麻豆传媒

This is the first 麻豆传媒 cryptic crossword. Let us know what you think at crossword@newscientist.com. Answers and the next quick crossword from Richard Smyth will appear in the 8 December issue

ACROSS

7 Boyfriend goes around ancient city to find office (6)

8 Augmented reality in medicine? It鈥檚 poisonous (6)

9 Mediterranean island half destroyed for marine animal (4)

10 Extended greeting on outdated broadcasting technology (4,4)

11 Teddy dreaming of mathematical law (7)

13 Soldiers chasing article have a brain wave (5)

15 Extremely likely measure of speed in body fluid (5)

16 Hot drink unfinished on southern sites for 2 (7)

18 Dog eats heads of any other mammal (3,5)

19 Writer repeated: 鈥渋t gets passed around鈥� (4)

21 Soft metal produced from rum and ice (6)

22 Fruit, a type of berry containing nitrogen (6)

DOWN

1 Seed pod鈥檚 raised edge (4)

2 Homo primates evolved before first sapiens 鈥� a major transformation (13)

3 Headless seabirds caught by fishing equipment? There鈥檚 nothing in it (4,3)

4 Smell of sulphur and small change (5)

5 Doping agent found in the wrong hotel room, somehow (6,7)

6 Hypothetical particle resembles old lady embracing godfather (8)

12 Spooner鈥檚 elf-like tugger has allergy (3,5)

14 Pens put resistance in sea creatures (7)

17 Units of matter switched ends for opening (5)

20 Birds make sound of gardening tools (4)