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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 #94: Wading bird with a spatulate beak (9)

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Quick crossword #94: Wading bird with a spatulate beak (9)

21 October 2021

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7 October 2021

Quick crossword #92: Hard form of aluminium oxide (8)

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Quick crossword #92: Hard form of aluminium oxide (8)

23 September 2021

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Quick crossword #91: Outer part of the auricle (8)

9 September 2021

Quick crossword #90: Antibiotic patented in 1960 (9)

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Quick crossword #90: Antibiotic patented in 1960 (9)

26 August 2021

Quick crossword #89: State of prolonged unconsciousness (4)

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Quick crossword #89: State of prolonged unconsciousness (4)

12 August 2021

Quick crossword #88: Early phase of software assessment (5,4)

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Quick crossword #88: Early phase of software assessment (5,4)

29 July 2021

Quick crossword #87: Strong cleaning agent such as NaOCl (6)

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Quick crossword #87: Strong cleaning agent such as NaOCl (6)

15 July 2021

Quick crossword #86: Colony of marine polyps (5)

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Quick crossword #86: Colony of marine polyps (5)

1 July 2021

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Quick crossword #85: Hypothetical faster-than-light particle (7)

17 June 2021

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Quick crossword #84: Flightless bird of South America (4)

3 June 2021

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Quick crossword #83: Shaped like half a globe (13)

20 May 2021

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