Quick crossword #38
Across
8 Jordan University of Science and Technology (4)
9 Characteristic root (10)
10 Konrad ___, Austrian ethologist (6)
11 Tibia (8)
12 µ – (4)
13 = (6,4)
17 Iron oxide (4)
18 Picture; photograph; figure (5)
19 High on the Mohs scale (4)
20 Extreme point in the orbit of a planet (10)
22 Io, Europa, Ganymede or Callisto, say (4)
23 UK sitcom set aboard a spaceship, first shown from 1988-99 (3,5)
27 For example, butane (or isobutane) (6)
28 Closure secured by the removal of air (6,4)
29 Fine particles of matter (4)
Down
1 Puzzle with numbers 1 to 9 on each of its six sides (6,4)
2 Family of computer networking technologies (8)
3 Amphetamine brand (10)
4 Ova (4)
5 Against; ___coagulant or ___histamine, say (4)
6 Tree of the genus Adansonia (6)
7 One of five babies in a multiple pregnancy (4)
14 Savoury taste (5)
15 Repeating rifle used widely in the 20th century (3-7)
16 Sleep disorder (10)
19 ___ Current, first reported in1846 (8)
21 In (6)
24 And others (2,2)
25 Supplier of technology to Wile E. Coyote (4)
26 Imperial unit denoted by ′ (4)
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Answers
ACROSS
1 Meat
3 Whistles
9 Gagarin
10 Mobil
11 Event horizon
14 Arc
16 Ratio
17 Tie
18 Space shuttle
21 Orbit
22 Cassini
23 Treasure
24 Mars
DOWN
1 Magnetar
2 Angle
4/7 Han solo
5 Somniloquist
6 Lab coat
8 Erythrocytes
12 Oates
13 Genetics
15 Capable
19 Taiga
20 Oort
22 Car
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