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The Scientist - Crossword Puzzle - May 12, 1997

By Eric Albert Email: ealbert@world.std.com ACROSS 1 Reflex and respiratory controller 6 Caries target 9 What's left on a filter paper 10 Element used in lasers 11 Bone present in all land vertebrates 12 Strain of animal 13 Work: pref. 15 Important point in meiosis 17 Mycota 19 Hematite, e.g. 21 Simplest ketone 24 Unsaturated hydroxyl compound 25 It's found in high concentration in red blood cells 27 Unresponsive state 30 CAT, for example 31 Creeping plant stem 32 Reaction causing substance 33

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By Eric Albert
Email: ealbert@world.std.com

ACROSS 1 Reflex and respiratory controller 6 Caries target 9 What's left on a filter paper 10 Element used in lasers 11 Bone present in all land vertebrates 12 Strain of animal 13 Work: pref. 15 Important point in meiosis 17 Mycota 19 Hematite, e.g. 21 Simplest ketone 24 Unsaturated hydroxyl compound 25 It's found in high concentration in red blood cells 27 Unresponsive state 30 CAT, for example 31 Creeping plant stem 32 Reaction causing substance 33 Stinging cell of the jellyfish DOWN 1Element isolated by Davy 2Its atomic number is 33 3Having a major immune-system deficiency 4Student's ______ 5Important point in meiosis 6Reciprocal prefix of 29 Down 7Greek's 15th 8Pertaining to evolutionary changes in body part placement 14It's got a lot of gall 16Mean, for one 17Energy source 18Mammalian order whose members have continuously grown incisors 20Modified base present in some tRNAs 22Environmental ...

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