MONSTER CROSS
HOW YOU CAN WIN The theme of this Monstercross is the royal family, and all the highlighted picture clues refer to this topic. When you’ve filled in the whole puzzle, the letters in the coloured squares, reading left to right and top to bottom, will spell something related to the puzzle theme. Write this answer on the entry coupon.
ACROSS
1 Prince ---, 11 Down's
consort in box A (6) 4 Red gemstone (4) 6 Etching fluid (4)
10 Difficult to detect (6) 12 Tequila plant (5)
14 Wash quickly (5)
15 Work out the cost (9) 16 Eskimo's home (5) 17 Least possible (7) 18 Particle (4)
19 Pirate's drink (3) 21 Kingdom (8)
25 Water jug (4)
27 India's continent (4) 28 Send up, lampoon (8) 32 Cow noise (3) 33 Coleslaw dressing (abbrev) (4)
35 Body spray (9)
38 Pull down (8)
40 Eager (4)
42 Otherwise (4) 43 Removes a disguise (7) 44 Grunts like a pig (6)
47 --- Collette, actress (4) 49 African country (7) 51 Each (6)
52 Very long time (4) 53 Capital of Norway (4) 55 Amidst (7)
57 Holy knight (7) 60 --- Markle, wife-to-be of 153 Across in box B (6) 64 Long journey (7) 68 Colourful bird (7) 72 Mouth edge (3)
74 Largest island of French Polynesia (6) 76 Legume (6)
77 Japanese carp (3) 78 Ante (5)
79 Cafe ---, milky coffee (5) 80 Japan's currency (3) 81 Midday (4)
82 Belief system (5)
83 Crawl (5)
85 Heroic story (4) 87 Misfortune, calamity (3) 88 Put in the ground (5) 90 Slightly damp (5) 91 Hang back (3) 92 Thrill (6) 95 Cure (6) 98 Baby dog (3) 99 Policeman (7) 103 Haversack (4,3) 106 Grandson of 7 Down
in box C (6) 109 Blacksmith's fire (7) 112 Ten-sided shape (7) 113 Turkish pizza (4) 115 Ill-mannered (4) 117 System of rule (6) 118 Soothe, alleviate (7) 119 Truant (1,1,1,1) 120 New York river (6) 122 Additional one (7) 124 Pad ---, noodle dish (4) 126 Gaelic (4) 128 Car restraint (8) 131 Sister of 106 Across
in box D (9) 133 Paragraph (abbr) (4) 135 Bank machine (1,1,1) 136 Swimming shorts (8) 139 Friends character (4) 141 Retail clearance (4) 143 Groundless (8) 147 Cereal (3) 148 Petty quarrel (4) 149 Nil, zip (7) 151 Praise, extol (5) 152 Medical procedure (9) 153 Younger son of 121
Down in box E (5) 154 Defraud, swindle (5) 155 Din (6) 156 Bird food (4) 157 Ancient harp (4)
158 Ceasing (6)
DOWN
1 Apparition, spirit (7) 2 South ---, musical (7) 3 Exhibition space (7) 4 Advise, endorse (9) 5 Equilibrium (7) 7 Heir to the British
throne in box F (7) 8 Sketched (4) 9 Jealous, green (7) 10 Snake (7) 11 Queen --- II, current
ruler in box G (9) 13 Tasty, delicious (5) 20 Foolish (4)
22 Small recesses (5) 23 Capital of Italy (4) 24 Cattle fodder (3)
26 Basic, elementary (11) 27 Land measures (5) 29 Primate (3)
30 Wedding words (1,2) 31 Chillier (5)
32 Conductor (7)
34 Giant boa (8)
36 Great outbursts (9) 37 Idealised longing for the past (9)
39 Eyelash makeup (7) 41 Unnerving (5)
45 Occult board (5)
46 Gloss (5)
48 Stage ---, star's alias (4) 50 Pry, intrude (5)
54 Coy, bashful (3)
56 As well, also (3)
57 Spear point (4) 58 Misplaced (4)
59 Loiter (10)
61 What? (3)
62 Negating word (3) 63 Leaf-gathering tool (4) 65 Incredulity (9)
66 Pasta variety (9) 67 Smooths out (5) 69 Conger (3) 70 Duchess of Cambridge
in box H (9)
71 Egyptian Queen (9)
73 Grieve (4)
74 Sports official in charge of the clock (10) 75 Alligator pear (7) 83 Walk-on role by a celebrity (5) 84 Exchange (4) 86 Hideous(4)
89 Regret (3)
93 Soft drink flavour (4) 94 Weighty volume (4) 96 Ovum (3)
97 Self importance (3) 100 Passing trend (3) 101 Household pest (9) 102 Majestic (5)
103 On ---, in a state of suspense (11) 104 Confidential (3-6) 105 Auction offer (3) 107 More natural (8) 108 Developed (4)
109 Colin ---, star (5)
110 Hard as ---, tough (5) 111 Remove dirt (7)
114 Brother of 153
Across in box I (7) 116 Pub target game (5)
121 Princess ---, the People's Princess in box J (5)
123 Fairytale giants (5)
125 Haul, hoist (5)
127 Evaluate, rank (4)
128 Proofreader (9)
129 Immature flower (3)
130 Alkaline solution (3)
131 Maize (4)
132 Act of coming out (9)
134 Alias initials (1,1,1)
137 Acumen (7)
138 Harbour town (7)
140 Honest (7)
142 Skill (7)
143 Was obedient (7)
144 Law (7)
145 Grinning (7)
146 Leather strip (5)
150 Playthings (4)