NEW ZEALAND CROSSWORD

Across

5. Sugary (5)

8. Auckland road in a song by The Mutton Birds (8)

9. Dangerous (5)

10. Suburb of Wellington, location of Wellington International Airport (8)

11. Pace (5)

14. An amusing type (colloq) (3)

16. NZ national museum (2,4)

17. Tell (6)

18. Bloke (3)

20. Lisa Carrington’s medal-winning form of transport (5)

24. Hindrance or disadvantage (8)

25. Cycle (5)

26. Rooftop window (8)

27. Vegetable based dish (5)

Down

1. Cherish (5)

2. Correct something (5)

3. Pry (5)

4. River in Hawke’s Bay which features several steep gorges (6)

6. Delete a bad debt (5,3)

7. NZ rugby ground (4,4)

12. Tree also known as NZ honeysuckle (8)

13. NZ’s home of Tolkien tourism (8)

14. A horse’s mother (3)

15. Alcoholic spirit that has surged in popularity and yielded many new distilleries in NZ (3)

19. New Zealand’s highest mountain (6)

21. Rise and fall of the ocean (5) 22. 23. Boast (colloq) (5)