#i have a super important work presentation tomorrow and yet i kept opening my crossword software and fiddling with it

[coquelicoq]

dear the worderbot fandom (is that a thing? i propose making that a thing): please accept this humble offering of a MBD-themed crossword! i made it just for you. (seriously. imagine me trying to publish this in a newspaper.) usually i would not say anything about a puzzle up front, but in this case i highly recommend not trying to solve 4-Down right away...get some other stuff in there first! i will put the solution in a future reblog. happy solving!

Visual Media

Across

1. A Trump

6. "The Wind in the Willows" character

10. Tumblr user who follows the #murderbot tag, presumably

13. Cramp-relieving pill

14. Padme's planet

15. Wedding words

16. Impromptu, as a committee

17. Passenger's option

19. Short times of day?

21. Boot camp nickname

22. The "Y" of YSL

23. Chuckleheads

25. Used a yellowish pigment

28. The first letter in "circus" (but not the fourth)

29. Type of market or circus

30. Suffix that often denotes a fundraising event

32. Helpful hints

36. "Rogue Protocol" location

37. It may be smart or flip

38. Murderbot or Three, e.g.

39. Title word for the fourth Murderbot Diaries novella

40. Small songbird with a small-sounding name

41. Indigenous group in Japan

42. Soothes

44. Bolted

46. International waters

49. With skill

50. Cut again, as a piece of wood

51. Broke one's fast

55. Ignored prophet of Troy

58. Awaken

59. "Roses ___ red..."

60. Deep black

61. Code name

62. Abbr. after Sec, Med, or Hub

63. Earth's neighbor

64. Little troublemakers

Down

1. Mosque leader

2. Veni, ___, vici

3. It's famously underdiagnosed in girls: Abbr.

4. Media Murderbot is always up for?

5. Wall recess

6. Mai ___ (certain cocktails)

7. Delivery docs

8. "You've got mail" co.

9. "What ___ kill you..."

10. Guy in a diner?

11. Old saying

12. Do, re, and mi

14. Grammas

18. Media Murderbot is always down for?

20. Poisoned item in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"

23. Nary a soul

24. Should it come to that

25. "You want a piece ___?" (fightin' words)

26. III x LIII

27. "Pad" or "port" lead-in

28. Two of Murderbot's favorites are graphically depicted in this puzzle: One at 4- and 18-Down and one at 6-, 29-, and 60-Across

31. Dissertation subject

33. "Oh Ariana, we're really ___ now"

34. Yearn

35. Small earring

43. Moving in a cloud, as drones

45. Killware tends to set them off

46. Killer whales

47. Arctic explorer Robert

48. Twisty letters

49. ___ impasse

51. Greek god, counterpart of 63-Across

52. Continental money

53. Mutual administrative ___: Abbr.

54. Directors Spike and Ang

56. Aviation org.

57. TiVo is one, for short

#i like murderbot and i like words. the pun was inevitable #sorry i had to put a trump in this puzzle...i kept refilling that corner and believe it or not that was the least bad version! #this idea came to me like...25 hours ago and would not leave me alone until it was finished #i have a super important work presentation tomorrow and yet i kept opening my crossword software and fiddling with it #instead of fiddling with my super important work presentation #if i lose my job i'm blaming it on murderbot and also the english language for not having more words in it #gosh english! get some more 5-letter words starting with eo- why don't you!!!!! #murderbot #the murderbot diaries #cruciverbs #my posts #okay actually i'm queuing this so when i say 'tomorrow' what i actually mean is 'right now' #right now i'm giving a terrifying work presentation upon which my and all my coworkers' jobs depend. wish me luck lol #i will also post this on the discord (assuming i can figure out how) but i will change the clue for 10-Across to be abt discord instead <3