Mega CROSSWORD

✚ When complete, the shaded letters will reveal a well-known film, personality (see mystery clue below).

MYSTERY CLUE

5ac & 14dn

Kiwi actress (4,8)

ACROSS

1 Pope’s palace (7)

5 See Mystery Clue

7 Rub harshly (6)

11 Important person (5)

15 Big cats (5)

16 Chewy confection (3) 17 Theatre worker (5) 18 Holidaymaker (9)

19 Take back (a statement) (7)

20 Hobo (5)

21 Tax (4)

22 Walk heavily (6) 24 Twin-reeded instrument (4) 26 Brown bread flour (9)

28 See upper-right photo (3,4) 31 Destructive swarming insect (6)

32 More than one (6)

34 Star system (6)

36 Seasoning (4)

40 Rainy season (7)

42 Portable computer device (6)

44 Nefarious (4)

46 Wood-turning machine (5)

48 Elbow (5)

50 Stinging insect (4)

51 Paradise (6)

52 African percussion instrument (7)

55 Cricket ground (4)

56 John Travolta musical (6)

58 Disappear (6)

60 Sound level (6)

64 Bridge over a valley or ravine (7)

65 Expanse of water that separates us from Australia (6,3)

67 Small quantity (4)

69 Cocktail of Champagne and orange juice (6) 71 Scottish isle (4)

73 Change, edit (5)

75 See 53 Down

78 Lifeless (9)

79 Te reo for sea (5) 80 Menagerie (3)

81 Bosom (5)

82 Follow (5)

83 and 84 Across Test netball player (6,4) 85 Conman (7)

DOWN

1 Material fastener (6)

2 Fish caught with a fly (5) 3 Instrument associated with flamenco (9)

4 Person who likes to stay up late (5,3)

5 Confine (5)

6 Snag (7)

8 Worthless dog (3) 9 Economic resource (5) 10 Side (4)

11 Our new public holiday (8) 12 Avarice (5)

13 Theft (7)

14 See Mystery Clue 21 Overrun, overwhelm (6)

23 Wild goat with large horns (4)

25 Cured pork rasher (5) 27 Morepork (3)

29 Vital organ (5)

30 See lower-left photo (8) 33 Red gemstone (4)

35 Town east of Lake Horowhenua (5)

37 Adolescent (8)

38 Frozen precipitation (4)

39 Disparaging remark (4)

41 Candid (4)

42 Electric car company (5)

43 First woman (3)

45 Young sheep (4)

47 Stove (4)

49 Play (5)

53 and 75 Across Volcano in the Tongariro

National Park (5,7)

54 Water heater (6)

57 Timetable (4)

58 Deeply emotional (8)

59 Call for help (1,1,1) 61 Government controlled by a privileged few (9) 62 Natural illumination (8) 63 NZ’s rugby league team (8) 64 Blood-sucking monster (7) 66 So-so (7)

68 Dairy product (6) 70 Disposable resources (5) 72 Genuflect (5)

74 Twelve (5)

76 Button on an old tape player (5)

77 Type of guitar (4) 79 Barkeeper on

The Simpsons (3)