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MONSTER CROSS
HOW TO WIN...
The theme of this Monstercross is the Middle Ages, and all the highlighted picture clues refer to this topic.When you’ve lled in the whole puzzle,the letters in the lilac squares, reading left to right and top to bottom, will spell a word related to the puzzle theme. Write this word on the entry coupon.
ACROSS
1 Indian prince (5) 4 Medieval stronghold in box A (6)
8 Certainly, of course (6) 11 Finished, ceased (5) 14 Made a mistake (5) 15 Merit, earn (7)
16 Fruit rind (4)
18 Upon, atop (4)
20 Down payment (7) 21 Last Greek letter (5) 22 Freshwater sh (5) 23 Clan (5)
24 Spacious (5)
26 Apron dress (8) 28 Caracas' country (9) 32 Layer (7)
33 Newt (3)
34 Poison, venom (5) 35 Rooster's comb (5) 36 Gigantic cinema screen (4)
38 Bewitch, enchant (5) 42 Entry permit into another country (4) 44 Article, object (4)
45 --- de Janeiro, city in South America (3) 46 Flower part (5)
47 Small landmass (4) 48 Troubadour's stringed instrument in box B (4) 49 State, proclaim (5) 50 Kindled (3) 51 Fine powder that soothes skin (4) 53 World's fair (4) 55 Brilliant idea (9) 58 Scheme, stratagem (4) 65 That woman (3) 66 Living in water (7) 67 Fargo's state (5,6) 69 Musical about Argentinian gure
Eva Perón (5) 70 Verses, rhymes (5) 71 Couch potato (5) 72 Female monarch in box C (5) 73 Longest river in the United States (11)
74 Sea ---. tentacled marine creature (7) 75 Promissory note (1,1,1) 77 Back talk (4)
79 Middle Eastern city (9) 84 Pod used in gumbo (4) 85 Ova (4)
86 Sharp projection (3) 87 Extremely (5)
88 Fairytale monster (4) 90 Chess piece (4)
91 Bird's claw (5)
92 --- the Walrus,
Beatles song (1,2)
93 --- Fitzgerald, diva (4) 95 Burnish, make shiny (4) 96 Leg joint (5)
97 Russian emperor (4) 103 Gourd fruit (5)
105 Surpass (5)
106 Period, age (3)
108 Italian Renaissance painter who shares his name with one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (7)
110 Tri ing (9) 112 Trebuchet in box D (8)
114 Number in a trio (5)
115 --- dish, glass saucer used in a lab (5) 116 Contribution to a discussion, say (5)
118 --- So Vain, song (3'2) 120 Blood sugar (7)
121 New South Wales town that is home to a cheese company (4) 124 Black-eyed vegies (4) 125 North African republic bordering Algeria and Libya (7)
126 Bury in the ground (5) 127 Glasses (coll.) (5) 128 Story in instalments (6) 129 Peter ---, Lawrence of Arabia star (1'5)
130 Vigilant, watchful (5)
DOWN
1 Wireless (5) 2 Court ---, entertainer in box E (6)
3 Dealer in medicinal plants (9)
4 Defraud, swindle (5) 5 Second-year student in a US college (9) 6 Elongated sh (3) 7 Snoop (3)
8 Wedding words (1,2) 9 Process of wearing away (7)
10 Sidestep, evade (5) 11 Encounter, ordeal (10) 12 Knock a limb out of joint (9)
13 Crazy, batty (5)
17 Plea, supplication (8) 19 Christmas scene (8) 25 Raw sh dish (7) 27 Coat of ---, heraldic symbol in box F (4)
29 Clownish (4)
30 Frantic competition, struggle for success in business (3-4) 31 Decoration (8)
37 Disturb greatly (7) 38 Zagreb's country (7) 39 Headache tablet (7) 40 Waltzing ---, Australian folk song (7)
41 Artist's paint tablet (7) 43 Load a program into a computer (7) 48 Bloodsucker (5)
52 Hold, include (7)
54 Lies, bs (coll.) (7) 56 Avalanche of stones and rubble (9)
57 Air out (9)
59 Yuri ---, rst man in space (7)
60 Intention (7)
61 Try, have a go at (7) 62 Shopping cart (7) 63 Egyptian king (7) 64 Protective coating (7) 68 Tapering monolith (7) 69 As one (2,5)
76 Custom, practice (5) 78 Broadcaster's farewell (4-3)
79 Close combat martial art from Japan (7) 80 Emblems of royalty (7) 81 Russian satellite (7) 82 Camp toilet (7) 83 Country also known as Burma (7)
89 Shiny sticker used to
reward students (4,4)
90 --- Gibney, television actress (7)
94 Variety of paint (7) 98 Relating to conebearing tress (10) 99 Extinct bird (4) 100 Knight's lancewielding activity in box G (8)
101 Discern, see (8) 102 Clasp, grasp (4) 104 Wheel ---, television quiz show (2,7) 107 Italian appetiser (9) 109 Unfailingly optimistic girl (9) 111 Tenth month (7) 113 Chase after (6) 114 Roman garments (5) 115 Iron clothes (5) 117 Label, name (5)
119 Pass into law (5) 122 Sicken (3)
123 Small open truck (3) 124 In favour of (3)