Win! $3000 MONSTER CROSS
PUZZLE No. 16
HOW YOU CAN WIN
The theme of this Monster cross is Christmas songs, 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 word related to the puzzle theme. Write this word on the entry coupon.
ACROSS
1 Penne or fusilli, eg (5) 4 Batman's city (6) 8 Away in a ---, carol featuring the trough in box A (6) 11 Book summary (5) 14 Barack ---, former US president (5) 15 Mutiny, sedition (7) 16 The Eternal City (4) 18 --- Pops, cereal (4) 20 Clawed hook (7) 21 European beer (5) 22 Rejoice (5) 23 Scottish lord (5) 24 Sleeping fantasy (5) 26 House shoes (8) 28 Breakfast potato (4,5) 32 Mythical half man, half horse (7) 33 Mai ---, cocktail (3) 34 Ground meat (5) 35 Taj ---, monument (5) 36 Unsightly (4) 38 Indian instrument (5) 42 Dame --- Everage, iconic character (4) 44 Soothe, relieve (4) 45 Function (3) 46 Additional, bonus (5) 47 Floating marker (4) 48 Too, as well (4) 49 Jingle ---, song about the instruments in box B (5) 50 Bride of Christ (3) 51 Exclude (4) 53 Soviet Union (1,1,1,1) 55 Vital, essential (9) 58 Short riding whip (4) 65 Finale (3) 66 Firm Greek cheese (7) 67 Ancient, like the dinosaurs (11) 69 Sticker (5) 70 Pleasant smell (5) 71 Elicit (5) 72 Ethical (5) 73 Cultivation of land, farming (11) 74 Continuous (7) 75 Facility of higher learning (abbrev) (3) 77 Grade, level (4) 79 '--- roasting on an open fire', opening line to The Christmas Song which features the snack in box C (9) 84 Students' quiz (4) 85 Not shiny, dull (4) 86 Negating word (3) 87 Bring upon yourself (5) 88 Scorch, burn (4) 90 Midday (4) 91 Send payment (5) 92 Born as (3) 93 Small hotels (4) 95 Rouse, stir (4) 96 Jet of water (5) 97 High male voice (4) 103 Occult board (5) 105 Eagle's nest (5) 106 Primate (3) 108 Thug (7) 110 Believable (9) 112 Decode, decrypt (8) 114 Destined (5) 115 Thin pancake (5) 116 Arctic native (5) 118 --- Baby, Christmas wishlist sung to the figure in box D (5) 120 Pizza herb (7) 121 Statistics (4) 124 Ostrich-like bird (4) 125 Egyptian king (7) 126 Lotto, tombola (5) 127 Name, label (5) 128 Movie musical starring Gene Kelly (6) 129 Animals with two feet, such as humans (6) 130 Fencing swords (5)
DOWN
1 Flower part (5) 2 --- Ride, song about the mode of transport in box E (6) 3 Canberra's nation (9) 4 Film category (5) 5 Agitated, stormy (9) 6 Springfield bartender (3) 7 Have a meal (3) 8 Raincoat (3) 9 The ---, sketch show from the 1970s (7) 10 Stiff, unyielding (5) 11 Meeting areas for company directors (10) 12 For the --- time, having occurred too often (9) 13 Sport fish (5) 17 Camaraderie (8) 19 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical set in the US (8) 25 Image, photo (7) 27 Public garden (4) 29 Gusted (4) 30 Nursery song (7) 31 In-depth study (8) 37 Kentucky whisky (7) 38 Varnish (7) 39 Long locks of hair (7) 40 Domed building (7) 41 - - Stone, Irish landmark that endows one with the gift of the gab (7) 43 The Little --- Boy, song about a musician like the one in box F (7) 48 Angle less than 90° (5) 52 Usual, expected (7) 54 Motorbike passenger's seat (7) 56 Henry VIII's youngest daughter (9) 57 Symbolise (9) 59 Goblet (7) 60 Easily bent, supple (7) 61 Teleprompter (7) 62 Replenishes ammunition (7) 63 Griddle cake (7) 64 List inventory (7) 68 Divert, detour (7) 69 Sketch, plan (7) 76 Bury in the ground (5) 78 Establish useful contacts in a social setting (7) 79 In the middle (7) 80 Places in a crypt (7) 81 Party game played on a mat of coloured dots (7) 82 Weird, spooky (7) 83 Snake (7) 89 Capital of Hawaii (8) 90 Gangs of ---, film starring Leonardo DiCaprio (3,4) 94 Frosty the ---, ditty about a magical figure like the one in box G (7) 98 Characters from On Our Selection, penned by Steele Rudd (3,3,4) 99 Tidings (4) 100 Impassioned (8) 101 Basic lunch meal (8) 102 Hack, cleave (4) 104 Restless and unwilling to wait (9) 107 Cheer on (9) 109 Exaggerate (9) 111 --- Fraser, star of The Mummy Returns (7) 113 Breathe in (6) 114 All Quiet on the Western ---, novel (5) 115 Light pastry (5) 117 Spanish snacks (5) 119 Embers or soot (5) 122 --- Dhabi, emirate (3) 123 Wildebeest (3) 124 Burgle, steal from (3)