Mega CASH WORD

ACROSS

1 Clever tricks to catch

attention (8)

5 Noise made by cat (4) 8 Resist authority or

convention (5)

11 Thin, light crisp biscuit (5) 15 _____ Crummer, New Zealand singer/songwriter (5) 16 Escape or avoid often by trickery (5)

17 Alphabetical listing of names, topics and relevant page numbers (5)

18 Wickerwork containers ( 7) 19 Regular activities done for

pleasure and leisure (8)

20 See Mystery Clue

21 Roof in form of dome (6)

23 Cruel giant in fairytales (4)

27 As result of (3,2)

29 Make small cut in (4)

31 Eight-legged arachnid (6)

33 Opposed to (4)

36 Citizen who has legal right

to vote ( 7)

39 _____ Party of Aotearoa New Zealand – part of current coalition

government (5)

40 Red fleshy crest on head of

rooster (4)

41 Attitude or standpoint (6)

43 Sums of money paid as

regular allowances (8)

44 Small creepy-crawlies with

many legs (10)

45 Typical patterns of social

behaviour (5)

48 Did exam again (5)

50 See lower-left photo (5,5)

52 Collections of historical

records and documents (8)

55 New Zealand ski and summer resort town in Otago region (6)

57 ____ in – remain at home (4)

58 Make to feel overwhelmed

and apprehensive (5)

59 See Mystery Clue

61 Oven used for firing

pottery (4)

62 Mechanism for steering

boat (6)

64 ____ out – excluded (4)

66 Pass card through electronic

reader (5)

70 Highest point of

something (4)

71 Undulating movements of

surface of open sea (6)

73 Lacking in rigour or

strictness (3)

74 _____ Smith, veteran Kiwi

radio broadcaster (8)

78 Type of long-grain Indian

rice ( 7)

80 Part of milk containing

butterfat (5)

81 Large absorbent cloth

used for drying (5)

82 Gem from oyster (5)

83 Showing faithful allegiance (5) 84 _____ for – represented

legally or contractually (5) 85 Coarse hessian bag (4)

86 Strong coffee made by forcing steam through ground beans (8)

DOWN

1 Urge by prodding or provoking (4)

2 Boringly commonplace ( 7) 3 Clumsy and lacking skill (5) 4 AGood_______, 1960

New Zealand novel by

Barry Crump (4,3)

6 Important happenings or occasions (6)

7 Refrain from demanding or enforcing (5)

8 Made smaller ( 7)

9 Think outside the ___ – disregard conventional approaches (3)

10 Defamatory publication or written statement (5) 11 Striped stinging insect (4) 12 Charge for professional services (3)

13 Reddish brown colour (6) 14 Olden ____ – former times (4) 22 See upper-right photo (8) 24 Have harmonious friendly relationship (3,2)

25 Run like engine disengaged from transmission (4)

26 _____ Henderson, Kiwi film and TV actor (6)

28 See Mystery Clue

30 Teeth on rim of gear wheel (4) 32 Committee appointed to discuss or judge something (5)

34 Industrial plant for processing substance from crude form (8)

35 Periodic official survey of

population (6)

37 Prepares newspaper for

publication (5)

38 Plant with pungent root

eaten as salad vegetable (6)

40 Red or green pepper (8)

42 Takes place of by force (6)

43 Having astute judgement (6)

46 Black bird of crow family (5)

47 Banded _____ – bird seen on New Zealand seashores and estuaries (8)

49 _____ over – assuming

control of (6)

51 Long, narrow hilltop (5)

53 No _____ barred – with no

rules or limits (5)

54 Sensation on skin making

you want to scratch (4) 56 Lacking worldly

experience (5)

60 Get ____ with – take

revenge (4)

63 Go downwards ( 7)

65 Things of little value or

importance ( 7)

67 Pressure lines on weather

map ( 7)

68 Jump about playfully (6)

69 Strikingly foreign or

unusual (6)

72 Dame _____ Cooper, respected late New Zealand Maori elder and political activist (5)

73 See Mystery Clue

74 Legal statutes (4)

75 Informal word meaning

excessively energetic (5)

76 ____ tales – unlikely

stories (4)

77 Lowest female singing

voice (4)

79 Secret agent (3)

80 ___ the mustard – reach

required standard (3)