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When complete, the shaded letters will reveal a well- known film, TV, book or song title (see Mystery Clue below).
MYSTERY CLUE: 24ac & 55ac & 38dn & 61dn. A well- known TV title (6,7,7,6) ACROSS
1 Part of dress above waist (6) 4 Worry anxiously (4)
7 Small axes with short
handles (8)
11 No pain, no ____ − degree of suffering is necessary in order to achieve (4)
16 Prospect for the future ( 7)
17 _____ Apple, well-known
Kiwi artist (5)
18 Hindu religious teacher (5)
19 Leaf of a fern or palm (5)
20 Conceal from view (4) 21 Self-confident assurance
in a demanding situation (6)
23 Deep or bottomless
chasm (5)
24 See Mystery Clue
27 Exhibition or contest
of cowboy skills (5)
29 See upper-left photo (5)
30 ____ down the law − issues instructions in an authoritative way (4) 31 Alters to make suitable for a new purpose (6)
34 Little _____ kiwi − New Zealand’s smallest species of kiwi ( 7)
36 Black-and-white northern
hemisphere seabird (3)
37 Markets in Middle Eastern
countries ( 7)
39 _____ in − introduce
gradually (5)
40 Face the _____ − be confronted with unpleasant consequences of one’s actions (5)
42 Pecans and almonds, eg (4)
43 Light-sensitive membrane
at the back of the eyeball (6)
44 Enthusiastic public praise ( 7)
46 Remain silent (4,3)
48 Usual or standard (6)
50 Pastry in very thin sheets (4)
51 Surface layer of ground
covered with grass (5)
54 Lever operated by foot (5)
55 See Mystery Clue
56 Old over-worked horse (3)
57 _____ Gattung, successful
Kiwi businesswoman ( 7)
60 Most recent (6)
62 Boat mast (4)
64 Respond to a question (5)
66 Room in the roof space
of a building (5)
68 Elaborately decorated (6)
70 Thin ropes made of
twisted strands (5)
72 Partial refund because too
much has been paid (6)
74 Slightly open (4)
78 Gracefully supple (5)
79 Shines steadily without
a flame (5)
80 Heavenly being
with wings (5)
82 Disease with chills and fever transmitted through a mosquito bite ( 7)
83 Storyline of a movie (4)
84 _____ Management Act 1991 − NZ legislation relating to the use of land, air and water (8)
85 Back of the neck (4)
86 Deep gorge with river
flowing through it (6)
DOWN
1 Pamphlets for information
or publicity (9)
2 Old-fashioned and
outmoded (5)
3 Make noise like a rooster (4)
5 Bone that curves round and
forward from backbone (3)
6 New Zealand men’s national
basketball team (4,6)
7 Exclamation used to attract
someone’s attention (3)
8 Full of flavour (5)
9 Information that is
based on rumour ( 7)
10 Momentary sharp pain (6)
12 In the middle of (5)
13 Wearing no clothes (4) 14 Bypass or omit (4)
15 Have enough money for (6) 22 South American wood sorrel grown for edible tubers (3) 23 Able to be heard ( 7) 25 Particular size and style of a typeface (4)
26 Held in high regard (8)
28 _____ in − visits informally and briefly (5)
30 _____ Marvelly, New Zealand singer and political commentator (6)
32 Shopping centre (5)
33 Make enquiry
regarding (3,5)
35 Forces that stimulate
movement or change (8)
36 TV or radio aerial ( 7)
38 See Mystery Clue
39 Puts travel items
in a suitcase (5)
40 Maori word for
grandchild (8)
41 Animal of desert regions (5)
45 Person who buys
and sells for others (6)
47 Donate income
or property to (5) 49 States confidently and
forcefully ( 7)
52 Mentally perceptive
and responsive (5)
53 See lower-right photo (10)
58 Test of a student’s
knowledge (4)
59 Find out for sure (9)
61 See Mystery Clue
63 Small flute ( 7)
65 Rude, noisy
aggressive lout (3)
67 Sparse in amount
or quality (6)
69 Proportional relationship
between two amounts (5)
71 Vertical part of stairs (5)
73 Large heavy book (4)
75 Sir _____ Mateparae, New Zealand Governor- General from 2011 to 2016 (5)
76 Complete failure (4)
77 Small blood-sucking
parasitic insect (4)
80 Type of beer (3)
81 Drink like a cat (3)