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New Scientist quick crossword #38

14 August 2019

Quick crossword #38

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8 Jordan University of Science and Technology (4)

9 Characteristic root (10)

10 Konrad ___, Austrian ethologist (6)

11 Tibia (8)

12 µ (4)

13 = (6,4)

17 Iron oxide (4)

18 Picture; photograph; figure (5)

19 High on the Mohs scale (4)

20 Extreme point in the orbit of a planet (10)

22 Io, Europa, Ganymede or Callisto, say (4)

23 UK sitcom set aboard a spaceship, first shown from 1988-99 (3,5)

27 For example, butane (or isobutane) (6)

28 Closure secured by the removal of air (6,4)

29 Fine particles of matter (4)

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