NEW ZEALAND CROSSWORD

Across

1. Mountain by Lake Wakatipu, named after Scotland’s highest mountain (3,5)

7. Grieve (5)

8. Parasitic European plant used as a Christmas decoration (9)

9. By way of (3)

10. Deserve (4)

11. Spiny tree or shrub; also a bay on Lake Taupo (6)

13. Stay (6)

14. Entreaty (6)

17/22. Player who retired in 2022 after 15 years with the Black Ferns, winning three World Cups (6,9)

18. 20. Desire (3)

22. See 17

23. Male relative (5)

24. Surreptitiously (8)

Down

1. Ice cream dish (5)

2. Cure-all (7)

3. Nickname for Australian NRL side Parramatta (4)

4. Whole (6)

5. Tropical fruit (5)

6. Canvas shoe (7)

7. Company whose electricity generation is all from renewable sources (7)

12. Small boat with oars and sails (7)

13. 2022 World Cup campaign (4,3)

15. A long time ago (colloq) (4,3)

16. Prophet (6)

17. Flair, talent (5)

19. Poem for the dead (5)

21. Russian ruler (4)