Mega CASH WORD
Be in to win – write your answer on the coupon on page 69.
When complete, the shaded letters will reveal a well- known film, TV, book or song title (see mystery clue below).
MYSTERY CLUE
17ac & 62ac & 36dn. A well-known song title (3,5,2,4)
ACROSS
1 Publicises in exaggerated
way (5)
4 The departure of an
airplane (4-3)
8 Piece of ____ − something
very easy to do (4)
10 Hardly ever (6)
15 Secret or illicit love affair ( 7)
16 New Zealand comedian and TV personality whose real name is Andrew Lumsden (2,5)
17 See Mystery Clue
18 Levels of seniority in the
armed forces (5)
19 Small outbuilding used
for garden storage (4)
20 Quantity of sheets of
paper (4)
21 Coarse grass found on
coastal sand dunes (6)
22 Having right to or qualified
for (8)
26 Foam on sea waves (5)
27 ____-to-five − traditional
office hours (4)
28 Completely confounds (6)
30 Business agreements or
transactions (5)
32 Artwork painted directly
onto a wall (5)
34 Short period of intense
activity (4)
35 Edible starchy tuber widely
cultivated in South Pacific (4)
37 NZ native tree also known
as horoeka (9)
41 Egg or young form of head
louse (3)
42 See upper-left photo ( 7)
44 Mixtures of metals (6)
45 Bring into use or action (6)
48 Courting romantically (6)
49 Person who reviews films,
concerts etc (6)
51 Resin coating that gives hard
clear finish to surface ( 7)
52 ___ in − enter or visit
briefly (3)
55 _____ Oliver-Kerby, New Zealand radio and TV broadcaster (9)
57 Become less appealing or interesting through familiarity (4)
58 Closing section of musical composition (4) 60 Performances by two singers (5)
62 See Mystery Clue
64 Discern or discover (6)
66 Make changes to text before publication (4) 67 Cleverly humorous (5)
70 Lazy idle person (8)
72 Baby’s noise-making toy (6) 73 ____ Do Cry, 1957 Kiwi novel by Janet Frame (4) 75 ____-ditch attempt − final effort after all else has failed (4)
79 Express gratitude (5)
81 Mild exclamation of surprise (3) 82 Vertical bar between panes
of glass in window ( 7)
83 Small Hawaiian guitar ( 7)
84 Amount that is more than
needed (6)
85 Lump of earth or clay (4)
86 Makes folds or wrinkles in ( 7)
87 Area of land used for crop
cultivation (5)
DOWN
1 Handles of swords (5)
2 Area of fairly level high
ground ( 7)
3 ____ out − investigate
or look into (4)
4 Trace of colour (5)
5 NZ-founded outdoor adventure apparel and equipment retail chain (9)
6 In custody awaiting trial (2,6)
7 Felt hat with brim and
lengthways dent in crown (6)
8 A small, dried seedless
raisin ( 7)
9 Sets of articles or gear needed for a specific purpose (4)
11 Extremely angry ( 7)
12 Prolonged loud, unpleasant
noise (3)
13 Edible bivalve shellfish ( 7) 14 Meat from calf (4)
23 Shout of approval from
audience (5)
24 Another name for deadly
nightshade plant (10)
25 Person or company that
hires workers (8)
26 _____ Bridges, leader of the New Zealand National Party (5)
29 ____-off − gathering to express good wishes for someone’s departure (4)
31 Facts and statistics used
for analysis (4)
33 Reminiscent of style or
fashion from recent past (5)
34 Large bundle of wool
or hay (4)
36 See Mystery Clue
38 See lower-right photo (10)
39 ___ run − rehearsal or
practice session (3)
40 Arch of foot (6)
43 Gathers ripened produce (8)
46 Expire or become invalid (5)
47 ____ Angus, well-known NZ
painter who died in 1970 (4)
48 What spider spins (3)
50 Young male horse (4)
53 Annoying or irritating (5)
54 Cover thinly with gold (4) 56 Noisy and disorderly (5)
59 Regular expenditure or
expenses (9)
61 Glue, paste or sellotape,
examples of (8)
62 Thin board used by artist for
mixing paint colours ( 7)
63 Expresses sharp disapproval
of ( 7)
65 Stuffed completely to point
of overflowing ( 7)
68 Large NZ internet auction
website (5,2)
69 Sloping script (6)
71 Encourage by exhorting (4)
74 Praises highly (5)
76 Grooved surface of
car tyre (5)
77 Recover from injury (4)
78 Polish and make shiny (4)
80 Part of curve of circle (3)