Mega CASH WORD
✚ When complete, the shaded letters will reveal a wellknown film, TV, book or song title (see Mystery Clue below).
MYSTERY CLUE:
19ac & 20ac
A highly decorated Kiwi military hero (7,5)
ACROSS
1 Malicious gossip ( 7) 5 Support (4)
7 Muscular (6)
11 Quick (5)
15 Notions (5)
16 Negative vote (3)
17 Country with the largest number of
World Heritage Sites (5)
18 Risqué cabaret show (9)
19 See Mystery Clue
20 See Mystery Clue
21 See upper-right photo (4)
22 Spanish wine bar (6)
24 Intoxicating Polynesian
beverage (4)
26 Prized nut (9)
28 Killer plant in a John
Wyndham novel ( 7)
31 Merged (6)
32 Short-sightedness (6)
34 Waste water (6)
36 Explosive device (4)
40 Affluent Auckland
60 Across ( 7)
42 Martial art (4-2)
44 Mausoleum (4)
46 Accounts check (5)
48 Period of time (5)
50 Military vehicle (4)
51 Sobbing (6)
52 Part of a book ( 7) 55 Stumble (4)
56 Cream cake (6)
58 Sportswear brand founded
in Australia (6)
60 Part of a city (6)
64 Cruise ship attendant ( 7)
65 TV drama (4,5)
67 Front of a boat (4)
69 Wolf-like (6)
71 Mark of an old injury (4)
73 Bill ___, computer
billionaire (5)
75 Opera singer ( 7)
78 Otago town (9)
79 Tropical fruit (5)
80 Sailor’s spirit (3)
81 Pass (5)
82 Bit-part player (5)
83 Mother or father (6)
84 Frolic (4)
85 Jeremy ___, TV presenter ( 7)
DOWN
1 Light fitting (6)
2 Stadium (5)
3 Offend, annoy (9)
4 Solitary (8)
5 Marshy southern US
waterway (5)
6 Hackneyed ( 7)
8 Attempt (3)
9 Planet’s path (5)
10 South Island brown
trout fishing town (4)
11 Art of prose (8)
12 Wound (pride) (5)
13 Someone who resists
vigorously to the last ( 7)
14 Film based around the
music of ABBA (5,3)
21 Colourful food fish (6)
23 Male deer (4)
25 Recognised truth (5)
27 Shy (3)
29 Milford Sound,
for example (5)
30 Essential food substance (8) 33 Small horse (4)
35 Incorrect (5)
37 Dressing-gown (8)
38 Ship’s pole (4)
39 US space agency (1,1,1,1)
41 Reverberation (4)
42 Nairobi’s country (5)
43 Animal pelt (3)
45 Dollar (4)
47 African river (4)
49 Express a belief (5)
53 Largest New Zealand
lake by surface area (5)
54 Rubber (6)
57 Cypher (4)
58 Press-gang (8)
59 Female deer (3)
61 Disliked (9)
62 See lower-left photo (8)
63 Aged type of vinegar (8)
64 Capable of being
liquefied ( 7)
66 Australia’s red centre ( 7)
68 Brief period (6)
70 Aviator (5)
72 Seat (5)
74 Sugary liquid (5)
76 Forbidden fruit (5)
77 Halt (4)
79 Juniper spirit (3)