Win! $1000 MONSTER CROSS
HOW YOU CAN WIN The theme of this
Monstercross is Santa's reindeer, and all the highlighted picture clues refer to this topic. When you’ve filled in the whole puzzle, the letters in the lilac squares, reading left to right and top to bottom, will spell a name related to the puzzle theme. Write this name on the entry coupon.
ACROSS
1 Skydiver's kit (9)
6 Noel (9)
11 Withstands, holds off (7) 15 Reindeer that shares its name with celestial object in box A (5) 16 Egg-shaped musical instrument (7)
17 Health club (3)
18 Use rollerblades (5) 19 Very good (1-2) 20 Explosive (1,1,1) 21 Fencing blade (4) 22 Grain stores (5) 23 Practise for a performance (8) 24 Needle hole (3)
27 Gush, spurt (5)
29 Arab country (5) 30 Make fun of (5)
34 Range (5)
36 --- Warne, Australian cricketer (5)
37 Eagle's nest (5) 38 Imposing building (7) 39 Overweight (5)
40 The online world facilitated by the internet (10)
45 Ancient relics (9) 49 Deprived (6)
52 Beautiful seductive spy (4,4)
54 Last queen of Egypt (9) 56 Origins (5)
57 Baby powder (4) 60 Reindeer that shares its name with animal in box B (5)
62 Breastbone (7)
64 Device for modifying flow (5)
66 Drove too fast (4) 68 Bank machine (1,1,1) 70 Take apart (9) 72 Reinforces (11) 75 Evangelist (8)
76 Castle prisons (8) 81 Discontented (11) 85 Largest town in Wisconsin (9)
88 Lion star sign (3)
89 Santa's sleigh (4) 90 Judicial seat (5)
91 Wide area, vast space (7) 93 Bee product (5)
95 Flan, eg (4)
99 Malice, enmity (5) 100 Estimated the monetary value (9) 103 Grotesque statue on a building (8)
105 Look for, seek (6)
107 Get away quickly (9) 111 Sorcery (10) 114 Passageway (5)
116 Jittery, on edge (7) 117 Leather strip (5)
120 Way in (5)
121 Group of rooms (5) 122 Roofing material (5) 123 Not intoxicated (5) 125 Scour (5)
130 Newt (3)
132 Raised in relief (8) 135 Stock market unit (5) 136 Dressed (4)
137 Broadcast on radio or television (3)
140 Mass of water (3) 141 Public persona (5) 142 Muhammad ---, champion boxer (3) 143 Carmen ---, actress (7) 145 Italian city (5) 146 Landscape (7) 147 Onlooker, observer (9) 148 Puts in peril, risks (9)
DOWN
1 Polite word (6)
2 Boulder (4)
3 Not rare, abundant (6) 4 Up to that time (5)
5 Sense of self (3)
6 Infant cot on rockers (6) 7 Distribute again (7) 8 Marine mammal (4) 9 Herd cattle (6)
10 Adder or taipan, eg (5) 11 Early ---, person who likes to get up at the crack of dawn (5) 12 Frightens (6)
13 Let it stand (4)
14 Colonise (6)
25 Pencil rubber (6)
26 Make lawful (8)
28 Person you share a dorm with (colloq) (6) 30 Domesticated (4)
31 Make beloved (6) 32 Distressed, mad (5) 33 Swiss city (6)
34 Sleep (6)
35 Degree, magnitude (6) 36 Slalom competitor (5) 40 Writer of music (8) 41 Historic period (3) 42 Sporting arena (7) 43 Ignited (5)
44 And so on (abbrev) (3) 45 Primate (3)
46 Become narrow (5) 47 Sidling crustacean (4) 48 Family title (7)
50 Take a break (4)
51 Young horse (4) 53 Attempted (5)
55 Diminish, reduce (6) 58 Pinnacle, peak (4) 59 Vulgar (5)
61 Inherent, innate (7) 63 Face covering (4)
65 Have a meal (3)
67 Veer, branch off (7)
69 Game of ---, epic fantasy series (7)
71 Pale (5)
73 --- Valentino, film star in box C that shares his name with Santa's lead reindeer (7)
74 Japanese assassin (5)
77 Official decree (5) 78 Garfield's dog pal (4)
79 Hinder progress (6)
80 Vulgar, improper (8)
82 Speak unclearly (4)
83 Burgle (3)
84 Lottery coupons (7)
86 Dig up, uncover (7)
87 Mournful poem (5)
92 Prize (5)
94 Should (5)
96 --- vera, plant (4)
97 Russian ruler (4)
98 Female horse (4)
101 Take to court (3)
102 Grass moisture (3)
104 Paddle (3)
105 Card suit (6)
106 Wrinkle (6)
108 Reindeer that shares its name with professional in box D (6)
109 Length of time (8)
110 Eccentric (5)
112 The universe (6)
113 Bone prefix (5)
115 Oldest (6)
118 Discount (6)
119 Window glass (4)
124 Simplest (7)
125 Escargot animals (6)
126 Be cautious (6)
127 Cherry red (6)
128 Pancake mixture (6)
129 Nursing supervisor (6)
131 London's river (6)
133 Brawny (5)
134 Sausages (colloq) (5)
136 Reindeer that shares its name with cherub in box E (5) 138 Ceremony (4)
139 Air duct opening (4)
140 Rescue (4)
144 Beer variety (3)