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Richard Smyth

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Richard Smyth is the author of An Indifference of Birds and

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Quick crossword #185: Fungal tree disease (8,6)

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Quick crossword #184: Duck-billed monotreme (8)

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Quick crossword #183: High level of incandescence (5,4)

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Quick crossword #182: Carried by the atmosphere (8)

30 April 2025

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Quick crossword #181: Moments of complete eclipse (10)

16 April 2025

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Quick crossword #180: Eoraptor or tyrannosaur, for example (8)

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19 March 2025

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Quick crossword #177: Medical study of the ear (7)

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Quick crossword #176: Outer layer of an organ (6)

5 February 2025

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Quick crossword #175: Inflammation in the nose (8)

22 January 2025

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Quick crossword #174: Ancient fish rediscovered in 1938 (10)

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