28 July 2016

Crossword by Boffles

Inventions and Discoveries

 

Across

    7  You need his apparatus to ring Graham (9,4)

    8  Potter, not Beatrix, but imaginative (8)

    9  Aerial bombing system conducted with a musical instrument? (4)

  10  The first was  Johannes Gutenberg, not Friedrich Lexmark (7)

  12  Submarine detector with ping (5)

  14  Disc developed by Phillips and Sony (2-3)

  16  Invented a gin for cotton but not in Houston (7)

  18  Existence of a black one first postulated in 1783! (4)

  19  Darwin’s led him to become this (8)

  22  Hopefully, its inventor did not develop an inflated ego (9,4)

 

Down

    1  Super one discovered by Coover has stuck (4)

    2  Life-giver identified by Priestley but not J B (6)

    3  One function of Enigma (7)

    4  Its synonym is said be the mother of the first part (4)

    5  Disputed who invented these but certainly not Algernon Kindle (1-5)

    6  Controversial additive found to prevent tooth decay (8)

  11  Communicating by waves commercialised by Marconi (8)

  13  You need 7ac’s apparatus to participate in this programme (5-2)

  15  Social media enables people to …… … or  communicate more freely but not always wisely (4,2)

  17  Aircraft detection system developed by Watson-Watt (5)

  20  Los Alamos was that for the development of the A-bomb (4)

  21  It is to be hoped that many will shortly emerge from Cambridge’s innovative manufacturing research centre (4)