NZ Herald - March 9 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers

NZ Herald Crossword Puzzle Solutions - Mar 9 2018 

Clues	Answers
... & hearty	HALE
At a great distance	AFAR
Bird's mouth	BEAK
Break down	MALFUNCTION
Carpentry spike	NAIL
Castrate (horse)	GELD
Catch (thief)	NAB
Child's bed	COT
Chock	WEDGE
Combustion	FIRE
Cooking vessel	PAN
Cow call	MOO
Cutting tool	KNIFE
Danger	RISK
Deadly chemical	TOXIN
Dip	IMMERSE
Direct (to specialist)	REFER
Discolours through age	YELLOWS
Double-reed instrument	OBOE
Dwindle, ... out	DIE
Enliven	ANIMATE
Entire number of	ALL
Even so	YET
Eye droplet	TEAR
Fastener	CLASP
Fellow	GUY
Female sheep	EWE
Filled tortilla	TACO
Flight recorder, ... box	BLACK
Geological eras	EONS
Give evidence	TESTIFY
Grate	RASP
Hysteria	PANIC
Lever (off)	PRISE
Lion or tiger, big ...	CAT
Love-struck	SMITTEN
Narcotic	DOPE
Neglects	IGNORES
Not any	NONE
Oven control knob	DIAL
Playful kiss	PECK
Pleasant	NICE
Positive vote	AYE
Precious stone	GEM
Rabble	MOB
Radial or cross-ply	TYRE
Ring-shaped roll	BAGEL
School PE room	GYM
Secret agent	SPY
Seriousness	EARNESTNESS
Severe pain	AGONY
Ship's prison	BRIG
Shove	PUSH
Smear	DAUB
Sonar sound	PING
Sonnet or haiku	POEM
Sprinted	RAN
The O of KO	OUT
Tit for ...	TAT
Upon	ATOP
Very small	MINUTE
Zone	AREA