Mega CASH WORD
MYSTERY CLUE
20ac & 63ac & 33dn & 72dn. A well-known movie title (3,4,4,5)
ACROSS
1 Disease-causing
bacterium ( 7)
5 Stingy hoarder of
money (5)
8 Nautical map used for
navigation (5)
11 Plants grown on large scale
commercially (5)
14 ___ Hill, well-known Kiwi
radio broadcaster (3)
15 Show with singing and
dancing ( 7)
16 Type of wheat used to make
flour for pasta (5) 17 Relatively flat highland ( 7)
18 Make unrecognisable (8)
20 See Mystery Clue
22 Trend of improvement or
recovery ( 7)
24 Drink in small mouthfuls (3)
26 Plant of buttercup family with brightly coloured flowers ( 7)
27 Something inherited from predecessor (6)
29 ____ of the mark – inaccurate or far from truth (4) 30 ____ and kin – friends and
family (4)
34 Male duck (5)
36 _____ Henare, veteran
Kiwi actor (6)
37 Unnecessary concern
about detail (9)
40 See upper left photo (9)
42 Agreeably pleasant (9)
45 Happen afterwards as
consequence (5)
47 Drawback in otherwise
ideal situation (5)
49 Long speech made
by one person (9)
52 Instinctive understanding (9)
54 Town in Canterbury region (9)
57 Surgical stitch (6)
59 Quantity of goods
produced at one time (5)
62 Carries something heavy
with effort (4)
63 See Mystery Clue
64 Disastrous embarrassing
failure (6)
65 Natural environment of
animal ( 7)
69 Mushroom with brown
cap (3)
70 Form of vitamin A ( 7)
71 Person’s luck or destiny
in life (3)
73 Line determining outer
limits (8)
75 General term for iconic New
Zealand cultural items ( 7)
76 Produce flowers (5)
78 Japanese art of flower
arrangement ( 7)
80 Achieve high marks in
exam (3)
81 Spell of unrestrained
activity (5)
82 Run a _____ ship –
manage organisation
strictly and efficiently (5) 83 Because of (3,2)
84 Make better ( 7)
DOWN
1 Large fast-moving type
of shark (4)
2 Add or merge together ( 7)
3 Unit of electrical
resistance (3)
4 This describes bathroom immediately adjoining bedroom (2,5)
5 Dr _____ Dickinson,
New Zealand-based science educator known as Nanogirl (8)
6 Sullen and moody (5)
7 In the ___ – in debt (3)
8 Wispy white high altitude
cloud (6)
9 At ___’s length – avoiding
close contact (3)
10 Outer part of round of beef
suitable for roasting ( 7)
11 Take ____ – assume
control (6)
12 Starts shooting (5,4)
13 Base of trunk left standing
after tree has been felled (5)
19 Behaves in ingratiating or
obsequious way ( 7)
21 Open sore on skin (5)
23 Small light rowing boat (5)
25 Magician’s stick (4)
28 Large web-footed birds (5)
31 Person who is no longer
popular or influential (3- 4)
32 Refuse to accept or
believe (4)
33 See Mystery Clue
35 Distribute in portions (5)
38 _____ tooth – fondness for
sugary foods (5)
39 Gas used in fluorescent
lighting (4)
40 _____ Campbell, retired
Kiwi professional golfer ( 7)
41 Confess or own up (5)
43 Run as form of physical
exercise (3)
44 Food placed on hook to
catch fish (4)
46 Simple straight dress
without waist (5)
48 Period of time (4)
50 Scottish word for girl (4)
51 Gains deservedly through
effort (5)
53 Another word for drank ( 7)
55 Having great deal
of influence and
dynamism (4-5)
56 Tough lightweight synthetic
fabric (5)
58 Fabric woven with parallel
diagonal ribs (5)
60 ____ the spot – is exactly
what is required (4)
61 See lower right photo (8)
63 Person who is rejected or
ostracised by society ( 7)
65 _____ Gulf – gulf stretching from Auckland region to Coromandel Peninsula ( 7)
66 Destructive vortex of
violently rotating winds ( 7)
67 Elaborately decorated (6)
68 Very nearly but not quite (6)
69 Baked goods (5)
72 See Mystery Clue
74 Unit of heredity (4)
76 Annoy or bother (3)
77 Here’s ___ in your eye –
toast to good health (3)
79 High mountain (3)