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Quick Crossword #41

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Across

8 Height (8)

9 More proximate (6)

10 Device facilitating rotation around a fixed axis (10)

11 H₂SO₄ or HNO₃, say (4)

12 County noted for its Jurassic geology (6)

14 Parts of the auricles (8)

15 Flightless bird, Struthio camelus (7)

17 Inability to process sensory data (7)

20 Rb (8)

22 Crack; interpret (6)

24 Jaeger (4)

25 Deprived of O (10)

27 Elastic coil that stores mechanical energy (6)

28 Sent digital data to a remote system (8)

Down

1 Proportion of sunlight diffusely reflected by a planetary surface (6)

2 Approximately 568ml (4)

3 ___ spectrum, range of neurodevelopmental disorders (8)

4 Earwax (7)

5 Not in neutral (2,4)

6 Geologic era that began 541 million years ago (10)

7 Thiamine deficiency (8)

13 CH₃(CH)₄CO₂H (6,4)

16 Foul-smelling Florida cryptid (5,3)

18 Kaiju unveiled in 1954 (8)

19 Clot (for example) (7)

21 Blue dye (6)

23 Rudolf ___, mechanical engineer (6)

26 Large-screen cinema system (4)

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