Complete Clue List
Across
1. Class of 34A-carbon alloys with more than 2% carbon: "____ 34A" (4)
3. EMPLOY BIRO sketching macromolecule of a living organism (anag., 10)
10. Results in (5,2)
11. Most compact; like 9D among all the naturally occurring elements (7)
12. River inlet (3)
13. Liked a lot (7)
14. Rough shelter, possibly with a corrugated 34A roof (4-2)
16. Non-clotting blood component (5)
18. Rare Group 8 metal (#44), named for the world's biggest country by area (9)
21. 34A forms much of the Earth's ____ (and that within it) (5,4)
24. Shocking weapon (5)
26. Joining alloy (6)
28. Updates a factory's production equipment (7)
30. "Wheel of Fortune" buy (2,1)
31. Synthetic, highly unstable Group 8 element (#108), named after a German state, capital Wiesbaden (7)
32. Japanese warrior whose katana was made from steel (7)
33. NBC PEST HID around synthesiser facilities for slight note changes (anag., 5,5) [Like uranium ores]
34. Magnetic Group 8 metal (#26), rusts readily, steel component (4)
Down
1. Technique for combining stable nuclei, used to synthesise heavier elements like 31A (4,6)
2. Checkout device (7)
4. So that one might (achieve) (2,5,2)
5. Step on it! (5)
6. Piston/rod/crank mechanism (7)
7. Experts (Ital., 7)
8. Tempo (4)
9. Group 8 metal (#76), named from the Greek word for "smell" (6)
15. Outward appearance (10)
17. Purpose (of Group 8 elements) (3)
19. Speculated (about Group 8 chemistry) (UK spelling, 9)
20. Confidentiality contract signed by people learning about a proprietary process (init., 3)
22. Collection with wrenches (4,3)
23. Rust-coloured: ____-brown (7)
24. Tribal emblems (6)
25. Cookware cleaner that may involve steel wool (7)
27. MARIE wove flaxlike fibre (anag., 5)
29. Workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done (4)