“STRAIGHT” CLUES
ACROSS:
1. We [2]
4. Kept in custody, possession or storage [4]
9. Prefix: Beyond a standard or norm; exceeding [5]
12. Marsupium [5]
13. Conger and electric, for example [3]
14. H2O in the solid state [3]
15. Starchy tuber [3]
17. Large hairy humanoid said to live in North American wilderness [9]
18. Edible crustacean [5]
19. Cereal [3]
21.Close-fitting peaked head covering [3]
22. Australian cryptid said to inhabit swamps and lagoons [6]
24. Mob affray, rampage [4]
25. Article of artistic or intellectual work [4]
26. Australian hominid cryptid [5]
27. See 40 Across
28. Lair [3]
29. High mountain [3]
32. Elevated [4]
35. Fabled quadruped symbolic of virginity [7]
37. Points of concentration [4]
38. Common form of dermatitis [4]
40. and 27 Across: Fictitious vicious tree dwelling Australian marsupial resembling an oversized koala (Two Words: [4], [4])
41. Pet name for 6 Down [6]
42. Popular fiction: creature that resembles a very short human with hairy feet [6]
43. Writing implement [3]
DOWN:
1. Employ [3]
2. Litigates [4]
3. Country [4]
5. It’s a long story[4]
6. and 36 Down and 16 Down: Scottish cryptid often said to be a plesiosaur (Three words, [4], [4], [7])
7. Imminently expected [3]
8. So-called Tasmanian Tiger [9]
10. An early specimen of this Australian icon was thought by the Royal Society to be a hoax [8]
11. Giant squid-like cryptid [6]
16. See 6 Down
19. Knock, as on a door [3]
20. Tantanoola’s celebrity cryptid [5]
21. Fossil fish found to be not extinct [10]
23. Preposition of position[4]
26. “Abominable” Asian hominid cryptid [4]
27. Alternative name for 17 Across [7]
30. Plays on words [4]
31. Ubiquitous Chinese mythical animal [6]
33. Precedes Step and Jump [3]
34. The meaning of the word “cryptic” [6]
36. See 6 Down
39. In some usage, historical period of two thousand plus years leading to present. [2]
40. That which is owed [4]