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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Asteroids | a cryptic puzzle by Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon You are the navigator of the starship “Crypto,” and you are entering a region of space known to be teeming with randomly scattered asteroids. To see what’s out there, you have launched Across probes (1–12) and Down probes (a–l), which you must display on your screen (the grid). Each probe consists of one or two words clued in order. Wherever an Across probe clashes with a Down probe, there must be an asteroid; this should be represented on your screen as a black square. A probe may be interrupted by any number of asteroids and in any place. Your ultimate goal is to find a cosmic tunnel opening between two stars. Happy astrogating!
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Down a Vehicle with friend in sort of tunnel b One skilled at conjuring mass and duration in time Light speed ship that went adventuring for freight c Broken dials are regularly reimbursed d Test ship’s rear range
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Short cut hardly ever found cause of motor dysfunction Hazardous travel condition fixed around Leo, mostly European ship deserters back in part of Ursa Minor Sheltered spot found among stellar borders Zero room in full passageway Stanislaw Lem sci-fi tale of mutant sailors Communications satellite rattles loosely Flier at night operating timekeeping device Fundamental good: a command to attack A mine exploding in a series of moving frames Leaders of the expedition can hope for a kind of support Rotate almost all about a column In person, the moon landing’s beginning with one of the Spanish Flier in chair holding aid for driving Most widely separated supports on a ship established
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1 Pass rocky whirlpool sites Denies access to Milky Way and such 2 Planet with dark spots and stains Mounts sonar incorrectly 3 Sweet orbit entered by returning capsule, e.g. 4 Warning at east of penetrable rock formation Section of astronomical rock 5 James who wrote of a force of gravity Hit dial from behind 6 Nuclear device’s mad creator
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NASA’s first structure for listening at a short distance Distorted picture shows copper ore Missiles shelled dark lines Risks involving large asteroid regions Flier I caught in secret plan Beer bottle’s back on one side of the ship Space is, for many, first-rate Mission to extricate and secure alien One explanation for machine failure is men mixing with girls Navigator’s guide sporting leotards Begin keeping main graph of celestial objects (2 wds.)