The Top 10

Across

1. Mountain by Lake Wakatipu, named after Scotland’s highest mountain (3,5)

7. Grieve (5)

8. Parasitic European plant used as a Christmas decoration (9)

9. By way of (3)

10. Deserve (4)

11. Spiny tree or shrub; also a bay on Lake Taupo (6)

13. Stay (6)

14. Entreaty (6)

17/22. Player who retired in 2022 after 15 years with the Black Ferns, winning three World Cups (6,9)

18.

20. Desire (3)

22. See 17

23. Male relative (5)

24. Surreptitiously (8)

Down

1. Ice cream dish (5)

2. Cure-all (7)

3. Nickname for Australian NRL side Parramatta (4)

4. Whole (6)

5. Tropical fruit (5)

6. Canvas shoe (7)

7. Company whose electricity generation is all from renewable sources (7)

12. Small boat with oars and sails (7)

13. 2022 World Cup campaign (4,3)

15. A long time ago (colloq) (4,3)

16. Prophet (6)

17. Flair, talent (5)

19. Poem for the dead (5)

21. Russian ruler (4)

1. Which Wellington suburb has the same name as the mystical island King Arthur was taken to after his last battle?

2. Napoleon derisively referred to the English as ‘a nation of . . . ‘

3. Bertie Wooster and his manservant Jeeves were created by which writer?

4. What does HSBC stand for?

5. In Monopoly, what colour is the Strand property?

6. Who played drums with Nirvana and went on to create The Foo Fighters?

7. An ell was a archaic measure of about 45 inches, used mainly for measuring what?

8. Who played Inspector Morse on TV from 1987 to 2000?

9. Name either of the two letters that are not used by any element in the Periodic Table.

10. What are grissini?