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Crossword No21

ACROSS

1 Part of the female reproductive mechanism of a flower (6)

4 Rumen, reticulum, omasum and abomasum, for instance (8)

10 Grass fibre from the Mediterranean region (7)

11 1985 sci-fi novel by Carl Sagan (7)

12 The only even prime number (3)

13 Irene ___ (1897–1956), joint winner of the 1935 Nobel Prize for Chemistry (6-5)

14 Three-part brain structure first proposed by Paul D. Maclean (6)

15 Condition that may be congenital, chronic or idiopathic (7)

19 Human-like automaton (7)

20 In electronics, a valve composed of three electrodes (6)

23 Traits developed by evolution…

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