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:
11dn & 56ac & 64dn. A well-known movie title (8,6,7)
ACROSS
1 Bruce ___, Kiwi motorsport
legend ( 7)
5 Common table
condiment (4)
7 Sir John ___, singer of
Cheryl Moana Marie (6)
11 Straight from the garden,
not canned or frozen (5)
15 Copper, zinc or steel,
for example (5)
16 ___ Brown, author of
The Da Vinci Code (3)
17 Unable to see (5)
18 Anti-perspirant personal
hygiene product (9)
19 One of Christ’s
12 disciples ( 7)
20 Practitioner of magic (5)
21 Rear part of the foot (4)
22 Great riches (6)
24 Flashy businessman of
dubious legality (4)
26 Hometown of
The Beatles (9)
28 Sharp tooth adapted
for cutting ( 7)
31 Lacking grace
or dexterity (6)
32 Glassy substance used
to coat baths (6)
34 See upper-right photo (6)
36 ___ Grant, actor who stars in
this week’s mystery film (4)
40 Precious gem, a form
of carbon ( 7)
42 See lower-left photo (6)
44 Profound, abstruse (4)
46 Rich milk component (5)
48 Burt ___, Kiwi played by Anthony Hopkins in The World’s Fastest Indian (5)
50 Exist in funk of listless dejection (4)
51 ___ Little, fictional mouse created by EB White (6) 52 Umbrella-like sun shade ( 7) 55 Young cow (4)
56 See Mystery Clue
58 Truman ___, Breakfast at Tiffany’s author (6)
60 Baby at a very early stage of development (6)
64 First month ( 7)
65 Reckless, easily swayed by emotion (9)
67 One part of a chain (4) 69 Five-cent coin of US currency (6)
71 America’s space agency (1,1,1,1)
73 Feeling the need to scratch (5)
75 US state with the capital Phoenix ( 7)
78 Merchant’s list of stock (9) 79 Southernmost town in mainland New Zealand (5) 80 Chopper (3)
81 Support such as an easel (5) 82 Walk in a vain, pompous manner (5)
83 Seafood for which
79 Across is famed (6) 84 French term used to indicated dryness on wine labels (4)
85 Shiny product often used to cover roasting meat ( 7) 1 Creature that gives
birth to live young (6)
2 Popular weekly national
gambling game (5)
3 Family, kin (9)
4 Infamous Australian
bushranger (3,5)
5 Chewy tendon often found
in cheap meat products (5)
6 Large, prized crustacean ( 7)
8 Ancient, aged (3)
9 Soup spoon (5)
10 Type of air pollution (4)
11 See Mystery Clue
12 Electronic missive (5)
13 Teri ___, Desperate
Housewives actress ( 7)
14 Person who likes
to stay up late (5,3)
21 Empty in the middle (6)
23 Male monarch (4)
25 ___ Bennett, Deputy Leader
of the National Party (5)
27 ___ Morrison, Northern Irish
singer of Moondance (3)
29 Tomato ___, ketchup (5)
30 University lecturer
or teacher (8)
33 ___ Hosking, influential
broadcaster (4)
35 Secret ___, spy (5)
37 Major city 125km
south of Auckland (8)
38 First man (4)
39 Mark left by an
old wound (4)
41 Member of the woodwind
family (4)
42 Broken, ruined (5)
43 Domestic animal (3)
45 Leader of the Roman
Catholic church (4)
47 Stinging insect (4)
49 Manmade fabric (5)
53 Creature of Greek
mythology that lured
sailors to their doom (5)
54 Russian vehicle drawn
by three horses (6)
57 Type of banded
ornamental quartz (4)
58 Sweet pepper (8)
59 Noisy, black
honeyeater bird (3)
61 Star of the original
Mad Max movies (3,6)
62 ___ Sauvignon, red wine
variety (8)
63 Opulent and luxurious (8)
64 See Mystery Clue
66 Name for the Devil taken from the Latin name for the planet Venus ( 7)
68 Iconic Kiwi footwear
brand (6)
70 Lid, top (5)
72 Very deep chasm (5)
74 Bread’s rising agent (5)
76 Dunedin’s region (5)
77 Extinct bird of Mauritius (4)
79 Cricket run made without
a ball being hit (3)