The Scientist - Crossword Puzzle - January 22, 1996

1 Compound with a positive Ames test 5 Electromagnetic energy quantum 10 Nut case 11 Structure appearing during mitosis 12 Vitamin with an RDA 13 Taxonomic kingdom 16 Curie who won two Nobel Prizes 19 Secreting into the blood or lymph 22 AIDS screening component 23 Taxonomic kingdom 24 Physical 27 Element after iron 32 Inject to increase immunity 33 Element after beryllium 34 Canine covering 35 Simplest alkane 1 Atomic weight, roughly 2 Greek's eighth 3 Cell apparatus 4 Head-trunk connection

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1 Atomic weight, roughly 2 Greek's eighth 3 Cell apparatus 4 Head-trunk connection 6 ____ Genome Project 7 Solution-strength determining process 8 Knotty, localized swelling 9 Organic radical 14 Blood's red 15 Ability to ward off disease 17 Protozoa phylum 18 Prefix for quintillion 20 Raw facts 2 1 Liquid surrounding the brain: abbr. 25 Opposite of chronic 26 Physiologist Pavlov 28 Eye socket 29 Main artery 30 Liver secretion 3 1 Sterilizing target

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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.

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