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[ed's note: a few of these clues assume that you are at a science fiction convention in Manchester in 1998]

Across:

  1. Slain by the black arrow (5, Tolkien)
  2. Telecommunication obsessive? (2)
  3. see 5 down
  4. Look around you or visit Norfolk (3)
  5. Unconcious monster (2)
  6. Seraphic bibliophile (10)
  7. Picked up by the President in Islington (8)
  8. Iridium Boundary (2)
  9. Fusion in a bottle? (3)
  10. Martian war-cry (4)
  11. e.g., Orac (2)
  12. (and 32 across, 21 down) Portrait distortion (4, 4, 8)
  13. Local wordsmith (4)
  14. (and 19 down) Lankhmar cat? (4,6)
  15. Infinite enjoyment for Minds (3, Banks)
  16. see 11 down
  17. (and 34 down) Smuggler insulted by royalty (4,6)
  18. see 19 across.
  19. Worn by Avon, but never seen (5)
  20. Judge of chocolate? (7)
  21. AI religious philosophy? (3)
  22. Futurological Congressman? (3)

Down:

  1. Japanese demolition specialist (8)
  2. Fan fuel (4)
  3. One of ten on three (7, Media)
  4. (and 6 across) Witch on the box? (4, 4, Media)
  5. (and 17 down) Big city director (5,4)
  6. Earthman depression (4)
  7. (and 29 across) Bony portal? (4, 4, Pratchett)
  8. Gil Hamilton (3)
  9. Guarded emissary bearing cautionary message (6, media)
  10. see 7 down
  11. See 23 across
  12. See 19 across
  13. Rumpole's wife? (6)
  14. Alien God? (2, Media)
  15. Verbal assault by knights (2)
  16. Demigod's sidekick (6)
  17. Lady Luck? Miss ... (5, Niven)
  18. Writer for high summer? (7)
  19. (and 30 across) Vampiricidal tunesmiths (4,6)
  20. IBM? (3)
  21. Cherryh's runners (3)
  22. Acronymic artist (3)
  23. Vurts. (8)

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