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PUZZLES FOR YOU

Mountain View News Saturday, December 21, 2024

SCIENCE FICTION

ACROSS

1. Le Corbusier's art

5. *"The Matrix" protagonist

8. Captures

12. Funkiness in the air

13. Vegetative state

14. Capital of Vietnam

15. Fairy tale villain

16. Beware of these in March

17. Spiker and Sponge of "James 
and the Giant Peach"

18. *Bioengineered humanoid in 
"Blade Runner"

20. The Beehive State

21. Burn with coffee, e.g.

22. Tire meas.

23. Sea nymph

26. Salad dressing option

30. *Pierre Boulle's Cornelius

31. Hoity-toity

34. Back arrow key

35. Covered with sphagnum

37. Tiny Tim's guitar

38. Allegro ____, in music

39. Sign of escape

40. Apprehension

42. Emergency responder, acr.

43. Neuron junction

45. Sleeping sickness vector

47. *Katniss Everdeen's sister

48. Hammerin' Hank

50. Tennis "innings"

52. *2010 film starring DiCaprio

56. Meat of coconut

57. Desperate

58. Karl of politics

59. *1979 film starring Sigourney 
Weaver

60. Fail to mention

61. Bo Peep's females

62. *"Do Androids Dream of Electric 
Sheep" author

63. Was ahead

64. *Spock's are pointy

DOWN

1. Point of entry

2. Side of a ruler, e.g.

3. S or C follower, in business

4. Two-word threat

5. Relating to node

6. Make corrections

7. Kiln for hops

8. *Captain Nemo's submarine

9. Tolstoy's Karenina

10. This and that

11. Bro's sibling

13. Droning insect

14. Niger and Nigeria language

19. In an unfriendly manner

22. Parent org.

23. "He named ____"

24. Strong adhesive

25. Pine juice

26. Original thought

27. Garment enlarger

28. *"The Hitchhiker's Guide to 
the Galaxy" author

29. Neil Diamond's "Beautiful 
____"

32. *Frank Herbert's famous novel

33. "I Like ____" 1950s campaign 
slogan

36. *"Where no man has gone 
before" TV series

38. "The Tortoise and the Hare" 
author

40. "It's no ____!"

41. Beale of Memphis, e.g.

44. South Korean port

46. Main dish

48. Japanese cartoon art

49. Like thick smoke

50. Solo, pl.

51. Long narrative poem

52. Worshiped one

53. Minnesota's southern 
neighbor

54. Last word on radio

55. Famed loch

56. Rogue or rascal


DEC. 14, 2024 Solutions


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