QUICK CROSSWORD

Across

3 Maple tree fluid (3)

7 Bovine group (6)

8 Real ___ (house sellers’ field) (6)

9 Not hirsute on the head (4)

11 A factor that can be manipulated in a controlled experiment. (8)

12 “It’s not rocket ___...” (7)

15 Rock composed of quartz (5) 17 Strapping; not skinny (5)

18 ___ group: Compared with the experimental group (7)

22 Big chunk of a drug company’s budget (8)

23 ___ Watson (Hermione) (4) 25 Funnel-shaped wildflower (6) 26 Speak a text from memory (6) 27 Writer Kesey (3)

Down

1 Star Trek android (4)

2 The future for Hebrew speakers(4) 3 Tennis court opening (7)

4 Harbor of Hawaii (5)

5 Five in a row, in Vegas (8)

6 Small dagger (or pointed heel) (8) 9 Egged vehicle (3)

10 Waikiki wreath (3)

13 Sideboard for serving a buffet (8) 14 Weaken (8) 16 Harbor sound (7)

19 “Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of ___” (3) 20 ___ & Perrins (steak sauce) (3) 21 Start a billiards game (5) 23 “Giving: How ___ of Us Can Change the World” (Bill Clinton book) (4)

24 Trig or algebra, e.g. (4)