Ten Minute Sabbatical

Take a break from the bench to puzzle and peruse

Written byStella Zawistowski

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ACROSS

1. Strand synthesized via transcription
4. Sibilant summons
8. Small molecule used as a structural probe
13. Organ with a tectorial membrane
14. Sole
15. Enter with enthusiasm
16. Chart format commonly used to show percentages
17. Emulate a condor
18. Very, very little
19. Gut flora genus found in dairy products
22. Make a selection
23. Tapped into
24. Ochroma pyramidale, more familiarly
27. PFC’s boss
29. River of Belgium and France
33. French friend
34. Granada hare’s habitat
37. Airline that serves only kosher meals
38. Gut flora genus found in sauerkraut
41. Formic acid producers
42. Brand of scrubbing pads
43. Sport-___ (versatile vehicle, for short)
44. Not great
45. Land in la mer
46. Family of adaptor proteins that shares its name with a Greek poet
48. If-___ (hypothesis format, often)
51. Vertebrosternal bone
52. Gut flora products implicated in some metabolic disorders
58. Teensy swimsuit brand
59. Grating quality
60. Exam for high school students that has a science section
62. Fills with alarm
63. ___ cheese dressing
64. Substance that may preserve fossils
65. Increases in temperature
66. Pert response
67. Whichever

DOWN

1. Drug salesperson, for short
2. Structure mostly made of keratin
3. Surface ___-to-volume ratio
4. With stamps already attached, perhaps
5. Nose, cutely
6. Lump of electrophoresis gel
7. Supermodel Banks
8. “The Selfish Gene,” for one
9. Malevolent actor
10. Restaurant handout
11. Preclinical research subjects, often
12. Number of neutrons in a deuterium nucleus
15. Speaker’s platform
20. Inverse of sec
21. Protective cover on plant leaves
24. Rummy desserts
25. -NH2
26. Elevators, across the pond
27. Old Chrysler model
28. “Holy” quest of Round Table knights
30. Big pelvic bone
31. Cook in a pan
32. Name associated with glue
35. Go up and down
36. Emory’s home, for short
39. Line on a climate map
40. Extinct relative of modern-day horses
47. Accessory worn with a kimono
49. Keeps out of sight
50. Enzyme that synthesizes nitric oxide
51. Comes above the horizon
52. Organization concerned with lab safety?
53. Fruit with European and Asian cultivars
54. Spherical shapes
55. ___ land (dreamlike state)
56. Stuff collected in an experiment
57. Micro-CT product
58. Direction opposite NNE
61. Make an attempt

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Stella Zawistowski

Stella Zawistowski is one of the fastest crossword solvers in America, with multiple top-ten finishes at the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament and a New York Times: Sunday personal record of 4 minutes, 33 seconds. She has constructed crosswords for The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, and many other publications.

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