BBC Science Focus - 03.2020

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1 Some wine for a Republican

in bistro (6)

4 Pastaturned out to be

Spanish food (5)

8 Eavesdrop on heartless guy

in infantile conveyance (5)

9 Old vehicle Ian exchanged

for an instrument (7)

10 Rota devised by a vital

supplier (5)

12 Allow space to put

heading (7)

13 Boyfriend in favour of

adjusting castle for wind

level (8,5)

15 Bagel constructed by artist

in system using symbols (7)

17 Finally doesn’t finish a

book (5)

19 Sketch notes for conscript (7)

20 Heard quiet composition (5)

22 New road, new element (5)

23 Surface temperature on

Mars, say (6)

1 Snake finds a place in

Whitehall (5)

2 Equipment for soldier

back after run (3)

3 Travel a bit as a rugby

player (3,4)

4 Land treatise (5)

5 Game is inapt – ruined

par ty (9)

6 Setting around a lake forms

a triangle (7)

7 Cryptologist caught poem

with a wave (11)

11 Defender right to argue

about a road (9)

13 Bishop takes steps to find

an organ (7)

14 Small demand around edges

of palace for a knife (7)

16 Stick to prohibition

outside (5)

18 Reportedly posted some

perfume(5)

21 One played for a very

long time (3)

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