Ten Minute Sabbatical

Take a break from the bench to puzzle and peruse.

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You know, the conspiracy theories out there have essentially closed down communication between scientists in China and scientists in the US. We need that communication in an outbreak to learn from them how they control it so we can control it better. It’s sad to say, but it will probably cost lives.

1. Site of many a cryptozoological hunt (2 wds.)
5. Any pathogen, informally
8. Young nesting in a barn, perhaps
9. Anatomical blade
11. Herb used in tea and gum
12. “Bad” cholesterol, for short
13. Film of a molecular-transporter mishap (2 wds.)
14. Units of energy
17. Colorful fish in a pond or water garden
19. Extant but nonfunctional
21. Common name for one Danaus butterfly
22. Cessation of breathing
23. Robert who espoused the 5-Across theory of disease
24. Group of one-celled eukaryotes

1. Focus of study for zoologist Craig Packer2. Where Thomas Edison never went3. Trail walker with a field guide, say (2 wds.)4. Pine ___ (kin to ...

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