5)
29 Recover from (3,4)
31 Luxuriously elegant (5)
33 This describes situation where good outcome is impossible (2-3) 35 Sir ____ Walker, former Kiwi middle-distance running champion (4)
37 Crowd or pack to
capacity (4)
39 Individual article (4)
41 Stinging insect (4)
45 Floor in multi-level
building (6)
47 Images used in medical
diagnosis (1- 4)
48 Sew together loosely with
long tacking stitches (5)
49 Bring or call to mind (5)
51 Muse of poetry in Greek
mythology (5)
52 Semi-precious gemstone (5)
54 Person who runs errands
on film set (5)
56 See Mystery Clue
58 Large New Zealand
endangered parrot (4)
59 Vote that blocks decision (4)
60 Sudden strong blast
of wind (4)
61 Greenish-blue colour (4)
62 Dull yellowish-brown
colour (5)
66 Proportional relationship
between two things (5)
68 Fruit that is hybrid between
grapefruit and tangerine ( 7)
70 Inflamed swellings on edge
of eyelids (5)
72 Amount of money (3)
73 Spoke in a derisive, mocking
way ( 7)
75 Ballroom dance originating
in Cuba (5)
77 Small, slender tree
branches (5)
79 Fixed bunk on ship (5)
81 _____ Wright, New Zealand
TV and film actress (5)
82 Signs of fatigue or ennui (5) 84 Small, handy piece of
practical advice (3)
86 Household shopping (9)
87 Afternoon nap taken
in hot climate (6)
88 Same as 31 Across (6)
89 Having variegated
colours (4)
90 Without delay (2,4)
DOWN
1 Crouch down in fear (5)
2 Hotpot of meat, potatoes
and onions (5,4)
3 Grasped suddenly and
roughly ( 7)
5 Letters written in sloping
script ( 7)
6 ___ the bill – be suitable
for purpose (3)
7 _____ Island – New Zealand’s third largest island, also known as Rakiura ( 7)
8 Doctrine that is proclaimed
as true (5)
9 Poetic word for meadow (3)
11 Short moral story (8)
12 Advertising flyer ( 7)
13 Searches for (5)
14 Group of musicians who play together (4) 15 Netting material (4)
22 Units of work or energy (4) 24 Small insects with elongated body ( 7)
26 ____ Cross, Kiwi singer and entertainer (4)
28 Giving delight or pleasure (9)
30 Enthusiastic energy (3)
32 Made high-pitched barking sound (6)
34 See Mystery Clue
36 Magic spell or curse (3) 38 Leaves job voluntarily ( 7) 40 Serious situation requiring immediate action (9) 42 Pleasant smell of cooking, eg (5)
43 On the ____ – mentally perceptive and responsive (4)
44 Comment or make
observation (6)
46 Express gratitude (5)
48 Enthusiastic expert in
particular area (4)
50 Glass vessel used in
science laboratory (6)
53 See lower left photo ( 7)
55 ___ McVinnie, well-known
New Zealand chef (3)
57 Business concern (4)
60 Informal word for
information (3)
63 Confident, forceful
statement (9)
64 Prolonged clash or
disagreement (8)
65 Make noise like owl (4)
67 Defeat soundly in contest ( 7)
69 Precisely or accurately ( 7)
70 Mass of small stones ( 7)
71 Topic being discussed ( 7)
73 Specific locations (5)
74 7 ____ – New Zealand topical comedy panel TV show (4)
76 Person skilled in cutting and laying stone in buildings (5)
78 See Mystery Clue
80 Make _____ – hurry (5)
83 Exclamation of surprised
admiration (3)
85 Small apple seed (3)