Win! $1000 MONSTER CROSS
HOW YOU CAN WIN The theme of this Monstercross is fire, 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 for your chance to win.
ACROSS
1 Gem surface (5) 4 Capital of the Bahamas (6) 8 Mythical fire breathing monster in box A (6) 11 Colin ---, The King's Speech star (5) 14 First aid fabric (5) 15 Decrease worth of (7) 16 Pledge, promise (4) 18 Midday (4) 20 Daisy-like flower (7) 21 Additional, bonus (5) 22 Hard work (5) 23 Modelling session (5) 24 Precise, spot on (5) 26 Festive explosion in box B (8) 28 Coloured window pane (9) 32 Dietary component along with carbs and fats (7) 33 Cattle low (3) 34 --- firma, earth (5) 35 Lowest point (5) 36 Article (4) 38 Town famous for its witch trials (5) 42 Number in a quartet (4) 44 Pack away, store (4) 45 --- Gabor, actress (3) 46 Spruce (5) 47 --- Neeson, actor (4) 48 Vampire tooth (4) 49 Florida seaport (5) 50 Hannah and --- Sisters, film (3) 51 Actors in a show (4) 53 Resound (4) 55 Estimated the worth of something (9) 58 Medicine tablet (4) 65 Asphalt (3) 66 Fiery mountain in box C (7) 67 Unquestionably (11) 69 Light beam (5) 70 Two times (5) 71 Essential, necessary (5) 72 Snapshot (5) 73 Easily seen through, sheer (11) 74 Solace, sympathise (7) 75 Court, romance (3) 77 Drink cooler (4) 79 Fraternal (9) 84 Kind, sort (4) 85 Nepalese abominable snowman (4) 86 Almond or macadamia, eg (3) 87 Monolith in the middle of Australia (5) 88 Hawaiian dance (4) 90 Throb, pain (4) 91 Citizen of Baghdad (5) 92 Great Dane or Dalmatian, eg (3) 93 Egyptian bird (4) 95 --- Hathaway, Ocean's 8 actress (4) 96 Removed moisture (5) 97 Green stone (4) 103 Bridget Jones' ---, Renée Zellweger comedy (5) 105 Forbidden, prohibited (5) 106 Science room (abbrev) (3) 108 Gift (7) 110 New South Wales industrial city (9) 112 Caribbean island country (8) 114 Lose fur seasonally (5) 115 --- Vice, crime drama series (5) 116 Ponders, thinks (5) 118 Boise's state (5) 120 Atomic (7) 121 Taj Mahal site (4) 124 Factual, correct (4) 125 Nanna (7) 126 In reserve (5) 127 Pointed projectiles (5) 128 Domestic fireplace in box D (6) 129 Magic charm (6) 130 Tina ---, singer (5)
DOWN
1 Chewy creamy confection (5) 2 Hole in a tooth (6) 3 Chatty (9) 4 Impoverished, poor (5) 5 Sweden's capital (9) 6 Expression of disgust (3) 7 Floor covering (3) 8 Cavern, lair (3) 9 Canal boat (7) 10 After dusk hours (5) 11 Fire department vehicle in box E (4,6) 12 Recreated a historic scene or battle (2-7) 13 Beating organ (5) 17 Polite expression of gratitude (5,3) 19 No longer in use (8) 25 Sir Anthony ---, Silence of the Lambs actor (7) 27 Sea eagle (4) 29 Lose water (4) 30 Hearing membrane (7) 31 Bereft of a beau (8) 37 Inactivity (7) 38 Celestial chart (4,3) 39 Toxic tropical weed (7) 40 Fire striker sticks in box F (7) 41 Tiered, stacked (7) 43 Art of paper folding (7) 48 Armada, flotilla (5) 52 Fox hunter's call (5-2) 54 Hot chilli sauce (7) 56 Guardian, minder (9) 57 Undetermined (9) 59 Mount ---, Himalayan peak (7) 60 Shipwreck debris (7) 61 Italian astronomer (7) 62 Revising a piece of writing (7) 63 Gold, in ingots (7) 64 --- King, horror writer (7) 68 Entryway, portal (7) 69 Gambling draw (7) 76 Sydney --- House, iconic venue (5) 78 Chef's work place (7) 79 Contained backyard blaze in box G (7) 80 Toward the edges (7) 81 Harry ---, illusionist (7) 82 Having curved corners (7) 83 Junior (7) 89 Having never lost (8) 90 Bestowed a prize (7) 94 Suffer in the heat (7) 98 First-hand observer (10) 99 --- James, At Last singer (4) 100 Inn manager (8) 101 --- Putin, Russian President (8) 102 Distance across (4) 104 Newsreader (9) 107 Drop a ---, make a shocking announcement (9) 109 Stuffed tortilla (9) 111 New Zealand lizard-like reptile (7) 113 Wax light (6) 114 Dug for minerals (5) 115 Third month (5) 117 Vision (5) 119 Scarlett ---, Gone With the Wind character (1'4) 122 Fire remains (3) 123 Watched (3) 124 Afternoon ---, postlunch snack (3)