Mega CASH WORD
MYSTERY CLUE
42ac & 11dn & 54dn. A well-known TV title (7,2,5,5)
ACROSS
1 Songbird with spotted
breast (6)
4 Series of eight musical
notes (6)
8 Turn red in embarrassment (5)
11 Centre of interest or activity (5)
15 Dame _____ Reddy, current Governor- General of New Zealand (5)
16 Wooden frame for holding an artist’s work while it’s being painted (5)
17 Send money in payment (5)
18 Item of clothing ( 7) 19 Mixture of dried petals and spices placed in a bowl to perfume a room (9)
20 Wear several ____ −
act in several capacities (4)
21 Evoke or draw out (6)
23 Enthusiastic energy (3)
26 Gradually grows faint
and disappears (5)
28 Remaining after all
deductions (4)
29 Brimmed felt hat with crown
creased lengthways (6)
31 Pale purple colour (5) 33 New Zealand South
Island town just north of Christchurch (8)
36 Relieves or mitigates (8)
37 Variety of mandarin
orange ( 7)
40 Laugh at in a scornful way (4)
41 Inmate’s room in prison (4)
42 See Mystery Clue
44 Strip of gathered fabric
used as decorative trim (5)
46 Vapour from boiling water (5)
47 Making gesture of
indifference (9)
49 Female relative (4)
50 Ice-cream holder (4)
53 Outcomes or
consequences ( 7)
55 Subtleties of polite social
behaviour (8)
57 Closer _____ Relations (CER) − trade agreement between New Zealand and Australia (8)
59 Windproof jacket with a hood (5)
61 Rich cake with layers of cream (6)
62 Vote that blocks decision (4) 63 Force to leave or move out (5)
66 Unit of work or energy (3) 67 Walk or teeter unsteadily (6) 69 Violent ruffian (4)
70 See lower-right photo (9) 75 _____ Clement, Kiwi musician, comedian, actor and writer ( 7)
77 Seed of cereal plant (5) 78 Heavy dark-coloured wood (5)
79 Compare similarities (5) 80 Common herb of genus Ocimum (5)
81 Popular taste or fashion
at a given time (5)
82 Poem with 14 lines (6)
83 Shrub with glossy, aromatic
leaves (6)
DOWN
1 Replenish by filling (3,2)
2 Turned around on axis ( 7)
3 Authorisation or
permission (3-2)
5 See upper-left photo (8)
6 New Zealand national
men’s soccer team (3,6)
7 Herons with white
plumage (6)
8 Explosive device (4)
9 Up to time that (5)
10 Embrace warmly (3)
11 See Mystery Clue
12 Herb of parsley family with
delicate fern-like leaves ( 7)
13 ___ back − relax and
take no active part (3)
14 ____ fruit − yield
positive results (4)
22 Complete disorder
and confusion (5)
24 _____ Joseph Savage,
New Zealand Prime Minister from 1935 to 1940 ( 7)
25 Making sound like horse (8) 26 Meeting for an open
discussion (5)
27 Short comedy sketch (4)
30 Hard, dark, glass-like
volcanic rock (8)
31 Grant an exemption or
release to (3,3)
32 Noise made by happy cat (4)
34 Central core of atom ( 7)
35 Smells extremely bad (5)
38 Unchanging or consistent ( 7)
39 Woodwind instrument with
single-reed mouthpiece (8)
42 Illusionist who entertains
with tricks (8)
43 Medicinal drink that strengthens and invigorates (5)
45 _____ Wickstead,
Kiwi-born fashion designer based in London (6)
46 Moral qualm ( 7)
48 Very small amount (4)
51 Be exceptionally good
or proficient (5)
52 Stake put up by player
in game of poker (4)
54 See Mystery Clue
56 This describes tree that
is not deciduous (9)
58 Traditional beliefs and
ancient stories of culture (8)
60 Systems of government ( 7)
64 New Zealand charitable trust providing a range of free health services to young children ( 7)
65 Recites with repeated
rhythmical intonation (6)
67 Fabric woven with
diagonal ribs (5)
68 Keen-sighted bird of prey (5)
71 ____ and means − methods and resources for achieving something (4)
72 To the complete extent (5)
73 Unit of metric weight (5)
74 ____ of hearing −
slightly deaf (4)
75 Colloquial word for
vaccination injection (3)
76 Juvenile form of newt (3)