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The Science Friday Crossword Puzzle, Solved

Last week, we posted a Science Friday Crossword Puzzle Challenge, complete with clues related to Science Friday.  for the solutions. (If you want to solve the puzzle,  for a blank version.) The puzzle also offered a final clue, which could be answered by combining the letters in the boxes containing circles. The clue was: Science […]

JLJulie Leibach

Last week, we posted a Science Friday Crossword Puzzle Challenge, complete with clues related to Science Friday.

 for the solutions. (If you want to solve the puzzle,  for a blank version.)

The puzzle also offered a final clue, which could be answered by combining the letters in the boxes containing circles. The clue was: Science Friday guest who's appeared in both hours of the show, discussing different topics.

The answer: CAMERON, as in the filmmaker James Cameron. On April 20, 2012, Cameron appeared in “Exploring the Deepest, Darkest Spots on Earth,” as well as “How Movie Makers Use Science to Make Magic.” 

To learn the stories behind the rest of the Science Friday-related clues, check out the links below. And don't miss this segment about a computer that solves crosswords, and this article about how to make a professional puzzle.

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1: Science Friday guest who said that “the brain is the most complex object in the known universe”
Solution: (Christof) KOCH
More at SciFri: Decoding the Most Complex Object in the Universe
5: Network that featured Ira in a popular TV sitcom
Solution: CBS
More at SciFri: Backstage at The Big Bang Theory
23: It launched the Space Age
Solution: SPUTNIK
More at SciFri: Sputnik Anniversary
25: Ira’s recent co-host
Solution: (Bill) NYE
More at SciFri: Your Summer Science Book List
34: Kay’s of Scotland shapes a fine one for curling, according to Science Friday article
Solution: STONE
More at SciFri: Getting to the Core of Olympic Curling Stones
52: Fox dad who attempted a counterexample to Fermat’s Last Theorem, mentioned on Science Friday
Solution: HOMER (Simpson)
More at SciFri: The Simpsons' Secret? It's Written By Math Geeks
53: Science Friday guest, and potent Musk?
Solution: ELON (Musk)
More at SciFri: Hyperloop: Hype or Future Transportation?
76: Richard Holmes’s airy subject, discussed on SciFri
Solution: BALLOON
More at SciFri: Early Balloonists Took Science Up, Up, and Away
78: Space crooner and SciFri guest ___ Hadfield
Solution: CHRIS (Hadfield)
More at SciFri: Chris Hadfield's Lessons From Life in Orbit
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1: German graphic designer who compared the body to a factory, portrayed in Science Friday SciArts article
Solution: (Fritz) KAHN
More at SciFri: Fritz Kahn's Fantastical Journey Through the Body
2: Tear-jerker, discussed in a Science Friday segment on alliums
Solution: ONION
More at SciFri: Got Garlic? The Science of Alliums
4: Science Friday guest Al Gore is familiar with the ___ seat
Solution: HOT
More at SciFri: Al Gore Envisions the Future
5: Science Friday guest who’s a Darwin relative
Solution: (Matthew) CHAPMAN
More at SciFri: A Year of Darwin
8: Physics can explain his holiday feats, according to SciFri segment
Solution: SANTA
More at SciFri: The Physics of Santa
10: Science Friday-friendly cubist
Solution: (Erno) RUBIK
More at SciFri: Rubik and His Cube
14: The robot was the brainchild of Czech playwrght ___ Capek, according to SciFri segment
Solution: KAREL (Capek)
More at SciFri: Science Diction: The Origin of the Word “Robot”
28: Science Friday guest Michael Sims wrote about this author’s experiences in nature
Solution: (E.B.) WHITE
More at SciFri: Weaving Charlotte's Web
34: First Ride into space?
Solution: SALLY (Ride)
More at SciFri: Sally Ride, Pioneer
37: Science Friday guest known as “her deepness”
Solution: (Sylvia) EARLE
More at SciFri: Desktop Diaries: Sylvia Earle
40: Will.i.am’s nerdy buddy, and Science Friday guest
Solution: (Dean) KAMEN
More at SciFri: Technology's Odd Couple Teams Up for Science
47: Science Friday carrier starting in 2014
Solution: PRI
More at SciFri: A New Beginning: Science Friday Partners With PRI
61: Theme for Science Friday’s inaugural Science Club challenge: ___ art
Solution: MACHINE (Art)
More at SciFri: Make an Art Machine
68: Science Friday “You Do What” subject who brings voices back from the dead
Solution: (Carl) HABER
More at SciFri: A Physicist Conjures Sounds From the Past
70: Dan Durda, ___ portraitist and SciFri “You Do What?” subject
Solution: PLUTO
More at SciFri: Out of This World
72: He told Science Friday that science doesn’t disprove God
Solution: (Amir) ACZEL
More at SciFri: Amir Aczel: Why Science Does Not Disprove God
74: Walter White cribs notes from ___ Nelson, according to SciFri article
Solution: DONNA (Nelson)
More at SciFri: 10 Questions for Donna Nelson, Breaking Bad's Science Muse
75: Giant squid-loving psychiatrist and repeat SciFri guest Oliver ___
Solution: (Oliver) SACKS
More at SciFri: Oliver Sacks and the Search for the Giant Squid
81: Bonobos seem to have a French version, according to SciFri segment
Solution: KISS
More at SciFri: The Science of Kissing