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Crossword No14

ACROSS

8 Miniature water buffalo of south-east Asia (4)

9 Compounds containing the P^3- ion (10)

10 Brightest star in the Gemini constellation (6)

11 Aluminosilicate mineral containing calcium, sodium or potassium (8)

12 Primo ___ (1919–87), chemist and writer, author of The Periodic Table (1975) (4)

13 Term describing a sub-category of differential geometry developed in 19th-century Germany (10)

17 Insect of the order Lepidoptera (4)

18 Familiar name for bacteria that 19 Large, complex human settlement (4)

20 Caroline Herschel or Martin Ryle, for example (10)

22 Highest point (or supplier of gadgets to Wile E. Coyote) (4)

23 ___ Weapons Convention, international treaty of 1993 (8)

27 Basis of a vigesimal number system (6)

28 Plant with flowers on short stalks around a common point, such as carrot, cow parsley or giant hogweed (10)

29 In organic chemistry, a compound containing a hydroxyl group bonded to an alkene double bond (4)

19 Large, complex human settlement (4)

20 Caroline Herschel or Martin Ryle, for example (10)

22 Highest point (or supplier of gadgets to Wile E. Coyote) (4)

23 ___ Weapons Convention, international treaty of 1993 (8)

27 Basis of a vigesimal number system (6)

28 Plant with flowers on short stalks around a common point, such as carrot, cow parsley or giant hogweed (10)

29 In organic chemistry, a compound containing a hydroxyl group bonded to an alkene double bond (4)

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1 Originating within an organism or cell (10)

2 ___scattering, dispersal of electromagnetic radiation first described in 1871 (8)

3 Polymer or prepolymer often used as a laminate or surface coating (5,5)

4 Carnivore of the family Canidae (4)

5 Hydrated amorphous form of silica used a gemstone (4)

6 Mount ___, site of an astronomical observatory in California (6)

7 Greek letter used to denote an electron or positron emitted in radioactive decay (4)

14 Erasable programmable read-only memory (5)

15 Unit of magnetomotive force (6-4)

16 Technology by which processes are carried out without human assistance (10)

19 milie du ___ (1706–49), French physicist and mathematician (8)

21 Air-breathing jet engine without major moving parts (6)

24 Primate genus that includes humans and our near relations (4)

25 ___ fusion, hypothetical form of nuclear reaction (4)

26 Aerodynamic force (4)