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Taxonomy Crossword Puzzle

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A symmetric puzzle containing every level of the taxonomic hierarchy. "Do Kids Prefer Candy Over Fried Green Spinach?" This was created for an Authors' Lounge challenge. A couple of anagrams may help with tricky answers. Enjoy!
Author: psnz - Diff: Harder

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      1. Archaeological find which could be the fossil of a biological organism
      7. Colossal; a word used in naming some plants and animals
      10. Citrus producer (5,4); "Citrus limon"
      11. Pakistani neighbour whose National Flower is the Lotus, "Nelumbo Nucifera"
      12. The fifth taxonomic rank
      13. Baked in a shellfish shell, so having a distinctive shape (var.)
      14. The seventh taxonomic rank, used for living and fossil organisms and viruses
      17. Home planet
      20. The second-highest taxonomic rank: Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista, Archaea and Bacteria
      24. The highest taxonomic rank: the Arachaea, the Bacteria and the Eucarya
      25. Garden pests: sap-sucking insects
      26. Fragrant roots ("rhizoma iridis", also called "Queen Elizabeth Root")
      27. Bow, as we might to Carl Linnaeus, the father of modern taxonomy
      28. Colonise
      29. Spiral-shelled mollusks
      30. Range of mountains with jagged peaks
      31. Sixth taxonomic rank, proposed and determined by taxonomists
      32. Eighth taxonomic rank, basic unit of classification of organisms
      36. In reserve OR stage whisper
      39. Adipose, like some tissues
      42. Extinct carnivorous marsupial, sometimes called the Tasmanian tiger
      43. Oral features sometimes used to classify animals
      44. Yogurt-and-cucumber side dish from 11A
      45. Release of an egg or eggs
      46. Evaluates
      47. European wheat variety

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      1. Having regrets because learning classification systems is difficult
      2. Weighed down
      3. Taxonomic rank (the fourth) having its own unique name
      4. Blood-vessel blockages, strangely MOBILE (anag.)
      5. Remove a blockage from
      6. Prefix relating to nourishment or nutrition
      7. Crystal-lined rock
      8. Venomous snake; "Vipera berus" is a common one in Western Europe
      9. Light source
      15. The relationships between living organisms and their environments
      16. The same as always
      18. Abnormal heart beat (var.)
      19. Coastal wetland (5,4)
      20. Called (5,2)
      21. Take care of
      22. SKI I HAD revealed brightly coloured African shirt (anag.)
      23. Mountainous expanses
      33. Third taxonomic rank or division
      34. Tie OR record-setting American Thoroughbred (1935-1954) who probably did not race at Ascot
      35. Draw out
      36. Daisylike perennial flower whose name means "star"
      37. Unreactive
      38. Cultural values
      39. Plants reproducing via spores and lacking both seeds and flowers
      40. Ancestral grouping
      41. Single-celled fungus used in baking and brewing