After the success of the first FONTzine crossword (some people actually tried it during the convention) it seemed appropriate to do another. Given some of the comments we got about the first one ("Bloody Hell Gav, this thing's bleedin' impossible") we tried to make this one a little easier...

the crossword grid

[Ed's note: looking back at this crossword, and comparing it to the previous year, there are a number of recycled or semi-recycled clues and/or answers. We compile these things annually. Faced with the same choice of words again, we often come up with pretty similar clues. Sorry.]

Across

  1. Old time film of the future. William Cameron Menzies directed, Raymond Massey starred, H. G. Wells Co-scripted. (6,2,4)
  2. Vaughn & McCallum's relative (5)
  3. The Opposition with a new hope? (9)
  4. It has a left hand? (8)
  5. He considered time as a helix of semi-precious stones (6)
  6. Curt author? (8)
  7. Made his stand on Zanzibar (7)
  8. Strongman's sidekick (6)
  9. Dave Lister's best-ever lyric (2)
  10. One-eyed ambassador (4)
  11. Sharp soul eater (12)
  12. Android with electric pet? (7)
  13. Martian Chronicler (8)
  14. Red, green or blue? (4)
  15. A Mr Burbank with a show all his own (6)
  16. Source of information, better than the sequel. (6)
  17. A computer or a state of mind (3)
  18. Too cute to be allowed to live (4)
  19. This ambassador's aide has been lost in space. (7)
  20. Worlds of? (2)

Down

  1. Transport for Tracys (12)
  2. A large island. Or a Colin, depending on your point of view (9)
  3. Perennial foe of 7 Across (6)
  4. Insectoid threat to life as we know it (10)
  5. Biggest of the seven (3)
  6. Cowardly Roman abode? (4)
  7. Probably the most famous aardvark in the world? (7)
  8. Turing code of a Rio mainframe (11)
  9. W. Morgan Sheppard and Martin Sheen have both played one (4,6)
  10. Think of C. J. running (3)
  11. A world of Sietches and Shai-Hulud (7)
  12. Sanguine musician (4,4)
  13. The luckiest person in the world... ever! (5,5)
  14. She was looking for Duran Duran and found an angel (10)
  15. The Dark Knight (6)
  16. 'The Death Star has cleared the planet.' (5)
  17. Ancient city that snowcrashed (2)
  18. Creator of Pirx the Pilot (3)
  19. One of the fair folk (3)
  20. Some Knights say this (2)

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