Ox Marks the Spat -- Episode IV of the Oxbrain in Space Series, Printable Version -- Crossword Adventures with Oxbrain

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Episode IV: Alien warships compete for possession of a UFO that is carrying Oxbrain back to Earth.
Fortunately, he escapes. Watching from the ship's porthole, the

"Ox Marks the Spat" - Printable Version - by John T Sherman

_____The UFO navigated by Oxbrain slowed to sub-light speed as it approached the solar system.
_____Oxbrain was indeed anxious to return to Earth. After having been abducted by aliens, and then abandoned in a UFO thousands of light-years away from home, he was now ready to rest his weary hooves on terra firma.
_____ Unfortunately, the UFO he was navigating back to Earth was considered stolen property by the Xerxi-- and they were determined to take it back! As the UFO slowed, a Xerxi Combat-Recovery ship (which had been tracking the UFO) now caught up with the craft and positioned itself directly above. The underbelly of the Combat-Recovery ship slid open, and a powerful tractor beam began pulling the UFO upwards into the ship. (continued below...)

Clues to Ox Marks the Spat

Across

1. Soapy bubbles

5. Active volcano in East Sicily

9. Name, poetically

14. Home hot box

15. Noah's eldest

16. Toys that spin on a string

17. Island-nation near Florida

18. Catching device

19. Say "hello" to

20. SILLY REQUEST

23. Lateral facial feature

24. Special ___ (Military unit)

25. Lowest rating? (2 words)

28. Cut wood, again

30. Ancient card deck

32. Before

33. Bro counterpart

35. Japanese word of respect

36. In addition to

37. SILLY REQUEST

42. Do what is asked

43. ___ Maria

44. Former leader of China

45. Foot forepart

46. Large amounts

48. Ordinary writing

52. Member of the upper house

54. Garden tool

56. Turn down (a request)

57. SILLY REQUEST

60. Heir to a fortune

62. Country east of Thailand

63. Not on tape!

64. Latin singer Farrera

65. Landed up(on)

66. Gulf in the Arabian Sea

67. Piles of kindling

68. Yearnings

69. It's history!

Down

1. Sport with a black-and-white ball

2. Parts of the palate

3. Prevents

4. Break, like a branch

5. Impede from changing a testimony

6. Push forcibly

7. Close by

8. Narrow-necked, 2-handled Greek jars

9. Young swan

10. Titles of nobility

11. Crab's seeing device

12. "The Raven" author

13. Superlative suffix

21. Online bean-bag collectible brand

22. Screen name, eg.

26. Fever and chills

27. With a healthy glow

29. Pallid

31. To one side

34. Aloha, in Israel

36. Lacking in nutrients

37. Round shapes

38. Slender woodwind

39. Smaller

40. Exaggerate in a role

41. It loses to scissors

46. Plum pits

47. Sure choice for a job

49. Lake NE of Syracuse

50. Wire mesh utensils

51. Range of something

53. Make amends

55. Removes from office

58. University in Connecticut

59. Commotion

60. Drink in small quantities

61. Call out loudly

(continued... )

_____ But now come the Zatani, annoyed that their captured UFO had mysteriously eluded them! From deep space, they swooped down in their turbo-charged Warship and aimed their own tractor beam at the UFO, in a brazen attempt to wrest it away from the Xerxi ship. The clash of opposing tractor beams released the UFO from its grip, enabling the UFO (with Oxbrain in it) to escape!
_____ With their disputed prey fallen out of reach, the two opposing ships hesitated, then retreated, to reassess their respective plans of action.
_____ But Oxbrain sped away, having more important things to accomplish. Mainly, returning to planet Earth!
_____ As the welcome sight of the blue planet loomed larger and larger in the distance, our Ox was observed to be performing an odd dance around the bridge of the ship ...

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