"___ Game" (1986 Hugo Award winner) Crossword Clue

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"___ Game" (1986 Hugo Award winner) Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

WINNER (noun)
1. a person with a record of successes
2. the contestant who wins the contest
AWARD (verb)
1. give, especially as an honor or reward
2. give as judged due or on the basis of merit
AWARD (noun)
1. something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery
2. a grant made by a law court

Hint 2: Anagram

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DENSER

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Across

1. First in a series

5. Pixel rival

10. Snap

14. Average Joe's name (that's not Joe)

15. Bases loaded, e.g.

16. Iris's location

17. Temporary cover of a sort

18. Epic with the line "Come, friend, you too must die"

19. Festival covering

20. Start of a quip by comic Steven Wright

23. Summer abroad

24. Sounds of refreshment

25. King's ___

27. Adjust on the timeline

29. Pressure cooker sound

31. Producer of an explosion

32. ___ Robinson, mother of Michelle Obama

34. Deep notes

35. Middle of the quip ... and a hint to eight squares in this puzzle

38. French buds

40. Plotted

41. Up to, informally

42. Low pair

44. Beyond cross

48. Drink featured in the Elvis film "Blue Hawaii"

50. Govt. prosecutors

51. Besides

52. End of the quip

56. Actor Jannings

57. Youngest golfer to score below his age in a P.G.A. Tour event

58. White Sox or Red Sox player, informally

59. Runner’s assignment

60. Cricket segments

61. Miller option

62. Flower whose name means "flame" in ancient Greek

63. Lead-in to maniac

64. Troublesome threes, e.g.

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Down

1. "Jeopardy!" offering

2. 12-time Olympic swimming medalist Ryan ___

3. Worn at the edges

4. Prefix with sexual

5. Possible response to "Where are you?"

6. Craft kit fabrics

7. "Right away, boss!"

8. Comedian Trevor

10. Cot alternative

11. Wear out one's welcome, say

12. Achilles, for two

13. Muesli bit

21. Underworld figure

22. Is in the past?

26. Chain parts: Abbr.

28. Singer Tori

29. Head liners?

30. Choquequirao inhabitant

33. "Let ___!"

34. Urban addr. specification

35. Like cuisine with lumpia and longganisa

36. "Looks that way, unfortunately"

37. Minimal

38. Bread box?

39. Noxious

42. "Qué ___?" ("How's it going?," in Spanish)

43. Only U.S. president buried in Washington, D.C.

45. Home of Firenze

46. They have nine players

47. Get released

49. Early text messager

50. One of a Disney septet

53. Root of resentment, at times

54. Reckon

55. Word before and after an ampersand, in the grocery

56. Maker of toys for girls and boys

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