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Chinese Discoveries and Inventions Crossword Puzzle

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Many innovations, discoveries and inventions have come from China, with the "Great Four" being paper, printing, gunpowder and the compass. This crossword looks at some well- and lesser-known Chinese inventions. One anagram is provided for an obscure term. Xiangshou!
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      1. Powders produced by milling grains; with a crank handle, a Chinese hydraulic device could sift ____
      5. Take away; Han Dynasty (202 BCE - 220 CE) wrought iron produced using oxidation to ____ carbon
      9. Forensic entomology: Song Dynasty (960-1279), blowflies detect blood traces unseen by the naked ____
      11. World's third longest river; historically, Chinese pontoon bridges were built to cross it
      12. Fish tanks, used by the Chinese to domesticate goldfish
      13. Accomplished
      15. Music ____: the study of the practices and possibilities of music; Chinese ____ based on 12, 5 and 8
      17. Interment; historic funeral practices for Chinese royals and nobles included a jade ____ suit
      18. Recently created
      19. Concealed explosive device; first land ____ usage by Lou Qianxia in 1277 CE (Song Dynasty)
      22. Remarkable (Scot.)
      24. Paper currency developed in China; Song Dynasty (960-1279 CE) saw nationwide usage (1265-1274)
      25. Gunpowder saw the development of this incendiary device, thrown or launched from a catapult
      27. Sweeping story
      30. Secret gunpowder formulas
      32. Gunpowder element (US or modern spelling)
      33. Roll of writing; a hanging ____ displayed texts on bamboo strips or silk banners
      34. Plant indigenous to western Yunnan whose leaves are used for brewing refreshing and medicinal drinks
      36. Map line connecting points of equal height; Lingqu Canal is the oldest known ____ canal (c. 214 BCE)
      37. People on a quest (who would benefit from compass discovery and usage)
      38. Made using imported materials, Indian ____ was used to write and paint on silk, (33A)s and paper
      39. Get ready (4,2)
      40. Most reasonable

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      2. Lighting device: the Chinese made it from paper, silk, or animal skin, with wood or bamboo framing
      3. Improvement; no doubt inventions helped produce an ____ in Chinese economic conditions
      4. Embryonic plant; Chinese agronomist Zhao Guo invented a mobile ____ drill, the louche
      5. Peruse texts written on (33A)s, bamboo strips or silk banners
      6. Sort of house-dress (Hawaiian, 6 or 3-3)
      7. Variant; the Chinese were not averse to creating a ____ of foreign technologies acquired by contact
      8. Organisation; imperial China had a sophisticated economic ____ which produced 24A
      10. Journey somewhere by sea (4,2); pre-modern Chinese mariners would ____ East Africa
      14. Adept at originality, which the Chinese were
      16. Less mature
      17. Hostile encounters leading to, or as a result of weapons development
      20. Courtroom affirmation (1,2)
      21. Diminish
      22. Bring into play
      23. Vital force of Chinese medicine
      25. Fundamentals, concepts or ideas (discovered by the Chinese)
      26. Diversity (of Chinese discoveries)
      28. Method to make something; Cai Lun (50 CE - 121 CE) credited with inventing the pulp papermaking ____
      29. LAC HAS transformed carriage with folding top (anag.)
      30. Hearsay (UK spelling)
      31. Folding ____ (Han Dynasty): furniture with several panels, used to display paintings and calligraphy
      34. Activate (a mechanism); Zhang Heng's first seismometer (132 CE) used a lever ____ device
      35. Quizzes