The Scientist - Crossword Puzzle - February 5, 1996

1 It helps with the little things. 6 Compound ending in -ite or -ate 10 Parkinson's disease drug 11 Plant tissue wall substaince 12 Quick covering 13 Bio-, etymologically 14 Transfer living tissue 15 Computer screen 18 Monovalent hydrocarbon radical 20 Beam-shaped organ 22 Monosaccharide having five carbon atoms 24 Omega's opposite 25 Cell suffix 27 Nobelist Hahn 29 _____ cell (estrogen secreter) 30 Species' habitat 31 Plasm preceder 32 It includes the vermis 1 Skin tumor 2 Outermost membrane


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1 Skin tumor 2 Outermost membrane surrounding a fetus 3 Down in the mouth? 4 Spherically shaped bacteria 5 Anatomically throbbing 7 Peculiar datum 8 Student's ____ (statistical procedure) 9 W 16 Its atomic number is 73 17 Skate, for one 18 Locate (a gene) on a chromosome 19 Middle germ layer 21 See 14 across 23 Isomer adjective 24 Pond scum 25 Reproduce asexually 26 Smallest smidgen 28 Patella protectee

Eric Albert Editor's Note: Auburndale, Mass.-based Eric Albert, who constructs The Scientist's crossword puzzles, is one of the few people in the United States who earn their living solely from making puzzles. He uses a proprietary computer system of his own design to produce them. Major newspapers in which his work has appeared include the New York Times, Washington Post, New York Daily News, Toronto Sun, Cleveland Plain Dealer, and Chicago Sun Times.

He has also contributed to various puzzle magazines, ...

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