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Dots and Crosses

ANSWER: PAY

Author: Charles Steinhardt

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Since the clues are in Morse code, the solutions should be entered in the same way.

Plaintext versions:

Across

FEEL  Sense by touch
AGAR  Gelatin substitute
USB   PC port
SAID  Spoken aloud
TRIP  Cause of a fall
POEM  Sonnet or ode
DENY  Not admit
LAKE  Erie or Superior
ABUT  Share a border
VAST  Seemingly endless

Down

SALE  BOGO event
RING  Saturn feature
OPEN  Not closed
LIST  Santa checks his twice
STATS RBI and OPS
SINK  Swim alternative
PAGE  Sheet of paper
TUNES They might be Looney
LOG   Cabin type
IVY   Princeton or Brown

The morse in the highlighted, diagonal squares produces the answer, PAY.