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ACROSS

1 Frida, Mexican painter and a posthumous 14 for the Chicano Movement (5)

4 In physics, the capacity to do work – in drinks, ‘V’, ‘Red Bull’, ‘Monster’, etc! (6)

9 All kinds of things – “We saw ducks, geese, swans – __ ___ _!” (3,4,2)

10 Taut, rigid, stretched tight (or present, past, pluperfect, conditional, etc) (5)

11 Stir up, literally or figuratively (4)

12 A protagonist such as Zorro, Robin Hood, Xena, Indiana Jones, etc (6,4)

15 “Women who seek to be ___ with men lack ambition.” -- Timothy Leary (5)

16 Supplies of (generally non-16 down) material or 4 (9)

17 Describes a biochemical process accompanied by a release of 4 (anagram of “generic ox”) (9)

18 A source of 4 – clean nuclear power, in a sense (5)

19 Grey animal found in North American forests (6,4) 21 4, or vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment (4)

23 An iron-nickel alloy used in tuning forks, measuring tapes, etc (5)

25 A lawyer who speaks in the higher courts of law (9)

26 Come to light (6)

27 A can for storing tea (5)

DOWN

1 This building in Matakohe includes a working mock-up of a steam sawmill and an extensive collection of pioneering memorabilia (5,6)

2 A form of 4, the end result of most physical processes (4)

3 The major fatty acid in olive and canola oil (5)

4 Not an essential part of something, originating outside it (9)

5 Quench; stub out (10)

6 An alcoholic drink (could it be a trap?) (3) 7 A source of 16 4 (“Flower” power?!) (13)

8 Protesters (devils – and turncoats, by the sound of it!) (13)

13 In a splendid manner (befitting Bill and Ted’s adventure, perhaps?) (11)

14 Metaphorically, someone symbolising an idea or movement (e.g. Greta Thunberg for environmental activism) (4-6)

16 Describes an (in-principle) inexhaustible source of 4 (9)

20 The words to a song or short poem (5) 22 A source of 4 from “thin air” (4)

24 4, or a capacity for vigorous activity (3) Find the answer to 1 across and enter online at goodmagazine.co.nz /competitions to be in to win a copy of Dogs With Stories by Mardo El-Noor, $80, published by Beatnik Publishing.