I had grand plans to have this puzzle finished and posted before Aurora Burning was out, I thought it would be a fun refresher before book two. Unfortunately, a confluence of life and puzzle problems made this a pipe dream. But here it is! And an Aurora Burning puzzle is certainly up next.
This is the fifth draft of this puzzle; I had a bunch of weird issues making this one. They were mostly misspellings, and words that were not meant to go in the puzzle, along with words I thought were wrong but ended up being fine. So it was a long journey to this being done.
This is such an incredibly fun series! I am so looking forward to reading book three.
The last puzzle was the Slytherin house mini-puzzle, and you can find the answer sheet here!
I also apologize again for the color quality. I am going to switch back to black only until I have access to a proper scanner again, the color quality is so off.
Quotes
“The Great 18 Across of 15 Across IV couldn’t keep me away,”
“ Do 63 Down choose the 74 Across they 62 Across? Do planets choose their 77 Down? Who am I to deny 17 Down, Aurora? When you 22 Down brighter than any 1 Down in the sky?
“Who wants to be normal when you can be 79 Across instead?”
Number 24 Across is “worse than the 69 Across plague and the 36 Down pox put together.”
Across
5. Cat is the legions best this
8. New thing to hunt for at the end of the book
10. The World Ship
19. First among equals
20. Elf Kal is accused of being
21. Color for leadership corps
22. Race who does not like to be touched
24. The collector, also a gangster (2 words)
26. Waywalker who does not want Kal on his ship
27. What the Syldrathi call 39 Across
28. First Betraskan Aurora meets
32. Having your irises in the shape of these means you are a part of the 34 Down
33. Their mark is three crossed blades
35. Race with “bone white” skin
38. Color for gearheads
39. Extinct people who have achieved a mythic status amongst most of the universe
40. “The eyes inside the skull I was born with, the flesh slowly succumbing to the poison corruption infection salvation in my ___.”
43. Planet where the inhabitants live largely underground.
45. Global Intelligence Agency
47. Rude way to refer to Syldrathi
49. Cat’s division in the Aurora Legion
52. Beloved
55. School that trains most of our heroes
58. Wears an exosuit and is about 90% sarcasm
60. God of the United Faith
61. Terran Defense Force
66. Aurora’s uniglass
68. Aurora’s Chinese name/what her father calls her
70. Color for Aces
71. Animal on Octavia
75. Where everyone believes the Hadfield was heading
76. Quiet to-the-point member of the squad
78. “(Jaime Sanderson. Ex-boyfriend #37. Pros: good kisser. Cons: likes ___.)”
80. Who picks their teams in the draft
81. Was friends with Jericho Jones in his pilot days
Down
2. These get in Cat’s wound
3. Color of Betraskan contact lenses
4. “first son of Laeleth Iriltari Idraban Gilwraeth”
6. Everything is monochrome when you are here (2 words)
7. Character with a long trail of ex-boyfriends
9. Item our squad steals
11. Our squad’s number (3 words)
12. Color for Tanks
13. The youngest race
14. Color for those in the science division
16. What Aurora says before passing out while being possessed (2 words)
23. Ship chasing our squad
24. Syldrathi have five divisions called this
25. “A total ban on system entry.”
26. Golden Boy
29. Fin’s cousin
30. Betraskans trade each other these
31. System the squad originally heads towards
34. Communal being trying to take over the universe
37. What 9 Down actually is
41. “The mere sight of her is water in an endless 41 down.”
42. Syldrathi who did not accept the peace treaty
44. Combat Specialist
45. Aurora Legion division focused on mechanics
46. Stowaway
48. “We the Legion. We the ____. Burning bright against the night.”
50. Aurora’s would-be supervisor and girlfriend of her father
51. Aurora Legion Division specializing in diplomacy
53. Person whos enemies are “all free Syldrathi… And those who offer them refuge”
54. Aurora’s Father (2 words)
56. “My mother’s people have a saying: ke’tma indayōna be’trai. It means …
you do not walk alone when you walk your ____ _____.” (2 words)
57. Aurora’s last name
59. Name for those in the science division
64. Color for Faces
65. Ship that ended corporate space exploration on Earth
67. Where the Hadfield was actually heading
71. Owner of Shamrock
72. Food charm on Zila’s earrings
73. Nauseated Security Guard
84. Twins last name
