February 2018 TS Crossword

Try your hand at a sciency brain teaser.

Written byEmily Cox and Henry Rathvon
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BY EMILY COX AND HENRY RATHVON

ACROSS7. Largest member of the oceanic dolphin family8. Nitrogenous substance once thought to cause food poisoning9. An organ’s outer layer: Latin for “tree bark”10. Sound from a chinchilla, mouse, or guinea pig11. Folkloric shapeshifter or lycanthrope13. Producer of hips15. Bioluminescence17. Allergic rhinitis (2 words)19. Controlled substance with a morphine-like effect21. Alloy of tin and copper22. Barrier breached by osmosis (2 words)23. Location of the metacarpals

DOWN1. Living high, like lemurs and sloths

2. Layer between a planet’s core and crust

3. Kind of predator 7 Across or 5 Down represents

4. Musca domestica

5. Cat spotted in rainforests

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