NEW ZEALAND CROSSWORD

Across

7. NZ’s biggest daily newspaper (6) 8. North Island river crossed by NZ’s highest railway bridge (6)

10. North Island volcanic area known as the Central ____ (7)

11. Type of vessel the Mikhail Lermontov was that sank in the Marlborough Sounds in 1986 (5)

12. Quality brand mark for New Zealand apples and pears (4)

13. Daring skilful act (5)

17. Church table (5)

18. Holiday house in NZ (4) 22. Temporary retail outlet (3,2) 23. Racing series won six times by New Zealander Scott Dixon (7)

24. Curler (6)

25. Insult (6) Down 1. 2.

3. Narrow lane (5)

4. MP given the nickname ‘crusher’ while Police Minister (7)

5. Outing (5) 6. Neighbourhood shop (5)

9. NZ’s largest investment partner, ahead of China (9)

14. Applauded (7)

15. Lines and numbers printed on wrappings, packages, etc. (7)

16. Unit for powering a device (7) 19. New Zealand’s largest telecommunications company (5)

20. Put in for (5)

21. Curiously (5)