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Bumper New Zealand Crossword
A large New Zealand-themed holiday puzzle.
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CLUES ACROSS
1 Oil field near Waitara (5)
4 Lower North Island lake (9)
9 Stone fruit (4)
11 Bedlam (5)
14 Giant New Zealand tree (5)
15 Russian composer (11)
17 He won gold for discus at 1966 Commonwealth Games (3,5)
20 Use again (7)
21 Furious (5)
22 Set at 2·5% and 5% in an 1891 Government Act (6,3)
25 City where a replica Bounty ship was built (8)
27 Renowned portrait painter (6)
28 Stood in line (6)
32 City green spots (5)
33 Annual remembrance (5,3)
35 Skip (4)
36 Covering for feet (5)
40 Coloured arch (7)
41 Gloss (6)
42 Amaze utterly (11)
43 Native grassland moth (6)
45 Realise (3)
47 Forsakes (7)
51 Eternal (7)
57 Cast off (4)
58 Bay of Plenty fruit-growing and dairying centre (2,4)
59 Swell (6)
60 Inundated (7)
62 Tune (3)
64 One of the first television Lotto presenters (5,5)
65 Soaked up (8)
66 Linger (5)
69 South Island mountain pass (6)
70 Concrete-levelling board (6)
71 Roger Hall television comedy (7,2)
76 Emergency practice (4,5)
77 Rider's straps (5)
78 Esteemed Maori iwi member, learned in
traditional lore (7)
83 Defeated heavily (8)
84 Ramshackle (11)
85 Spectators' building (5)
86 Finished (4)
89 Be sad, studio actor (anag)(7,9)
96 Paper quantity (4)
100 Actor's platform (5)
101 Sportsground audience activity (7,4)
102 Performer's test (8)
105 Rumour (7)
106 Watercourse (5)
107 Cold ocean (9)
110 Old Westland coal town (9)
112 Washes (6)
113 Otago plain and river (6)
117 Wed (5)
118 Cloudy (8)
120 New, progressive (5-5)
123 Circuit (3)
125 Meat chopper (7)
126 Mark of disgrace (6)
127 Hearing impediment (6)
128 Scoff at (4)
129 Tropical storm (7)
132 Match (7)
136 Wager (3)
137 Hinder (6)
140 Misleading clues (3,8)
142 Oscillates (6)
143 Butterfly, ruler (7)
145 Run off to marry (5)
146 Variety of agate (4)
147 Opening (8)
148 Be worthy of (5)
151 American state (6)
152 Depressingly dark (6)
153 Her paintings have appeared on postage stamps (4,5)
158 Sacking (9)
159 Piece of confectionery (5)
160 Confiscate (7)
165 Island in Marlborough Sounds (8)
166 New Zealand country singer (5,6)
167 Breaking point (5)
168 Consumed (5)
169 Shout (4)
170 Auckland hospital (9)
171 Counterfeited (5)


Bumper New Zealand Crossword Sample Grid CLUES DOWN
2 Prime minister 1925-28 (6)
3 Premature (5)
5 Curved structure (4)
6 Mountain range cut through by the Manawatu River (7)
7 Canterbury salmon fishing river (6)
8 Cover with cobblestones (4)
9 Be nosy (3)
10 Auckland prison (2,4)
11 Have a heavy fall; fail significantly (4,1,6)(NZ slang)
12 Wheel shaft (4)
13 Dangle (7)
16 Set alight (6)
18 Genetic copy (5)
19 Represented NZ in rugby from 1957 to 1971 (5,5)
23 Wet (5)
24 Buy (8)
26 Early Southland whisky (7)
27 Rotorua spouts (7)
29 New Zealand ground parrot (6)
30 Checked and corrected (6)
31 Not fluctuating (6)
34 Entertain (5)
37 Satisfies completely (5)
38 State of unconsciousness (4)
39 At a distance (4)
43 Out-of-date (5)
44 Dry white wine (8)
46 New Zealand company collapsed in 1989 (10)
48 Gemstone (7)
49 Reveal (6)
50 Singing voice (5)
52 Tidings (4)
53 Back problem (7)
54 Clippers (6)
55 Crowbar (5)
56 Alpine parrot (3)
61 Lacking (9)
63 Prepare (5)
67 Forest songster (8)
68 Cast metal bar (5)
69 Found (7)
72 Whistle cord (7)
73 Native pigeon (6)
74 Sheep breed (6)
75 Programme (6)
79 Say (5)
80 Boisterous lout (4)
81 Young sheep (4)
82 Cave insect (4)
87 Beginning (6)
88 Keen (5)
90 Layer (4)
91 First (7)
92 Tooth covering (6)
93 Arguments (4)
94 Moved forward (8)
95 Origin (6)
97 Door out (4)
98 Fiordland National Park lake (7)
99 Auckland suburb (9)
103 Trapdoor (5)
104 Hawke's Bay town originally a Scandinavian settlement (10)
108 Higher than (5)
109 Fetch back again (8)
111 Dunedin castle-builder (7)
112 Sword (7)
114 Christchurch park
115 Goal (6)
116 Go furtively (5)
119 Proportion (5)
121 Uncanny (5)
122 Vote against (4)
124 Long seat (3)
129 Curt (5)
130 Rural enclosures (8)
131 Restricted (6)
132 Fairground fare (10)
133 Front part (4)
134 Rapture (7)
135 South Island town originally for hydro construction workers (6)
136 Coastline recess (5)
137 Press (4)
138 Level highland (7)
139 Dishonest stratagem (6)
141 "Sparkie" (11)
144 Ordeal (5)
149 Native tree (6)
150 Foe (3)
151 Diminish gradually (7)
154 Outlawed (7)
155 Use (6)
156 Persuade by force (6)
157 Ask (6)
161 Train tunnel started 1908, completed 1923 (5)
162 Obnoxious child (4)
163 Consumer (4)
164 Potter's oven (4)
166 Friend (3)

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