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Richard Smyth

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Richard Smyth is the author of An Indifference of Birds and

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Quick crossword #119: Bacterium associated with food poisoning (1,4)

20 October 2022

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Quick crossword #118: Highest point in the celestial sphere (6)

6 October 2022

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Quick crossword #117: Archaic name for tungsten (7)

22 September 2022

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Quick crossword #116: Ice giant discovered in 1781 (6)

8 September 2022

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Quick crossword #115: Flightless parrot of New Zealand (6)

25 August 2022

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Quick crossword #114: Soft covering of an undeveloped antler (6)

11 August 2022

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Quick crossword #113: Bright star in the constellation Cygnus (5)

28 July 2022

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Quick crossword #112: Projection at the back of the soft palate (5)

14 July 2022

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Quick crossword #111: Soft-bodied marine gastropod (10)

30 June 2022

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Quick crossword #110: Primate that may be slow or slender (5)

16 June 2022

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Quick crossword #109: Polysaccharide derived from chicory (6)

2 June 2022

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Quick crossword #108: Sugar isolated from wood (6)

19 May 2022

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