Across
- 1. Neighbouring whenua is briefly cast in bronze (2)
- 5. Kangaroo abode taken back from pure Gnowangerup (7)
- 8. Plant I can order (9)
- 11. Top the joint before best price negotiations make me a happy kiwi (4)
- 12. Heading for Sapporo, the plane’s ready for you, sport! (12)
- 14. Six balls and King’s clown has had enough (4, 2)
- 16. Fruit is unlocking device and tiny, say (4)
- 17. Near the beginning in other times (5)
Down
- 2. Maternal being in home of the Serengeti isn’t brown (5)
- 3. Antipodean family starts building awesome residence, really expecting the tourist season (8)
- 4. Pastoralist intermittently schepps hued rod (8)
- 6. Transgender question drives a Rolls Royce into doctored biology (3,2,4)
- 7. Pugilistic tree mound (7, 4)
- 9. Brief sleep without effort, we hear, covers the bottom (7)
- 10. Son caught in trap? Retreat! (4)
- 13. Bee sticks to a love story of bonded blokes (8)
- 15. Kinfolk fail my puzzle (6)