November 2017 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. Puzzle that uses the entire alphabet 5. Elementary particle that may be strange 8. What gustatory cells help you do 9. Atomic pile 10. Relating to the ear or the sense of hearing 12. Lynx or serval 13. Gryllidae family member from Disneyland 14. Hypothetical missing link (hyph.) 17. Spinneret-guided construction 19. Brontosaurus in action, per its name 21. Organs studied by Gabriele Falloppio 22. Where rays converge 23. Mach known for sound thinking 24. Condition treated by alprazolam DOWN 1. Ancient “rose-red” city of Jordan 2. Cure-all of dubious scientific value 3. What ergot fungi grow on 4. Periwinkle by another name 5. One going on four 6. Reverer of Quetzalcoatl 7. Protein in fingernails and hair 11. Be like a boa ...

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