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AnswersQuick crossword #64 Set by Richard Smyth Quick quiz #64
ACROSS 1 Bucolic, 5 Pipes, 8 Republics,
9 Ova, 10 Nadir, 12 Isotope, 13 Alpha
particle, 15 Antwerp, 17 Resin, 19 Edo,
20 Slide rule, 22 Rigel, 23 TetanusDOWN 1 Boron, 2 Cap,
3 Liberia, 4 Critical point, 5 Pesto,
6 Proboscis, 7 Scalene, 11 Diphthong,
13 Amateur, 14 Torment, 16 Easel,
18 Needs, 21 Urn1 The structure of which substance
allegedly came to chemist August
Kekulé during a dream of a snake
biting its tail?2 What might you measure using
a Wheatstone bridge?3 What form of pneumonia, usually
caused by contaminated water, was
first identified in an outbreak at a
Philadelphia hotel in 1976?4 What geological era, noted for an
explosion in invertebrate life and
named after a Welsh Celtic tribe, was
sandwiched between the Cambrian
and Silurian eras?5 Io, Europa, Ganymede...
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