Puzzle

STATEPOINT CROSSWORD - THEME: SCIENCE FICTION

ACROSS 2. Certain something 1. Flora’s partner 3. ____-friendly 6. Cafe alternative 4. Poet’s “below” 9. Alpine lift 5. Like U.S. and U.S.S.R. in WWII 13. European blackbird 6. Conjunction in comparatives 14. Owned 7. *Heuristically programmed algorithmic 15. Reflecting light computer, for short 16. ____ ____ estate deal 8. Enlighten 17. He was the greatest? 9. Biblical pronoun 18. Main artery in the body 10. Ethiopian currency 19. *”The War of the Worlds” invader 11. Initial stake, as in poker 21. *Typical temporal setting 12. Swedish shag rug 23. Shape with an ax 15. Shiny cotton 24. Combustible heap 20. Not asleep 25. Fleur-de-____ 22. One of #35 Across 28. *Scully’s first name in “The X Files” 24. “Miss America” contest, e.g. 30. Huey, Dewey or Louie to Donald Duck 25. *”Star Wars” creator 35. Crematorium jars 26. Shoemaker without shoes, e.g. 37. Ponies at a party 27. Hose woes 39. #30 Across’ sister 29. *Captain of Nautilus 40. ____ of arms 31. “La Vie en rose” singer 41. Mideast V.I.P. 32. #23 Across, past tense 43. Military no-show 33. Cause for food recall 44. *”Buffy the Vampire Slayer” spin-off 34. *One of the “fathers of science fiction” 46. Hippocrates’ promise, e.g. 36. Proofreader’s mark 47. *David Bowie in “The Man Who ____ 38. “____ ____ good example” to Earth” 42. It’s black or white and lives in Africa 48. *The Dagobah ____ in “The Empire 45. Office errand boy Strikes Back” 49. Barn sound 50. Lack of guile 51. Bureaucratic task 52. Bad-mouth 54. Relating to uvea 53. Form of arthritis 56. Capital of Vietnam 55. National Institute of Health 57. So be it 57. *”Foundation” series author 58. Dispatched 60. *Stanislaw Lem’s famous novel 59. Avian wader 64. Single-cell protozoan 60. Center of authority 65. Famous Dolly, e.g. 61. Iron horse track 67. Absurd 62. Research facil. 68. West African country 63. Visually perceives 69. “Eureka!” 64. Bar association 70. Neil Diamond’s “Beautiful _____” 66. *”Doctor ____” 71. They’re marching one by one 72. Auction set 73. Young sows

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1. Memory ____ mattress

Solution on page 19.