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Across
  1. 2. to be deficient in something. There was a ____ of colour in her artwork. + opposite of truths.
  2. 5. an Indian curry. First syllable syn. for angry
  3. 7. Sun god of Egypt + the host of ABC current affairs from 2011 to 2022.
  4. 9. Muslim god + a full grown kitty
  5. 10. a large flightless bird of Aotearoa (NZ), though now extinct.
  6. 11. Maori symbol based on the unfurling of fern frond
  7. 12. American term for shopping centre + acute kidney injury
  8. 13. components of a head of garlic. Rhyme: My Fair Lady "wouldn't it be ______"
  9. 14. A 1996 song by Dionee Warwick. Referenced in Emily in Paris when she sings to her boyfriend: "what's it all about, _____?"
  10. 17. rhyme: move faster than a walk. + where you go for alcohol and tapas.
  11. 18. A man who fishes is a _____man.
  12. 19. the right-wing TV station in US that Trump supporters watch + if batsman scores 100 points during a continuous run in cricket, that play has completed a ___.
  13. 20. worlds largest inland body of water. Eastern water borders Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan.
  14. 22. 2nd person singular present indicative of have
  15. 23. Located in south-east NSW over looks a lake and is near Snowy Mountains.
  16. 27. The Kardashian that's not Kourtney or Kim.
  17. 28. a cloud operating platform by Microsoft. Also a hue of blue.
  18. 29. popular tourist destination in Indonesia + short for Emily
  19. 30. short for the fruit used in guac + state abbreviation for the US west coast state of which Sacramento is the capital.
  20. 31. rhyme: D. Malfoy's mothers given name
Down
  1. 1. country on Balkan Peninsula with seas to western border and Montenegro to North.
  2. 3. remnant of a skin injury + New York is composed of five ______.
  3. 4. 0600 - 0900 and 1600 - 1900 considered ____ hour. + prefix for two
  4. 6. a double battery is marked as _____ + what a Brit might call someone telling lies.
  5. 8. Italian "outside space".
  6. 15. to live an elaborate and impressive life is to have a lavish _________.
  7. 16. hail a ____ + the journalist in Harry Potter who did not report news very accurately
  8. 18. _____ Kahlo, a Mexican painter on exhibition in Sydney for Feb 2023.
  9. 21. acronym: graduate record examinations + the part of a flower that's not the petals.
  10. 24. Wasim _____ , born 1966, is a former Pakistani cricket player and captain. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time.
  11. 25. Muslim name meaning "Venus"
  12. 26. to have earrings, you must ____ your ears
  13. 29. Great _____ Reef
  14. 32. Turkish for black