Back reactions Prize Crossword N.A. Davies 1 Across Down 3. Protective system (6) 1. Of, or relating to teeth (6) 2 6. Somewhere you may shoot 2. Science of living matter (7) 3 4 from (3) 3. Put or fix firmly (7) 5 7. Elevated execution platform (8) 4. Interwoven structure (4) 6 7 8. An action said to be done with 5. Hard, brittle material. Typically extreme precision (8) a metal combined with oxygen 9. An action undertaken by two and/or carbon (7) 8 Downloaded from http://portlandpress.com/biochemist/article-pdf/40/1/52/851846/bio040010052.pdf by guest on 26 September 2021 or more in conjunction (5) 8. A pearl’s outermost layer (4) 9 10 11 13. The art or science of restoring 10. Soft gauzy paper (6) or maintaining health (8) 11. Curved transparent materials (6) 12 13 14. A reaction by an organism to a 12. Spiral shaped aural cavity (8) stimulus (8) 15. For stitching (6) 14 15 16. Made up of disparate parts or 16. That which binds, builds and 16 17 18 elements (9) unites (6) 19. Stifle (4) 17. High molecular weight 20. ______implants were often compound, formed from many 19 made of silicone (6) smaller molecules (7) 18. Small expandable tubes for opening vessels (6) 20 Solutions to the crossword featured in the December 2017 issue are: Across: 5. Hydrothermal, 8. Vent, 9. Life, 12. Protostome, 14. Insects, 15. Alkaline, 17. UV radiation, 18. Sugar. Down: 1. Xerophile, 2. Lichen, 3. Endospore, 4. Mars, 6. Acid, 7. Piezophile, 10. Ant, 11. Pressure, 13. Salinity, 15. Anaerobe, 16. Krill. Crossword Competition Win This month’s crossword prize is a Lab Science Pocket Notebook 4-pack from Cognitive Surplus. Simply email the missing word, made up from letters in the highlighted boxes to [email protected], by Monday 12 March 2018. Please include the words ‘February crossword competition’ in the email subject line. Congratulations to the winner of the December competition: Tansy Hammarton from the University of Glasgow The missing word from last issue’s competition was Deinococcus radiodurans. Tansy received a soft toy Waterbear (Hypsibius Dujardini) from Giant Microbes. Terms and conditions: only one entry per person, entrant must be a current Biochemical Society member; closing date Monday 12 March 2018. The winner will be drawn independently at random from the correct entries received. The winner will receive a Lab Science Pocket Notebook 4-Pack from CognitiveSurplus. No cash alternative available. No employee, agent, affiliate, officer or director of Portland Press Limited or the Biochemical Society is eligible to enter. The winner will be notified by email within 7 days of the draw. The name of the winner will be announced in the next issue of The Biochemist. The promoter accepts no responsibility for lost or delayed entries. Promoter: Biochemical Society, Charles Darwin House, 12 Roger Street, London WC1N 2JU; do not send entries to this address. 52 February 2018 © Biochemical Society.