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