MUMS - Puzzle Hunt

Answer: DEEJAY

Solving the crostic clues yields answers SHOWDOWN, PROFESSORS, OMBUDSMAN, TIM, SADISM, ELGIN, VITALITY, EARL, NIGHTCLUBS, FARADAY, INTIMIDATE, GENETICS, HEMATOMAS, THE AVENUE, EAR, ROYAL, SHAFT. The initial letters of these spell the phrase SPOT SEVEN FIGHTERS. Every odd clue's answer is fighting themed and every even clue's answer is a street in or around Melbourne University, which along with the puzzle title, strongly hints at Capcom's Street Fighter video game series.

Transposing letters into the crostic grid spells the names of six Capcom games, each of which can have a letter inserted in the vertical aligned column to form a hidden Street Fighter character:

        GENMADONIMUSHA
SHADOW OVEREMYSTARA
      THE WAREAGAINST DESTINY
RIVAL SCHOOLSJUNITED BY FATE
PLASMA SWORDANIGHTMARE OF BILSTEIN
         FATEYUNLIMITED CODES

The seventh hidden street fighter character, and the final answer DEEJAY, is then formed down the center column.

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