Out to Launch - Printable Version - Episode II of the Oxbrain in Space Crossword Adventure

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Episode II: Where Oxbrain is alone in space in an abandoned UFO, while back on Earth, Farmer Breakneck thinks Oxbrain is just
"Out to Launch"
by John T Sherman ___This Page is Printable ___ Back to Home Page

_____ In our last episode, Oxbrain was abducted by aliens. They intended to surgically remove his cerebral cortex for study, but held off until they could give him a good washing. All this time our Ox was in peaceful, anesthesized slumber in the medical bay of the spaceship.

_____As luck would have it, the alien craft was spotted by a band of Zatani, roaming outer space in their new, turbo-charged warship. A roguish race of humanoids with horns on their heads, they needed some quick cash to meet the next installment on their warship, and a ship of the prosperous Xerxi presented the perfect opportunity. After being threatened with destruction, the Xerxi surrendered to their pursuers. Their craft was boarded, and all the( Xerxi) crew taken hostage. Oxbrain was left in the now abandoned (but still operable) craft, his captors now captives themselves,-- and on their way to be exchanged for ransom in the next galaxy. (continued below...)

Clues to Out to Launch

by John T Sherman

Across

1. Jazz singer Fitzgerald

5. In abundance

11. Event with lots of atmosphere?

14. You get a view from it, sometimes

15. Shore bird with an upturned beak

16. Do something

17. WAY TO GET LAUNCHED, FAST?

19. "He" partner

20. Tall tales

21. Brother's son, to brother

23. There was no room here once, long ago

24. Covered in fog

26. Oak species

29. Bright offspring?

30. Be the "bomb" in something

34. On "vacation" without permission :abbr.

35. He wrote something

37. Boxer Muhammad

38. WAY TO GET LAUNCHED, FROM

A HOLDING POSITION?

41. Aviv preceder

42. Pronounces

43. Top Norse god

44. Ship's rear

46. Before, poetically

47. Really deep gorge

48. People-eating monsters in fairy tales

50. To the extent that :abbr.

51. Armed intrusion in enemy territory

54. City south of Stockton, California

58. This lady was THE first

59. WAY TO GET LAUNCHED, HEAD FIRST?

62. Water wiggler

63. Open to change

64. Certain

65. Look in where you're not supposed to

66. Went away

67. Where 58. Across gardened

Down

1. Energy units

2. Ill-gotten gains

3. He sang "I'd Love You to Want Me" in 1972

4. "Yellow" town in Texas

5. Greek physician of yore

6. Hertz rival

7. Word before place names Angeles and Altos

8. The "8th" month :abbr.

9. Santa's "steering wheel" on his sleigh

10. And so on

11. Deep cut

12. Dull pain

13. Meat and veggie dish

18. Straight row

22. It contains the Eucharist

24. The M in MADD

25. Right where this is (2 words)

26. Inflatable whitewater transport

27. Small hooter

28. 17th cent. British physicist who made law on gases

29. Ancient Hindu custom of self-

immolation

31. Club toter

32. Immigration island in New York

33. Holds on property

35. Another name for 44. Across

36. Words of surprise

39. Exchangeable for equivalent goods

40. _______ oblige

45. Decompose

47. Military officer's assistant

49. Settle into a sofa

50. Firm, like muscle

51. Ooze through

52. Word before come or sight

53. Count on

54. Garden tunneler

55. Macho man

56. Ripped

57. Take the lid off

60. ___-Wan Kenobi

61. Smart person

_____Oxbrain awakened in the softly bright operating room. "Hmm, nice minty smell in here. I'm hungry! Anybody home?" None the worse inspite of his harrowing experiences, he trotted over to the galley and rifled through the many sleek shiny drawers for food, until sated at last, he stood in the middle of what was once a neat, kitchen, now filthy and cluttered with half-eaten meal remnants.
_____He then ventured into the captain's navigation deck, and was confronted by a bewildering array of control panels, blinking lights and computers. The room was a half-circle punctuated with large portholes, through which he saw crowds of stars of every color in the darkness outside.
_____ As the hours dragged on, he realized that the food would soon run out and that he had to get the spaceship going and steer it back to earth. "How do you steer this thing? How do you even launch it?" he bellowed. Oxbrain stomped around the ship, causing the lights to flicker, the floor to shake, and a coffee mug to fall to the floor.
_____ "Let's get going! Launch this thing now!!" he raged.
_____ Tsk tsk, Oxbrain. Get a grip. Well, let's see if any of the clues below will help you...

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