Mega CASHWORD
MYSTERY CLUE
20ac & 41dn
A well- known song title (10,6)
ACROSS
1 Place of safety and
shelter (6)
4 Obtain advantage or
benefit (6)
8 Funny in whimsical way (5)
11 Turned-back hems at end
of sleeves (5)
15 Outer layer of something ( 7) 16 What We Do in the _____, 2014 New Zealand vampire horror comedy film by
Taika Waititi ( 7)
17 Boat with two parallel hulls (9)
18 Presses firmly (8) 19 Prolonged dull pain (4)
20 See Mystery Clue
24 Slightly open (4)
25 Treated with scornful
abuse (8)
27 Fade away without serious
consequences (4,4)
31 On ___ of the world –
in great spirits (3)
33 Unprotected from
weather ( 7)
36 _____ Davidson, co-leader of Green Party Aotearoa New Zealand (6) 38 Barred from native country
for political reasons (6)
40 In tense, highly strung
state ( 7)
41 Deliberately malicious and
hurtful (5)
42 Present in vague way in
order to mislead (5)
43 Go for long hike in bush (5)
45 Marsh plant with triangular
stems (5)
47 Areas of cultivated mown
grass (5)
48 Thin pancake (5)
49 Invest with authority or capability to do something ( 7)
51 Sir _____ Halberg, Kiwi former champion middle distance runner (6)
53 Japanese art of growing artificially dwarfed trees in pots (6)
54 Edible mollusc with fan-shaped shell ( 7)
56 Pale through illness or exhaustion (3)
58 Branches of knowledge taught at school (8) 59 Container that holds magnetic tape (8)
62 Catch in snare (4) 66 Reference standards against which things can be compared (10)
68 All the ____ – nevertheless (4)
69 See lower-right photo (8) 74 New Zealand-based aerospace company founded by Peter Beck in 2006 (6,3) 76 Ostentatiously rich and luxurious ( 7)
77 Variety of language that is peculiar to specific group of people ( 7)
78 _____ in – interrupts
conversation (5)
79 _____ up – go faster (5)
80 Leap or bound about (6)
81 Full of casual
conversation (6)
DOWN
1 Takes short break in order
to relax (5)
2 Mathematical rule
expressed in symbols ( 7)
3 Levels of proficiency (6)
5 Having warm pink colour (4)
6 _____ Hodgkins, respected late New Zealand painter who died in 1947 ( 7)
7 _____ pin – rowlock for
holding oar on dinghy (5)
8 Merit or be worthy of ( 7)
9 Plant with highly prized
flowers (6)
10 In recent past (8)
11 Space object with tail of gas
and dust particles (5)
12 Tree with needle-shaped
leaves (3)
13 For a ____ – very cheaply (4)
14 Humorous image or text spread rapidly on internet (4)
21 Short book of fiction ( 7) 22 Partiality or prejudice (4) 23 Network of lines that cross each other at right angles (4) 24 _____ Pass – New Zealand mountain pass in Southern Alps ( 7)
26 Not smooth or even in texture (5)
28 Substance secreted by bees to make honeycomb (3)
29 See upper-left photo (6) 30 Smeary mark (6)
32 Stone of date or olive (3) 34 Colourful parts of flowers (6) 35 Dislikes intensely ( 7)
37 Sloping beams that support roof ( 7)
39 Breakfast food (6)
41 See Mystery Clue
43 National museum in Wellington opened in 1998 (2,4)
44 Long, tapering cream
coloured root vegetable ( 7)
46 Capable of withstanding
wear and tear ( 7)
48 Small fasteners for holding
things together (5) 50 Impress greatly (3)
51 Low-growing spongy
flowerless plant (4)
52 Distinct period of history (3)
55 Highest point (4)
57 Trips and almost falls (8)
60 Leave hurriedly and
secretly ( 7)
61 _____ Morrison, Kiwi film
and TV actor ( 7)
63 Ask politely for
something ( 7)
64 High-pitched singing voice
of young boy (6)
65 Strip colour from (6)
67 Professional cooks (5)
68 Bottom part of trunk left after tree has been chopped down (5)
70 Fleshy underparts of cat’s
feet (4)
71 Person registered to compete in race or contest (5)
72 Larva of beetle (4)
73 Relating to ear (4)
75 Remove through editing (3)