Mega CASHWORD
When complete, the shaded letters will reveal a well- known film, TV, book or song title (see Mystery Clue below).
MYSTERY CLUE:
20ac & 51ac & 26dn & 62dn. A well-known movie title (3,6,7,6)
ACROSS
1 Small rounded stones ( 7) 5 ____ the parcel −
children’s party game (4) 7 Compensate for or
counterbalance (6)
11 Textile thread (5)
15 _____ Fox, Kiwi actress with
an international career (5)
16 Completely remove
or get rid of (9)
17 Failed to care for properly (9)
18 International distress
signal (1,1,1)
19 Japanese dish of rice
wrapped in seaweed (5)
20 See Mystery Clue 21 Noise made by a
sheep or goat (5)
23 Remain poised
uncertainly (5)
25 Deadlock between two
opponents (5-3)
27 Rectangular or greater
in length than width (6)
29 Matching cardigan and
jumper ( 7)
33 Tall New Zealand broadleaf
tree of the laurel family (4)
35 In the exact sense or
intrinsically (2,4)
36 Long and narrow artificial
waterway (5)
38 See upper-right photo ( 7)
40 White-collar workplace (6)
41 More than enough (5)
43 Small and delicate
in build (5)
45 Brownish-grey colour (5)
48 Strange and spooky (5)
49 Contaminate or pollute (5)
50 Plant with seeds again (5)
51 See Mystery Clue
53 Repeats aloud
from memory ( 7)
56 Shout of excited joy (5)
57 _____ Loader, Kiwi former
champion swimmer (6)
58 Soft, creamy white
French cheese (4)
60 Move heavily and slowly ( 7)
61 Forms and expresses
opinion openly (6)
63 Casual and relaxed (8)
66 Type of jazz originating
in the 1940s (5)
68 Sudden, upsetting
surprise (5)
70 Poorly illuminated (3)
72 Sharp tapered end
of an object (5)
74 Male swan (3)
76 Filled with fascinated
wonder and delight (9)
79 Queen _____ Sound − part of New Zealand’s Marlborough Sounds (9) 80 Scruple or uneasy feeling of doubt (5)
81 Casts evil spell on (5) 82 Aerosol cans or containers (6)
83 Nautical word used for hailing or greeting (4) 84 Increases threefold ( 7)
DOWN
1 _____ fun at − teases or
ridicules (5)
2 Person employed to
make coffee in a cafe ( 7)
3 Put away for future use (3,5)
4 _____ down − withdraws
or resigns from position (5)
5 Main tourist town in New
Zealand’s Bay of Islands (6)
6 Long-legged wading bird (5)
8 Charge for professional
services (3)
9 Burn superficially or
lightly (5)
10 Powerful small boat used for towing larger ships into harbour (3)
11 This describes food that has not been tinned, frozen or preserved (5)
12 Off your own ___ − independently on your own initiative (3)
13 Respected senior figure
in a group or community (5)
14 Manage with limited or inadequate means available (4,2)
21 People who are novices (9)
22 Carries something heavy (5)
24 Containers for displaying
cut flowers (5) 25 Position where something
is located (4)
26 See Mystery Clue
28 ___ Runga, New Zealand singer/songwriter and jewellery designer (3)
30 Not fully developed (8)
31 Put through trial to check
performance (6)
32 Willingness to take
bold risks (8)
34 Thin, light crisp biscuit (5)
36 Small red cocktail
sausage ( 7)
37 Supporting socialist
policies (4- 4)
39 Cut or divided into
two parts (8)
42 See lower-left photo (9)
44 Very young baby ( 7)
46 _____ your breath −
in a very quiet voice (5)
47 Stoat-like introduced animal that is a significant pest for New Zealand birds (6)
52 Remove skin from fruit (4)
54 Small fragment of bread
or cake (5)
55 Simple buildings used for the storage of garden tools etc (5) 57 ___ to − because of (3)
59 Small shop selling fashionable clothes and accessories (8)
62 See Mystery Clue
64 _____ Meredith, well-known
New Zealand chef ( 7)
65 Lack of interest or
enthusiasm (6)
66 Large tree of genus
Fagus (5)
67 _____ fair − acts honestly
without cheating (5)
69 Authoritative command (5)
71 Decaying vegetable matter spread to enrich and insulate soil (5)
73 Clumsy and incompetent (5)
75 Knocks or bangs into (5)
77 Compulsory government
levy on income (3)
78 Type of lettuce with
elongated head (3)
79 Affectedly modest or shy (3)