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January 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

ACROSS 1. Big moment in the life of a cell 5. Located in the region of the kidneys 8. Having no right angles 9. Masked man who took his name from a fox 10. Down under canine 11. Use for ambergris, musk, and civet 12. Experimental runner of mazes (2 wds.) 14. What diazepam treats 17. Root crop of the species Manihot esculenta 19. Guy who put the Howe in invention 22. Oxymoron maker when applied to shrimp 23. Niels Bohr: “How wonderful that we have met with a ___. Now we have some hope of making progress.” 24. Avian features missing in moas 25. Marsupial burrowers who avoid the 10-Across DOWN 1. Spoke in the language of Angus or Brangus? 2. Primary tool for ...

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