Complete Clue List
Across
1. Natural survival urge
5. Citrus, used in flavouring (e.g. Earl Grey) and aromatherapy
10. Called a sac in anatomy
11. Ward off, as in avoiding illness
13. This cat doesn't weigh much
14. Organ otologists specialise in
15. Pertaining to the ankle
16. Marked thickening of the skin
18. Information carried by DNA in living cells (7,4)
21. Italian nuclear physicist, Nobel Prize in 1938
23. Human __ Project (1990-2022) determined the base pairs in human DNA
24. German physical chemist, proposed 3rd law of thermodynamics, 1920 Nobel Prize
28. This is checked to determine heart rate
30. Many fighter pilots owe their lives to Dragomir's cockpit furniture (7,4)
31. NIX ALL COLIC (anag) Antibiotic used to treat 1D and other infections
35. (Chem.) not generally reactive
37. Printers' measurements
38. Compound used in fireworks, etc., aka saltpetre (Brit.)
39. Liquid flowing in veins of the gods
40. Bar of metal
41. Addictive substance in tobacco
42. Substances used in chemical analysis
Down
1. Contagious skin disease, treated with 31A
2. Bones encompassing the head
3. Genetic __, traits or variants passed from parents to child
4. British anatomist, 1895-1971, helped debunk 'Piltdown Man'. Sir Wilfrid ??
6. Sense of deserving privilege
7. Imaginary sea-level surface of the earth, used in calculating depth of earthquakes
8. Large stately house
9. Pertaining to a topic or idea (e.g., this crossword)
12. Short sound to aid computer users
17. Opthalmologists' 'sphere' of interest
19. Czech-born US philosopher of science, Ernest (1901-85), Columbia Uni
20. Rivalry; being the first to a breakthrough can be urgent
21. Collecting money for a (usually) worthwhile purpose
22. HEART (anag., archaic) Prompt and eager
25. NYC PIANO (anag.) plant-based substance related to vanilla, possible medical uses
26. Wellness
27. Legal enactments
29. Gender
32. Nerve vital to 17D
33. Highly skilled
34. Courage in trying times, OR vital fibres in the body
36. Sculptures taken from the Parthenon, the __ Marbles, now in London