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Elements and Other Creatures Crossword Puzzle

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Fulfilling a contract to create a crossword with at least 12 of the elements from the periodic table (I count 14). I have added a few other scientific references where possible.
Author: windrush - Diff: Harder

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      1. Saltpetre (Brit) (5)
      4. Bright grey metal, symbol Sb (8)
      9. Substance which can be readily converted into a dye (9)
      10. Rare radioactive gas, atomic No 86 (5)
      11. Sudden involuntary repetitive movement (3)
      12. High priest of Shiloh (3)
      13. Society for people with high IQ (5)
      14. Cavalryman, lancer (5)
      15. Noble gas, exhibits orange-red glow (4)
      16. To Aussies, a gum tree (8)
      18. Institute for Science in Washington DC (8)
      20. Ferrum, in first transition series (4)
      24. Semiarboreal civet (5)
      25. Substance secreted by plants, can be synthetised (5)
      26. Autonym used by Ashkenazi Jewish community (3)
      27. International development charity, founded 1958, inits (3)
      28. Greek unit of weight equal to one tenth of a gram (5)
      29. Innocent (9)
      31. Most abundant metallic element in Earth's crust, (US) (8)
      32. In Hebrew calendar, first month of spring (5)

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      1. Silver metal, used in coinage (6)
      2. White ant (7)
      3. Shady tree (3)
      4. Discovered in 1894 by Rayleigh and Ramsay, pl. (6)
      5. Rare, lustrous transition metal, atomic No 73 (8)
      6. Treating or combining with mercury to cause a chemical reaction (11)
      7. Adv., regarding points of junction, or concentration (7)
      8. Untie, untangle (6)
      13. Element named for the formulator of the periodic table (11)
      15. Intelligence agency of the US Department of Defense, inits (3)
      17. Abundant element, atomic No 7 (8)
      18. Graphite and diamond are 2 allotropes of this element (6)
      19. Used extensively in perfumery, flower extract or attar (4,3)
      21. Third most abundant element by mass in the universe, pl. (7)
      22. Bluish-white transition metal in platinum group (6)
      23. Scientist, relatively speaking (6)
      30. Soft metal, Sn (3)