Mega CASH WORD
✚✚ When complete, the shaded letters will reveal a well- known film, TV, book or song title (see mystery clue below).
MYSTERY CLUE
23ac & 55ac & 43dn. A well-known movie title (8,5,5)
ACROSS
1 Short pins used to hold two plates of metal together (6) 4 ____-up – practice exercise before event (4)
7 Flat cutting edge of knife (5)
10 South American animals similar to llamas ( 7)
15 Fasten securely in place (3) 16 Otago ____ _____ – New Zealand walking, cycling and horse-riding track (4,5) 17 Correct or put right ( 7) 18 Dog’s foot (3) 19 Band of tough, fibrous tissue connecting muscle to bone (5)
20 Male cat (3)
22 Arrange or wrap loosely with folds of cloth (5)
23 See Mystery Clue
26 Eel-like fish with sucking mouth ( 7)
28 See upper-left photo (8) 30 Come together from different directions towards single point (8)
33 ____ Thomson, Kiwi comedian and co-host of TV’s The Project (4)
34 Book of maps (5)
36 Mild yellow Dutch cheese (4) 37 Continuation of collar of jacket (5)
40 Small light canoe (5)
41 _____ the talk – backs up what is said with action (5)
42 Having small, delicate build (5) 44 Type of cloud forming rounded masses with flat base ( 7)
47 Small piece of something ( 7) 49 Round flat hat with no brim (5)
51 Dull and insipid (5)
53 _____ Bennett, New Zealand politician and deputy leader of National Party (5)
55 See Mystery Clue
57 Sport played on large open-air course (4)
59 Protective garment (5)
60 Spongy white tissue lining rind of citrus fruits (4) 63 Characteristic or typical of mother (8)
64 Highly seasoned smoked beef in thin slices (8) 66 Customers using professional services ( 7)
69 Person who travels some distance regularly between home and work (8)
71 Device that measures and records quantities (5)
73 ___ on the fence – avoid making choice or decision (3) 74 Semi-precious stone that is usually yellow or pale blue (5) 77 Amusing person (3)
78 _____ Fielder – food company with 14 manufacturing sites in New Zealand ( 7) Celeb Tiles: 5.2.18
79 Large variety of tomato (9) 81 ___ through – go over quickly as reminder or rehearsal (3) 82 Large farming implements used for breaking up earth and making furrows ( 7)
83 Vertical section of step in staircase (5)
84 First light of day (4)
85 Complex protein produced by cells that acts as catalyst in biochemical reaction (6)
DOWN
1 Act of rejection ( 7)
2 Female fox (5)
3 Mt _____ – volcano in the North Island that had a major eruption in 1886 (8)
5 ___ for – represent on formal basis (3)
6 Follow winding random course ( 7)
7 Very lightweight wood used for making models (5) 8 Pleasant and affable (9) 9 Reason given to justify fault or offence (6)
10 Operation of aircraft (8) 11 Enquire or look too inquisitively (3) 12 Dried coconut kernel from which oil is extracted (5)
13 Plants seeds in ground (4) 14 Extremely dirty (6)
21 _____ King, respected New Zealand historian who died in 2004 ( 7)
24 Person competing with you for same objective (5)
25 Small wooded valley (4) 27 Smelling damp and mouldy (5) 29 Hindu hereditary social class (5) 31 Force or drive back (5)
32 Alert to possible danger (4) 33 Humorous gags (5)
35 Device that generates intense beam of light (5)
38 Omit or bypass (4)
39 Decorated cake with sweet topping (4)
41 Large New Zealand insect (4) 43 See Mystery Clue
45 Feel dejected and apathetic (4) 46 Store away safely in secret place (5)
48 Block of precious metal (5) 49 Online journal that is updated regularly (4)
50 Distinguishing feature or by PMH characteristic (5) 52 See lower-right photo ( 7) 54 Organisation for protection of workers’ rights (5)
55 Having lost physical sensation (4)
56 Continuous humming drone of motor (5)
58 Small broken pieces (9)
61 Brief explanations under photos (8)
62 Wrong in opinion or judgment (8)
65 Informal word for silly feather-brained person ( 7) 66 Portion of meat usually covered in breadcrumbs and grilled or fried (6)
67 _____ Prentice, popular New Zealand country singer ( 7) 68 Small earthquake (6)
70 Perform better than (5) 72 Thickened underground stem of plant (5)
75 Fun social gathering (5) 76 Exchange one thing for another (4)
78 Live performance by musician or group (3)
80 Tool for cutting wood (3)