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.
