MONSTER CROSS

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ACROSS

1 Higher in rank (6) 4 Pledge, promise (4) 6 In this place (4) 10 Courtroom break (6) 12 Bide one's time (5) 14 Large wading bird (5) 15 Playground game in box A (9) 16 Picture (5) 17 Tennis equipment (7) 18 Smallgoods shop (4) 19 Female bovine (3) 21 Firmness, inflexibility (8) 25 Motionless, still (4) 27 Office note (4) 28 Hindi or English, eg (8) 32 23rd Greek letter (3) 33 Errand boy (4) 35 Embody, capture the spirit of (9) 38 Bounding Aussie animal in box B (8) 40 Mama's man (4) 42 Candid (4) 43 Like an ode (7) 44 Create, devise (6) 47 Seep (4) 49 Elevated roadway (7) 51 Pearl producer (6) 52 Forearm bone (4) 53 In --- of, instead (4) 55 Pestering, plaguing (7) 57 Nerves, butterflies (7) 60 Number puzzle (6) 64 Member of the upper house (7) 68 Put clothes on (7) 72 Increases (3) 74 Taipei's country (6) 76 Safe (6) 77 Armed conflict (3) 78 Mountain crest (5) 79 French currency before the Euro (5) 80 Solar body (3) 81 --- jumps, exercises in box C (4) 82 Liquid measure (5) 83 Cooking herb (5) 85 Travel permit (4) 87 Fuss (3) 88 Roof overhangs (5) 90 Finger or toe, eg (5) 91 Wood chopper (3) 92 One without specialist knowledge (6) 95 Choice (6) 98 Glide across snow (3) 99 Hid away for later (7) 103 Spare time (7) 106 Go up stairs (6) 109 Second day of the working week (7) 112 Allegory, fable (7) 113 Slam ---, basketball feat in box D (4) 115 Woe is me! (4) 117 Group of actors (6) 118 Senselessly foolish (7) 119 Slender, svelte (4) 120 Hopper in box E (6) 122 Anti (7) 124 Send out (4) 126 Frizzy hairstyle (4) 128 Melon variety (8) 131 Newbies, first-timers (9) 133 Carnival, fete (4) 135 Baseball hat (3) 136 Unnecessary (8) 139 Number of lives a cat is said to have (4) 141 Pageant wear (4) 143 Hardens, solidifies (8) 147 Night before (3) 148 Uncommon (4) 149 Walked like a duck (7) 151 Unbind (5) 152 Full of feelings (9) 153 Bread maker (5) 154 Live, be (5) 155 --- jumping, thrilling activity in box F (6) 156 Not any (4) 157 Hairless (4) 158 Daffodil's colour (6)

DOWN

1 Strut (7) 2 Filled pasta dish (7) 3 Opening, space (7) 4 Else (9) 5 Symbolic (7) 7 Give a right to (7) 8 Resound (4) 9 Get Smart character (7) 10 Nostalgic gathering (7) 11 Caped crimefighter (9) 13 Reconnoitre (5) 20 Ice cream holder (4) 22 Complain, grumble (5) 23 Johnny ---, 21 Jump Street star in box G (4) 24 Haul, pull (3) 26 Performer (11) 27 Copy, imitate (5) 29 Alias initials (1,1,1) 30 Practical joke (3) 31 Concur (5) 32 Plug, hype (7) 34 First animal in the dictionary (8) 36 Event in box H (4,5) 37 Card game for one (9) 39 Capital of Kenya (7) 41 Celestial being (5) 45 Call on (5) 46 Treaded car parts (5) 48 'Z' in the phonetic alphabet (4) 50 Pushed, implored (5) 54 Tavern (3) 56 Vapour (3) 57 Green stone (4) 58 Ballerina's skirt (4) 59 Horse rider (10) 61 Kimono belt (3) 62 Boston's nation (1,1,1) 63 Cereal dish (4) 65 Act of signing up (9) 66 Food colourings or extra ingredients, eg (9) 67 Overweight (5) 69 Umpire (abbrev) (3) 70 Aries and Leo, etc (4,5) 71 Moving staircase (9) 73 Dispatch (4) 74 Kid's springboard in box I (10) 75 Cocker ---, dog (7) 83 Emblem (5) 84 Type of guitar (4) 86 Sporting side (4) 89 Ship's pronoun (3) 93 Back garden (4) 94 Pale, wan (4) 96 Pod vegetable (3) 97 Monsters ---, children's movie (3) 100 Swiss mountain (3) 101 Typhoon (9) 102 UAE city (5) 103 Army officers (11) 104 Blinking car light (9) 105 Ornamental vase (3) 107 Large Chinese city (8) 108 Facial feature (4) 109 Private teacher (5) 110 Small firework (5) 111 Warned (7) 114 Without a break (7) 116 Change, amend (5) 121 Spree (5) 123 Put up with (5) 125 Choc coffee drink (5) 127 Leaping amphibian in box J (4) 128 Beehive structure (9) 129 --- Brynner, actor (3) 130 Ernie ---, golfer (3) 131 Edge of a river (4) 132 Fixed a date for (9) 134 Time past (3) 137 Piercing location (7) 138 Gets smaller (7) 140 Baby (7) 142 '96 Olympics city (7) 143 Sure, definite (7) 144 Something new (7) 145 Deep's opposite (7) 146 Confess to (5) 150 Fronded plant (4)