Across
- 4. start the year on a slippery slope (5,6)
- 6. seeking fortunes and changing landscapes
- 9. Doesn’t Mean Anything, possessive
- 12. noxious pest that is regularly spanked
- 13. abandoning a moving vehicle
- 15. picturesque trek to view grim failure
- 17. overwhelmingly attended by colonisers (3, 10)
- 18. married musos (9,3,4)
- 21. swat target
- 23. artificial underground passage
- 25. one whole becomes two parts
- 26. to avoid falling in the drink (4,4,5)
- 27. sudden, heavy, wet event(4,4)
Down
- 1. place where 5 is sufficient, 6 is extreme
- 2. happily stranded in one
- 3. trail turned on its side
- 5. money pits location
- 6. small mouthed threat (3,5)
- 7. keep moist and make better
- 8. relationship challenges (4,5)
- 10. mid morning meal transport
- 11. plan, time, care, eat (4,4)
- 13. ill-advised implement for late demolition
- 14. horrifying and harmless
- 16. pink cliffs loom over temporary abode
- 19. cause of line break and bruises
- 20. burnouts and cold feet
- 22. look where you want to go
- 24. transport curiosity