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Cryptic crossword #2

ACROSS

1 Split resistor into four terminal leads (4)

3 Star desiccates small objects (8)

9 Boston University to organise most of excavation in African country (7)

10 School revolutionary Asian country about hydrogen (5)

11 The air and climate changed, losing energy, to do with numbers (12)

13 Journalist is working for inventor (6)

15 Pelt church after escape (6)

17 Resistance in devil鈥檚 grid is apparent (12)

20 Robot finished covering radius (5)

21 Let room get messy to produce vibration effect (7)

22 After winter blues study, Edward is depressed (8)

23 Inverted central aspect of fungi (4)

DOWN

1 Tease actor Nicolas鈥檚 family 鈥 they protect organs (3, 5)

2 Physicist said to be hard on individual (5)

4 Non-gendered college covering reproduction (6)

5 Sillier diets invented where spirits are made (12)

6 鈥淎ir on a G string鈥 lost intro in pre-Roman times (4, 3)

7 Scarlet regularly has crystals (4)

8 One open chart represented modern times (12)

12 Kind piece of DNA somewhat awoken (8)

14 Put topping on carbon, ancient and frigid (3鈥4)

16 Disease carrier starts to torment statistical epidemiologists twice (6)

18 Community of organisms said to be next to cockney鈥檚 house (5)

19 Chances of 6-1, say, or 3-0? (4)

Answers to Quick crossword No26

ACROSS:

1 ERBIUM

4 OPENCAST

9 HUXLEY

10 BURBIDGE

12 DIAZEPAM

13 MEGOHM

15 AXES

16 METATARSAL

19 HEAVY METAL

20 CYAN

23 SHADOW

25 WAVEFORM

27 TRIGONAL

28 CHROME

29 GOODYEAR

30 COSMOS.

DOWN:

1 ECHIDNA

2 BOX CAMERA

3 USENET

5 PLUG

6 NOBLE GAS

7 AUDIO

8 THERMAL

11 LA JETEE

14 FARADAY

17 STYROFOAM

18 CYTOLOGY

19 HASHTAG

21 NUMBERS

22 TECHNO

24 AMINO

26 LAVA.