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Quick crossword #62 Set by Richard Smyth Quick quiz #60
ACROSS 7 Short and sweet, 8 Astatine,
9 Lain, 10 Egghead, 12 Helix, 14 Laser,
16 Ratchet, 19 Mica, 20 One-sided,
22 Undercarriage
DOWN 1 Ohms, 2 Preach, 3 Maximal,
4 Adder, 5 Twelve, 6 Medicine,
11 Gradient, 13 Careers, 15 Enamel,
17 Clinic, 18 Cocci, 21 Edge
1 What is your scapula?
2 What name is given to the
calculation of the proportions in
which substances combine to form
products in a chemical reaction?
3 The asteroid 57424
Caelumnoctu is named after
what long-running TV programme
broadcast by the BBC, which was
presented by the same person
for 55 years?
4 The 2015 film The Man Who
Knew Infinity tells the story of which
Indian mathematical genius and his
collaboration with the Cambridge
professor G. H. Hardy?
5 Often found in soaps and
detergents, what name is given to
a substance that lowers the surface
tension between two substances?
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Twisteddoodles p54
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Diamonds in vases
in palaces – a gem of a
problem to solve? p54
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1 Genus of extinct ape, possibly a
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80s; serif typeface (7)
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22 Specialised stalks of a climbing plant (8)
24 Alfred ___, Austrian psychotherapist (5)
26 See 11
27 Lifeless; unable to support life (7)
28 Term describing voice synthesis (4-2-6)
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2 Safety component that strengthens
a car’s frame (4,3)
3 Ate; took in (8)
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5 Water-powered technologies (10)
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8 Part of the female reproductive system (9,4)
9 Psychological measurement (13)
14 Tubular lamp (5,5)
17 At, atomic number 85 (8)
19 Butterfly in the family Nymphalidae (7)
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