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Crossword No17

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1 1961 sci-fi novel by Stanisław Lem (7)

5 Antennas for televisual broadcast (1,1,5)

9 Polish-designed brand of portable tape recorders (5)

10 Vessel for culturing cells (5,4)

11 Insecticide made from the chrysanthemum flower (9)

12 Prefix meaning “over” or “above”; the H in HTTP (5)

13 Gherman ___ (1935–2000), cosmonaut, second person to orbit Earth (5)

15 Female sex hormone (9)

18 Device that generates a tomogram (9)

19 Nassim N. ___ (b.1960), author of The Black Swan (2007) (5)

21 A planet’s orbital periods (5)

23 Free-floating cell, such as a…

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