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7. Prep for Takeoff

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Across

  • 2. Place for Inara and Nandi, once (2 words)
  • 8. Badger may have delusions of this
  • 9. "...what you see __ this room..." (prep for barker?)
  • 11. "Four people __ shuttle." (prep for Mal, in the Latin?)
  • 12. "Ariel" onboard game (which may have gotten underfoot?)
  • 15. Title for Albans
  • 16. Inevitable betrayer or betrayed
  • 18. "You __ sail in a Firefly?"
  • 21. "__ we will blow a new crater..."
  • 22. Jayne to Matty, for short
  • 23. Saffron knew it for 38-Across's estate
  • 24. Jayne and Saffron may not be worthy of yours
  • 25. "Bring that __, please." (Simon to Tracey's nurse, Jayne)
  • 26. 33-Down recommended a three-point one
  • 28. In a flight one, Wash was once laconic
  • 30. "__ you kill a dulcimer...?"
  • 33. See 40-Across
  • 34. Man of letters
  • 35. Mal could have made Saffron one
  • 36. "...carrying a bullet for you right __"
  • 38. Yo-Saf-Bridge's man, initially?
  • 39. Part of stick in the Mudders' lauded taking
  • 40. With 33-Across, out of bounds on Osiris

Down

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Solution

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Across

2. Place for Inara and Nandi, once (2 words)
House Madrassa
8. Badger may have delusions of this
standing
9. "...what you see __ this room..." (prep for barker?)
inside
11. "Four people __ shuttle." (prep for Mal, in the Latin?)
per
12. "Ariel" onboard game (which may have gotten underfoot?)
horseshoes
15. Title for Albans
St
16. Inevitable betrayer or betrayed
dinosaur
18. "You __ sail in a Firefly?"
ever
21. "__ we will blow a new crater..."
or
22. Jayne to Matty, for short
bro
23. Saffron knew it for 38-Across's estate
layout
24. Jayne and Saffron may not be worthy of yours
trust
25. "Bring that __, please." (Simon to Tracey's nurse, Jayne)
pan
26. 33-Down recommended a three-point one
watch
28. In a flight one, Wash was once laconic
school
30. "__ you kill a dulcimer...?"
did
33. See 40-Across [With 33-Across, out of bounds on Osiris]
zone
34. Man of letters
Amnon
35. Mal could have made Saffron one
widow
36. "...carrying a bullet for you right __"
now
38. Yo-Saf-Bridge's man, initially?
D.H.
39. Part of stick in the Mudders' lauded taking
end
40. With 33-Across, out of bounds on Osiris
blackout

Down

1. Tree hat, wine, and dance made Mal one
husband
2. Follower of fei
hua
3. "...going on right __ my nose!" (prep for Wash?)
under
4. Higgins and others
magistrates
5. If you can't do this, try to 29-Down
run
6. Where you'll see a bay and a bridge
ship
7. Word close to proximity
alert
10. Badger's apple-peeler holder
desk
12. Book, with a hammer
handy
13. Simon is very this, River more so
smart
14. Dock for Doc
Eavesdown
17. Abbey for Book
Southdown
19. Nandi's nemesis, briefly
R.B.
20. "__ unsettling" (part of answer is in 3 others)
downright
23. Describes a dirty deceiver in Jayne's poetry
lowdown
25. One of Mal's often unsmooth ideas
plan
27. Ep for Tracey
TM
29. If you can't do this, someone may carry you
crawl
31. "No power __ the 'verse..." (prep for River?)
in
32. Place for thieves like Badger, or real badgers
den
33. Warrior Woman
Zoe
37. Med. specialty for Doc in "H. of G."
OB
38. Battle of __-Khang
Du

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