CROSSWORD

THEME: SCIENCE FICTION

ACROSS

1. Flora’s partner

6. cafè alternative

9. Alpine lift

13. European blackbird

14. Owned

15. Reflecting light

16. ____ ____ estate deal

17. He was the greatest?

18. Main artery in the body

19. *”The War of the Worlds” invader

21. *Typical temporal setting

23. Shape with an ax

24. Combustible heap

25. Fleur-de-____

28. *Scully’s first name in “The X Files”

30. Huey, Dewey or Louie to Donald Duck

35. Crematorium jars

37. Ponies at a party

39. #30 Across’ sister

40. ____ of arms

41. Mideast V.I.P.

43. Military no-show

44. *”Buffy the Vampire Slayer” spin-off

46. Hippocrates’ promise, e.g.

47. *David Bowie in “The Man Who ____ to Earth”

48. *The Dagobah ____ in “The Empire Strikes Back”

50. Lack of guile

52. Bad-mouth

53. Form of arthritis

55. National Institute of Health

57. *”Foundation” series author

60. *Stanislaw Lem’s famous novel

64. Single-cell protozoan

65. Famous Dolly, e.g.

67. Absurd

68. West African country

69. “Eureka!”

70. Neil Diamond’s “Beautiful _____”

71. They’re marching one by one

72. Auction set

73. Young sows

DOWN

1. Memory ____ mattress

2. Certain something

3. ____-friendly

4. Poet’s “below”

5. Like U.S. and U.S.S.R. in WWII

6. Conjunction in comparatives

7. *Heuristically programmed algorithmic computer, for short

8. Enlighten

9. Biblical pronoun

10. Ethiopian currency

11. Initial stake, as in poker

12. Swedish shag rug

15. Shiny cotton

20. Not asleep

22. One of #35 Across

24. “Miss America” contest, e.g.

25. *”Star Wars” creator

26. Shoemaker without shoes, e.g.

27. Hose woes

29. *Captain of Nautilus

31. “La Vie en rose” singer

32. #23 Across, past tense

33. Cause for food recall

34. *One of the “fathers of science fiction”

36. Proofreader’s mark

38. “____ ____ good example”

42. It’s black or white and lives in Africa

45. Office errand boy

49. Barn sound

51. Bureaucratic task

54. Relating to uvea

56. Capital of Vietnam

57. So be it

58. Dispatched

59. Avian wader

60. Center of authority

61. Iron horse track

62. Research facil.

63. Visually perceives

64. Bar association

66. *”Doctor ____”