Mega CASH WORD
MYSTERY CLUE
42ac & 10dn & 56dn. A well-known movie title (7,4,5)
ACROSS
1 Disastrous failure (6)
4 Make a ____ – become
angry and complain (4)
7 Arranged in heap or stack (5)
10 Impressive grandeur ( 7)
15 Beaten path or track (5)
16 _____ Hurst, New Zealand
actor, director and writer ( 7)
17 Performances by two
singers (5)
18 Make low, guttural,
menacing sound (5)
19 In the ____of the moment
– without stopping to think (4) 20 __ ____ with – conforming to what others are doing or thinking (2,4)
21 Metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers (6)
22 Units of soldiers (6)
26 Containers for drinks ( 7)
28 Mythical bird of prey in
Arabian folklore (3)
30 Anxiously concerned ( 7)
31 ___ out – provide with necessary gear or equipment (3) 33 Mt _____ – highest mountain outside Aoraki/Mt Cook region (8)
35 Supervises work of others (8)
38 Involving a great deal of
effort and trouble ( 7)
41 Exceptionally talented
person (6)
42 See Mystery Clue
44 Tropical fruit with juicy pink
flesh (5)
46 Contagious viral disease with fever and muscle aches (3)
48 Mass of fish eggs (3)
49 Small biting flies (5)
51 Private bathroom adjoining
bedroom (2-5)
53 _____ biscuits – traditional Kiwi baking with chocolate icing (6)
55 Kitchen appliance used to chop or liquefy foods ( 7) 57 Falls straight down at high speed (8)
59 See lower right photo (5,3) 60 And so on (3)
62 Indicated indirectly ( 7) 64 Make enquiry (3)
66 Curved structure forming entrance ( 7)
68 Containers that disperse liquid in tiny droplets (6) 69 Loves intensely (6)
71 Wild and rash (6)
74 Lump of earth or clay (4) 78 _____ Stretton, successful Kiwi fashion designer (5) 80 Escape from or avoid in cunning way (5)
81 Maintain influence and authority over ( 7)
82 Acquire knowledge (5)
83 Unit of sound intensity ( 7) 84 Carries with difficulty (5)
85 Band of fabric worn around
waist (4)
86 Stood up for or supported (6)
DOWN
1 Go get and bring back (5)
2 Refusing to change your
mind ( 7)
3 ____ comfort – inadequate
consolation (4)
5 Not edited or abridged (5)
6 See upper left photo ( 7)
7 Inner surfaces of hands (5)
8 Kiwi singer/songwriter whose
real name is Pip Brown (9)
9 Sideboard with shelves for storing and displaying plates ( 7)
10 See Mystery Clue
11 Run at steady gentle pace (3)
12 Person who behaves in
pretentious, boastful way (4-3)
13 Shouts loudly (5)
14 Portent of some future
event (4)
23 Long, narrow hilltop (5)
24 Causing disturbing
apprehension (8)
25 Maori greeting commonly
used in New Zealand (3,3)
26 Partiality that prevents
objective consideration (4)
27 Falls to lower level (5)
29 Welsh breed of short-legged
dog (5)
32 Paper handkerchief (6)
34 Go before in position or
time ( 7)
36 Thin, semi-transparent
fabric (5)
37 Breathed out deeply and
heavily (6)
39 Exit from motorway (3- 4)
40 Tallies figures (4,2)
43 Remorseful feeling of responsibility for having done wrong (5)
45 Candied leaf stalks of this plant of parsley family are used in cake decoration (8)
47 Increase threefold (6)
50 Sudden and unexpected (6)
52 Pacific island country that gained independence from New Zealand in 1962 (5)
53 _____ male – dominant
male in group of animals (5)
54 Refuse to admit truth or
existence of (4) 56 See Mystery Clue
58 Experienced or was
subjected to (9)
61 Long-lasting and recurrent (7)
63 Not certain (2,5)
65 Traditional Japanese
garments ( 7)
67 _____ Chapman, Kiwi radio
and TV journalist ( 7)
68 Sharp broken fragment of
something brittle (5)
70 Fires from job (5)
72 Challenges to do
something (5)
73 Supportive person who provides cooperation and assistance (4)
75 Ate meal (5)
76 Small freshwater dabbling
duck (4)
77 Fastener for hair (4)
79 Central part of wheel (3)