MIND GAMES

NO.22 Who Said?

“It is a little appreciated fact that most of the animals in our ocean make light.” (5,6) INSTRUCTIONS

Answers to each of the clues in columns 1 to 11. Row VII reveals the answer.

CLUES AND COLUMNS

1 What is the simplest alkyne hydrocarbon, consisting of two hydrogen atoms and two carbon atoms connected by a triple bond? (9)

2 In plural, what object is made from four triangular sides? (10)

3 What can be ‘gold’, ‘ground’, ‘fan’ or ‘a miner’? (8) 4 Which branch of ornithology studies birds’ eggs? (8) 5 In Suffolk, at which archaeological site was an Anglo-saxon ship discovered? (6,3)

6 Which controversial figure and son of a Lutheran minister recorded the language and traditions of the central Australian people and published Songs of Central Australia (1971)? (8)

7 Usually a result of alcoholism or hepatitis, what name is given in medicine to the chronic liver disease marked by the degeneration of cells, inflammation, and thickening tissue? (9)

8 At which university is the Cavendish Laboratory? (9) 9 Which part of an electrical system emits or collects electric charges? (9)

10 One of the few constellations mentioned in the Bible, what is the English name for the group of stars containing the Big Dipper? (5,4)

11 What are the prokaryotic microorganisms which consist of a single cell lacking a nucleus and contain DNA in a single circular chromosome? (10)