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Strange Bedfellows Crossword Puzzle

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A crossword challenge called for a symmetrical crossword on Straits, American automobile manufacturers, African mammals or Dystopian novels. This puzzle contains all of these, though direly, only one strait. Enjoy!
Author: psnz - Diff: Harder

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      1. Disdain
      7. US automaker whose models include the Challenger, Charger and Durango
      10. Exhilaration of remembering some pleasant event
      11. The colourful ____-Backed Jackal, African hunter and scavenger
      12. Blacksmith's block
      13. English author of the 1909 dystopian novella "The Machine Stops" (1,1,7)
      14. The Bat-____ Fox is easily distinguished by two enormous body parts
      17. English author H.G. Wells' scientific romance "The ____ Men in the Moon" (1901)
      20. Flirtatious flutterer
      24. Radiant
      25. Gives qualities or abilities to
      26. Largest penguin
      27. Sounds like part of a celestial body, but is the nymph of a dragonfly or damselfly
      28. Tiny bat with a fruity name because it roosts in the leaves of the eponymous tree
      29. World's tallest animal with nine subspecies
      30. Lubricate
      31. Bacon serving
      32. Cajun or Cockney
      36. "Lord of the ____" (1957) was written by William Golding
      39. "The Trial" (1925), posthumous dystopian novel by Bohemian novelist Franz ____
      42. Creepy crawler
      43. Courageous
      44. Safari sight with black and white varieties (abbr.)
      45. Disappear
      46. Stand out
      47. Despite its name, the ____-Spotted Genet only has a body mass of about 1.6 kg

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      1. Large African antelope with glossy black coat, white under parts and facial markings
      2. Broadcasting, or a pleasant way to walk (2,3)
      3. US writer Asimov whose "The ____ Sun" (1957) was the second part of his "Robot" series
      4. Lacking fresh air
      5. From the Latin "cruralis", of or relating the leg (anat.)
      6. Dishes
      7. Weighing in at 350-400 grams, the ____ Mongoose is the smallest of its family
      8. Strait at the narrowest part of the English Channel
      9. Acclamation
      15. US automotive manufacturer of Hummers and Humvees (2,7)
      16. Come about
      18. Krakatoa's country
      19. US author of the dystopian "The Moon is Down" (1942), John ____
      20. Came out
      21. Stores
      22. Slightly (1,6)
      23. Forename of 17A author whose works included "The Time Machine" (1895)
      33. Bit of progress
      34. "The Iron Heel" (1908) by US author Jack ____, possibly the first modern dystopian novel
      35. Taillike
      36. Roald Dahl's 1948 dystopian novel: "Some Time Never: A ____ for Supermen"
      37. First name of 3D and 38D author
      38. "The Caves of ____" (1954) by US writer Asimov
      39. "R.U.R.: Rossum's Universal Robots" (1921) by Czech writer ____ Capek
      40. Tuck title
      41. Positive pole