Mega CASH WORD
When complete, the shaded letters will reveal a well- known film, TV, book or song title (see mystery clue below).
Be in to win – write your answer on the coupon on page 71.
MYSTERY CLUE
27ac & 47dn.
A well-known book title (6,6)
ACROSS
1 Layout or arrangement (6)
4 Panoramic outlook (4)
7 Moving unobtrusively
and furtively ( 7)
11 Press stud clothes fasteners (5)
15 Kiwi women’s national
basketball team (4,5)
16 Strangely unfamiliar (5)
17 Yearns or longs (5)
18 Dull, greyish-brown colour (3)
19 See upper-left photo ( 7)
20 Studious intellectuals (8)
21 Laughs gleefully (8)
24 Alternative therapy
technique involving energy flow (5)
26 Another word for walking stick (4)
27 See Mystery Clue
28 Small flowerless green plant that grows in low carpets in damp places (4)
32 _____ Dalziel, New Zealand mayor of Christchurch and former MP (6)
33 Ankle-length skirt or dress (4)
34 Warm and friendly ( 7)
36 Last letter of the
Greek alphabet (5) 38 Partiality that prevents
objective consideration (4)
40 Improve by modernising
or expanding ( 7)
42 Grass that has been cut and
dried for use as fodder (3)
43 Having lots of money
and assets ( 7)
46 Extremely ugly thing ( 7)
47 Have a ___ in your bonnet
− be obsessed with (3)
48 Periods or units of
instruction ( 7)
50 ____ & Co − New Zealand
chain of family restaurants (4)
52 Burn with hot liquid (5)
54 Temporary shelter
made in the bush ( 7)
55 Professional cook (4)
56 Out of _____ − not
functioning temporarily (6)
58 Machine for weaving (4)
59 Genus of tree including
lemon, lime and orange (6)
61 Hot molten rock erupted
from volcano (4)
62 Out of practise (5)
65 Final sports matches to determine a championship (4- 4)
66 Rejected bluntly (8)
69 _____ Sydney, Otago-based Kiwi artist known for sparse wild landscapes ( 7)
72 Fake hair piece (3)
74 Before the expected time (5) 75 Location where an organised event is held (5) 76 Spray blown from crests of sea waves (9) 78 Having an uneven, irregular surface (5)
79 Supervise in an official capacity ( 7)
80 Trick to deceive (4) 81 Causing an unpleasant
feeling of uneasy fear (6)
DOWN
1 In good physical health (3)
2 Object surviving from
an earlier time (5)
3 Gentle feeling of
fondness (9)
5 Important topic for
debate or discussion (5)
6 New Zealand city on the west coast of the
North Island (9)
7 Pivot on point (6)
8 Ate a meal (5)
9 Small mischievous
children (4)
10 Cotton fabric with checked
pattern ( 7)
11 Abandon or forsake (6)
12 Soft, wet earth (3)
13 Cavity in the bone of
the face or skull (5)
14 ____ agent − person with no restrictions on their actions (4)
19 Scarcely at all (6)
22 _____ ends − unfinished
tasks or details (5)
23 Curious or peculiar thing (6) 25 Form a mental picture of ( 7) 26 Loud resonant metallic sound (5)
27 Walks in a disciplined military manner ( 7)
29 _____ Casey, New Zealand radio and TV host (6) 30 Prolonged dull pain (4) 31 Design made of small pieces of coloured stone or glass (6)
35 Closest to the ground (6)
37 Excellent or splendid (6)
39 Poorly made (6)
41 Wide, tree-lined streets ( 7)
44 Cats with greyish coats streaked with a darker colour ( 7)
45 General word for
ship or large boat (6)
47 See Mystery Clue
48 The Vintner’s ____ − 1998 novel by New Zealand writer Elizabeth Knox (4)
49 Musical drama for singers
and instruments (5)
51 Substance that acts as a catalyst in biochemical reactions (6)
53 Hawaiian word
of greeting (5) 55 Person employed to
drive a private car (9)
57 See lower-right photo (9)
60 Large, intense
uncontrolled fire ( 7)
63 _____ Parker, New Zealand
professional boxer (6)
64 Subtle difference (6)
65 In _____ − ruling
or governing (5)
67 Overhanging parts
of a roof (5)
68 Students’ work tables (5)
69 Person’s manner
of walking (4)
70 Occur or develop (5)
71 Sensational publicity
or promotion (4)
73 African wildebeest (3)
77 Child’s plaything (3)