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MONSTER CROSS
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The theme of this Monstercross is string, 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 Aspirations (5)
4 Run, bolt (6)
8 Cat's ---, child's string
game in box A (6) 11 Bring upon yourself (5)
14 Our planet (5)
15 New Zealand reptile (7) 16 Menial worker (4)
18 Sacred Egyptian bird (4) 20 Told on (7)
21 --- Berry, actress (5)
22 Fine netting material (5) 23 Occult board (5)
24 Tight- sted person (5)
26 Become aware (8)
28 Swimming stroke (3,6)
32 Go into again (2-5)
33 Established (abbr.) (3) 34 --- Day, April public
holiday (5)
35 Entice, allure (5)
36 Funeral re (4)
38 Whole range (5)
42 --- Jackman, actor (4)
44 Chair (4)
45 Zero (3)
46 Television repeat (2-3) 47 Shoo (4)
48 String toy in box B (4) 49 Fountain in Rome (5)
50 Frozen water (3)
51 Network (4)
53 Smooch (4)
55 Fashionably (9)
58 Journey (4)
65 Neither's partner (3)
66 Educator (7)
67 Highest African peak (11) 69 Saloon car (5)
70 Fairytale giants (5)
71 Stratum (5)
72 --- of Two Cities, Dickens
novel (1,4)
73 Southern US state (11) 74 Flowed out, gushed (7) 75 Get --- of, remove (3)
77 Palm starch (4)
79 Bargain for (9)
84 Portent (4)
85 Barbershop sound (4)
86 Caviar, eg (3)
87 Commotion, din (5)
88 Eve's partner (4)
90 Weighty volume (4)
91 Bid, tender (5)
92 Anger (3)
93 Theresa ---, former UK
Prime Minister (3)
95 Police informer (4)
96 Sweet, candy (5)
97 Close to (4)
103 Aquatic mammal (5) 105 By yourself (5)
106 Opposite of ow (3) 108 Daisy-like ower (7) 110 Dear, costly (9)
112 Come together (8) 114 Oscillated (5)
115 Eighth Greek letter (5) 116 Corn (5)
118 Shed feathers or fur (5) 119 Embellish (7)
120 Captain ---, Moby
Dick's hunter (4)
123 Group of three (4) 124 Type of butter y (7) 125 Barack ---, former US
president (5)
126 Whole --- Love, Led
Zeppelin song (5)
127 Resketch (6)
128 Stringed instrument
in box C (6)
129 More cunning (5)
DOWN
1 Rabbit home (5)
2 String of ---, necklace in
box D (6)
3 Bank balance
document (9)
4 Get ---, 60s spy sitcom (5) 5 Horrid (9)
6 Decimal number (3)
7 --- Gershwin, lyricist (3)
8 Tai ---, exercise (3)
9 Gallant (7)
10 Additional (5)
11 Overawe, cow (10)
12 Roman
amphitheatre (9) 13 Plane locating
device (5)
17 Light musical
drama (8)
19 New York's theatre
street (8)
25 With reference to,
concerning (7)
27 Restrain (4)
29 Curved doorway
entrance (4)
30 Bury the ---, make
peace (7)
31 Second month (8)
37 Governing or legislative
bodies (7)
38 Artwork exhibition
space (7)
39 James Bond's cocktail that's shaken not stirred (7)
40 From Istanbul (7)
41 Leather factory (7)
43 Vague, ambiguous (7) 48 Canadian territory (5) 52 Pelvis (3,4)
54 Takes long steps (7)
56 Revolving gate at public
entrances (9)
57 Most probable (9)
59 Cut pattern (7)
60 --- Valley, wine region
in SA (7)
61 Counselling (7)
62 Game to break a
stalemate (4-3)
63 Female ruler of an
empire (7)
64 Towards the centre, into
the interior (7)
68 Jumbled-up word (7)
69 Savoury Indian
pastries (7)
76 Fabric that is typically
dyed with indigo (5) 78 Shine faintly (7)
79 --- Island, external
territory of Australia (7) 80 Merry (7)
81 Climbing plant's
shoot (7)
82 Deftness, dexterity (7) 83 Cricket teams (7)
89 Central line (8)
90 Thin or rare in form (7) 94 Native American artefact in box E with a netted ring hung above beds to protect from nightmares (12) 98 Biased information
pushing a cause (10) 99 Ball of twine in box F
loved by kittens (4) 100 Raw cane sugar (8) 101 Recent arrival,
beginner (8)
102 Malarial fever (4)
104 Medieval military engine for hurling stones (9)
107 Small rat-like
marsupial (9)
109 Army divisions (9)
111 Country west of
England (7)
113 --- Hepburn, star of Funny Face and My Fair Lady (6)
114 Charm (5)
115 Belonging to them (5) 117 --- Fudd, Bugs Bunny's
archenemy (5)
121 Archer's weapon in box G with a pullback string (3) 122 Pub's serving
bench (3)
123 Label (3)