Mega CASH WORD
MYSTERY CLUE
21ac & 57dn.
A well-known movie title (6,5)
ACROSS
1 Small fragments of food (6)
4 Remove skin from fruit (4)
7 Alters slightly ( 7)
11 Fabric used to make veils (5)
15 Moved along very quickly ( 7)
16 _____ Dallow, New Zealand TV journalist and news presenter (5)
17 Form of sugar ( 7)
18 Children’s chasing game (3)
19 Flashy and flamboyant (5)
20 Long, narrow hilltop (5)
21 See Mystery Clue
23 Fight against (6)
26 Expressing praise and approval of (10)
28 Period of abnormally hot weather (4,4)
30 Stagger with abrupt, unsteady movements (5) 33 Another word for hoar frost (4)
35 Lake _____ – lake in southwest corner of Otago region (8)
36 Person hired to work in
an organisation (8)
40 See upper-left photo ( 7)
42 Deliciously flavoursome (5) 43 Work bread dough with
hands (5)
45 Cautious and guarded (4)
48 Pedestrian walkway (4)
49 Series of levels or layers (5)
50 Do without (5)
51 Campaigner for protection
of environment ( 7)
53 _____ Power Station – geothermal power station near Taupo (8)
56 Plane with two propellers rotating in opposite directions (4- 4)
58 Mark item for attention (4)
61 Utters short, sharp cry of
pain (5)
63 Make most of (8)
64 Transmits by TV or radio (10)
68 Cruel and oppressive
dictator (6)
69 Way in which someone
behaves or acts (6)
71 Welsh breed of dog with
short legs (5)
73 Accessory or component
that increases capability (3-2)
76 Mythical bird in Arabian
folklore (3)
78 Tracts of land covered in
trees and undergrowth ( 7)
80 Dame _____ Shipley, New Zealand Prime Minister from 1997 to 1999 (5)
81 Travelled in regular elliptical course around planet ( 7) 82 Bad-tempered and unfriendly (5)
83 Sum of money saved for future (4,3)
84 Musical notation indicating pitch of following notes (4) 85 Pointer on compass (6) 1 Hoods worn by monks (5)
2 Unvarying or consistent ( 7)
3 Iconic New Zealand
children’s pull-along toy (5,3)
5 Became less severe or
painful (5)
6 Marine mollusc that clings
tightly to rocks (6)
7 Second-hand but in perfect
condition (2,3)
8 Lively Irish dance (3)
9 Deep cooking pan with
lid (8)
10 Black, powdery deposit
from fire (4)
11 Plant like clover, eg ( 7)
12 Rent out (3)
13 Fungal disease affecting
cereal plants (5)
14 Loved intensely (6)
22 Still in bed (3,2)
24 _____ Crump, popular Kiwi
writer who died in 1996 (5)
25 Smile radiantly (4)
26 Glass flask used for serving
wine or water (6)
27 Person who is recently
married (8) 29 Competitor’s registration in contest (5)
31 Back part of foot below ankle (4)
32 Uses sparingly in effort to economise (6)
34 Flavouring made from coffee mixed with chocolate (5)
37 Legal professional (6)
38 Respiratory disorder characterised by wheezing (6)
39 Worse than is expected (5,3)
41 Get your ___ together–
organise yourself (3)
43 Maori word for New Zealand
wood pigeon (6)
44 Use spade (3)
46 Relating to kidneys (5)
47 Thick, fried potato chunks
served with sour cream (6)
50 Large, sharp teeth of
animal (5)
52 Hold ____ – have power
or influence (4)
54 Lazy person who does
no work (5)
55 US annual TV award (4) 57 See Mystery Clue
59 Completely tires out (8)
60 See lower-right photo (8)
62 Small biting insect ( 7)
65 _____ Quigan, New Zealand actress, director and playwright (6)
66 Given tranquillisers ( 7)
67 Having beautiful, natural
landscape features (6)
68 Conditions specified in
agreement (5)
70 Rearrange or organise
differently (5)
72 Nursery _____ – traditional
verse for children (5)
74 Push against gently (5)
75 Strong, hard, magnetic
metal (4)
77 Dog of mixed breed (3)
79 Institute legal proceedings
against (3)