New Zealand fruit or bird Crossword Clue

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New Zealand fruit or bird Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh
2. nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

ZEALAND (noun)
1. the largest island of Denmark and the site of Copenhagen
BIRD (noun)
1. informal terms for a (young) woman
2. badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
BIRD (verb)
1. watch and study birds in their natural habitat

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23. Tilling tool

24. Accessible building feature

28. Really scare

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33. Three in Italian

34. Cook's creation

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42. Leaky faucet sound

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50. __ and downs

51. National Cat Lady Day mo.

53. Greek column style

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59. Blanc or noir grape

60. Each

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63. Was a passenger

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3. Romantic hopeful

5. Get the wrinkles out of

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25. Play a part

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29. Like holidays observed at the national level

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32. Contributes to a group gift, say

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37. Young chap

38. Browser address

39. Compacted mass

40. Fixes

41. "Whoa there!"

43. Sticky stuff from an evergreen

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45. 'Monsters, ___'

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49. Great ape?

52. Fight off

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58. Slanted column?

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