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The theme of this Monstercross is lizards, 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 an answer related to the puzzle theme. Write this answer on the entry coupon.
ACROSS
1 In ---, fashionable (5)
4 --- Dragon, large lizard
species in box A (6) 8 Jane ---, Emma
author (6)
11 Suit (5)
14 Unshaven (5)
15 Educator (7)
16 Backtalk (4)
18 At ---, order given to a
soldier (4)
20 Bring together again
after separation (7)
21 Jeans material (5)
22 Alter (5)
23 Whole --- Love, Led
Zeppelin song (5)
24 Works up to a
canter (5)
26 Isosceles or
equilateral, eg (8)
28 Gradual increase in
sound (9)
32 Dishevelled, tousled (7) 33 --- Club, veterans'
dining venue (1,1,1) 34 Warble (5)
35 Distraught, troubled (5) 36 Seethe (4)
38 --- Christ lizard, basilisk in box B so nicknamed as it can move on water (5) 42 Trim, pare (4)
44 Side (4)
45 Speed up a motor (3) 46 Pit worker (5)
47 Keen, eager (4)
48 --- Dunaway, Bonnie
and Clyde star (4)
49 Grinding tooth (5)
50 Massage (3)
51 Groom hair (4)
53 Notch (4)
55 Someone running for
of ce (9)
58 In --- of, instead (4)
65 Root vegetable (3)
66 Local government
body (7) 67 Gas pedal (11) 69 Unembellished (5) 70 Hurled (5) 71 A. A. ---, Winnie the Pooh
creator (5)
72 Military detachment (5) 73 Approval (11) 74 Temper t (7) 75 Bachelor at (3) 77 Bluish green (4) 79 --- lizard, ruffed reptile
in box C (9) 84 Shock, amaze (4) 85 Go out with (4) 86 Frozen water (3) 87 Person working in a country they're not a citizen of (5) 88 Sixty minutes (4) 90 Condemn (4) 91 Fountain in Rome (5) 92 Fifth note (3)
93 Sell, merchandise (4) 95 Torso, trunk (4)
96 Deadly sin also known
as avarice (5) 97 --- James, legendary
jazz singer (4) 103 Shanghai’s country (5) 105 West Indian dance (5) 106 Big shot (1,1,1) 108 Driving permit (7) 110 Ninth month (9) 112 Act out a particular
event (8)
114 Funny, humorous (5) 115 Dock (5) 116 Dublin natives (5) 118 Rig out (5) 120 First letter (7) 121 Flaky mineral (4) 124 Old Peruvian (4) 125 One and ---,
identical (3,4) 126 Doctrine, beliefs (5) 127 Tropical sticky-toed
lizard in box D (5) 128 Close of the day (6) 129 Reveal to view (6)
130 Eccentric, off one's
rocker (5)
DOWN
1 Cast a ballot (5)
2 Aussie tree-climber in
box E (6)
3 Temporal, eeting (9)
4 Cosmic justice (5)
5 Courier (9)
6 Occupational Health
and Safety (1,1,1)
7 Top cricket hit (3)
8 Af rmative vote (3)
9 Playhouse (7)
10 --- Jeane Baker, Marilyn
Monroe (5)
11 Box F lizard named after its most colourful feature (4-6)
12 Tri ing, trivial (9)
13 Adolescents (abbr.) (5) 17 Abruptly (8)
19 Assign, allot (8)
25 Cheesy Welsh dish (7) 27 Assistant (4)
29 Nat King ---, US
musician (4)
30 Stationery item (7)
31 Effectiveness (8)
37 Made of porcelain (7) 38 Spear (7)
39 Japanese soldier (7)
40 Spanish punch (7)
41 Sturdy, long-lasting (7) 43 Filled Italian dish (7)
48 Whim (5)
52 Obscured,
smudged (7)
54 Order (7)
56 Crocodile relative (9) 57 Psychologically
painful (9)
59 Landscape (7)
60 Noise absorbing car
device (7)
61 Cleaned vigorously (7) 62 Reykjavik's country (7) 63 Branch of maths (7) 64 Irritating (7)
68 Elephant's cry (7)
69 Remitted in
advance (7)
76 Cafe (5)
78 Not domesticated (7) 79 Batter cake (7)
80 Lettuce variety (7)
81 Side which is turned away from the wind (7)
82 Out in the open (7)
83 Chef's work place (7) 89 Implied meaning, additional implication (8)
90 Disaster, asco (7)
94 Cloth store (7)
98 Frothy coffe (10)
99 Adhesive paste (4) 100 Horrible (8)
101 Hatred (8)
102 Dither, tizzy (4)
104 Person suffering from chronic sleeplessness (9)
107 Beat abnormally (9) 109 Colour-changing
critter in box G (9) 111 Sir Donald ---,
cricketing legend (7) 113 Gulf country (6)
114 Hold fast, grasp (5) 115 H G ---, The War of the Worlds author (5)
117 Accomodation,
inn (5)
119 Religious
devotion (5)
122 Division of a play (3) 123 Item of furniture with
a mattress on it (3) 124 Debtor's note (1,1,1)