Complete Clue List
Across
8. Puppet show supervisor
9. Shrewdness
10. Yellow "Sesame Street" character: Big ____
11. Important element in shadow puppetry
12. Body part used in sock puppetry
13. Larger puppet requiring two puppeteers, named after person's major body part (5-3)
16. Puppet: political ____ controlled by external forces (e.g.: 31A)
18. Italian wine region
20. Leans
21. Size of a finger puppet
22. GPS receiver (3-3)
23. Young people, target audience for many puppet shows
26. Scandinavian Muppet: The Swedish ____
28. Macho superhero who might make a good puppet (2-3)
30. Body parts capable of movement in some puppets
31. Norwegian figure heading Nazi puppet government: ____ Quisling
32. Belgrade legend? (4,4)
Down
1. Cultural setting (in which one might find a puppet show)
2. Body part formed by middle finger in a Ticklebug or Tickle Bug puppet
3. And others (Lat., 2,4)
4. "Muppet Show" host: Kermit the ____
5. Sob stories which may be told in puppet shows (3,5)
6. Alliterative segmented character on a base under tension, operated by a button: ____ puppet
7. Sci-fi author Robert A. ____ published "The Puppet Masters" (1951)
14. Extraterrestrial parasite in 7D novel
15. "The Sound of ____" (1965) film featuring a marionette show
17. Movements, gestures and speech are ____ out by the puppeteer
19. An unusually successful song, movie, play or puppet show? (5,3)
20. Type of 13A puppet, named after a puppeteer's active body part (4-4)
24. Pay no heed to
25. Happenings which may include parades with full-bodied puppets
27. "Sock puppet": term for ____ accounts on social media
29. Muppet in on-again/off-again relationship with 4D: ____ Piggy
30. Red Muppet with an orange nose