Crossword No17
ACROSS
1 1961 sci-fi novel by Stanis艂aw Lem (7)
5 Antennas for televisual broadcast (1,1,5)
9 Polish-designed brand of portable tape recorders (5)
10 Vessel for culturing cells (5,4)
11 Insecticide made from the chrysanthemum flower (9)
12 Prefix meaning 鈥渙ver鈥� or 鈥渁bove鈥�; the H in HTTP (5)
13 Gherman ___ (1935鈥�2000), cosmonaut, second person to orbit Earth (5)
15 Female sex hormone (9)
18 Device that generates a tomogram (9)
19 Nassim N. ___ (b.1960), author of The Black Swan (2007) (5)
21 A planet鈥檚 orbital periods (5)
23 Free-floating cell, such as a blood cell (9)
25 System diagram using graphic symbols (9)
26 The animal and plant life of a region (5)
27 Solid aggregations of cells that may form on muscles or vocal cords (7)
28 鈮� 0 (3-4)
DOWN
1 Temporary phenomenon of the sun鈥檚 photosphere (7)
2 The inverse operation to exponentiation (9)
3 The US Air Force鈥檚 rapid execution and combat targeting system for ICBM launches (5)
4 Explosive final stage of the life of a massive star (9)
5 Largest moon of Saturn (5)
6 ___ Group, engineering company founded in 1955 (9)
7 The Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics (5)
8 __ myrtle, plant native to the North African desert (7)
14 Term for a base 20 numeral system (9)
16 Solid that may be made by splitting a bicone and rotating one of the halves by 90 degrees (9)
17 Monosaccharide sugar whose name is derived from the Latin for 鈥渕ilk鈥� (9)
18 Protease formed in the small intestine (7)
20 Fertile cross between cattle and American bison (7)
22 Sap-sucking insect such as a greenfly (5)
23 1973 convention on endangered species (5)
24 ___ heat island, metropolitan region with temperatures higher than in the surrounding area (5)
Answers to Crossword No16
ACROSS:
1 RELICT
5 BUDAPEST
9 PUDDLING
10 DUPLEX
11 PLEXIGLASS
12 ROOT
13 DRILL RIG
16 NILGAI
17 URANUS
19 GOEPPERT
21 TECH
22 MASTECTOMY
25 BRUNEL
26 HYDROXYL
27 WHIMBREL
28 ROTARY.
Down:
2 EQUAL
3 INDEX
4 TRIGGER
5 BIG BANG
6 DODGSON
7 PAPERCLIP
8 STEGOSAUR
14 RARE EARTH
15 LANTHANUM
18 SAMPLER
19 GASOHOL
20 E-READER
23 TROUT
24 MAYER.
