NZ Herald - 24 February 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers

NZ Herald Crossword Puzzle Solutions - 24 Feb 2018 

Clues	Answers
Alert	WATCHFUL
Banquets	FEASTS
Beer, wine & spirits	ALCOHOL
Bridge fee booth	TOLL GATE
Carnivore (4,5)	MEAT EATER
Car's very high gear	OVERDRIVE
Confrontation	SHOWDOWN
December conifer (4,4)	XMAS TREE
Extreme	ULTRA
Fresher	NEWER
Gangster	THUG
Greek cheese	FETA
Gypsy wagons	CARAVANS
Insistent	ADAMANT
Large luxury car	LIMOUSINE
Mania	CRAZE
Ouzo flavouring	ANISEED
Pierce with spike	IMPALE
Prayer ending	AMEN
Refuse to acknowledge	DISOWN
Rents	LEASES
Ripping	TEARING
Sheen	LUSTRE
Shield	GUARD
Skin decoration	TATTOO
Strangely (familiar)	UNCANNILY
Stubborn conservatives (3-5)	DIE HARDS
Tightened (muscle)	FLEXED
Urban haze	SMOG
Wild or reckless youth	TEAR AWAY
Woodwind instrument	CLARINET
Young swan	CYGNET