Mega CASH WORD
When complete, the shaded letters will reveal a wellknown film, TV, book or song title (see mystery clue below).
Be in to win – write your answer on the coupon on page 71.
MYSTERY CLUE
20ac & 28ac.
Oscar-winning director (5,7)
ACROSS
1 Agent of retribution ( 7)
5 Natural fibre (4)
7 Artist’s workplace (6)
11 Relocates (5)
15 Latin American dance (5)
16 Tradie’s vehicle (3)
17 Raise a glass to (5)
18 Energetic, vigorous (9)
19 Blimp ( 7)
20 See Mystery Clue
21 Dimwitted (4)
22 Horseradish condiment
served with 13 Down (6)
24 Closed (4)
26 Fiordland’s region (9)
28 See Mystery Clue
31 Dried grape (6)
32 Rapid water vehicle (3,3)
34 Wild (6)
36 Hospital room (4)
40 Hot spice ( 7)
42 See 47 Down (6)
44 Cricket pitch (4)
46 La Bohème, for example (5)
48 Supple (5)
50 Hire (4)
51 Milled (6)
52 Supernatural event ( 7)
55 Words (4)
56 Arrest (informally) (6)
58 Room to manoeuvre (6)
60 Desert apparition (6)
64 See 25 Down 65 New York City borough (9)
67 Immense (4)
69 Fill (with holes) (6)
71 Level (4)
73 Clear (5)
75 Extremely offensive ( 7)
78 Lead up the garden path (9)
79 Injure (5)
80 Racket (3)
81 Take a dip (5)
82 Piece of verse (5)
83 Evening meal (6)
84 Jack ___, TV and
radio journalist (4)
85 Mediocre ( 7)
DOWN
1 Sweet plant secretion (6)
2 Under the legal age (5)
3 Pasta (9)
4 Embittered person (8)
5 Grain (5)
6 Large bird ( 7)
8 Infant (3)
9 1970s music style (5)
10 Ladies’ fingers (4)
11 See upper-right photo (8)
12 Stringed instrument (5)
13 Japanese dish of raw fish ( 7)
14 New Plymouth’s region (8)
21 One who enjoys
hurting others (6)
23 Catch on (4)
25 and 64 Across See
lower-left photo (5,7)
27 Exploit (3)
29 Picture (5)
30 Item of jewellery (8)
33 Cries (4)
35 Strikingly bright (5)
37 Distance across a circle (8)
38 Doing word (4)
39 Shout, bellow (4)
41 Poverty (4)
42 Oddly comical (5)
43 Paddle (3)
45 Type of meat (4) 47 and 42 Across
Former Sale of the Century co-host (4,6)
49 Poisonous (5)
53 Utter disorder (5)
54 Performed without delay (6)
57 Type of quartz (4)
58 Once popular
floor covering (8)
59 Formicary insect (3)
61 Unable to be seen (9)
62 Way of speaking (8)
63 Sleep disorder (8)
64 Wellington suburb ( 7)
66 Greek province that gives its name to a pastoral utopia ( 7)
68 Calm (6)
70 Covered with
household dirt (5)
72 Citrus fruit (5)
74 Avoid (5)
76 Bit-part player (5)
77 Crucifix (4)
79 Sorry (3)