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Crossword No.2
Click on the numbered boxes to see the clues.   When rearranged the letters in the blue squares spell a seabird that migrates from pole to pole (2 words).

SOLUTION
Drake Passage 2010

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1. Cold region around the South Pole (9)
 

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1. Cold region far away from 1 across (6)
 

 

 

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2. Opposite of 'yes '(2)
 

 

 

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3. Try something to see if it works (4)
 

 

 

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4. Ability to conduct electricity (12)
 

 

 

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5: Frozen water (3)
 

 

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6. Large harbour; place where ships load and unload (4)
 

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6. The -------- in the deep ocean is very high (8)
 

 

 

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7: Measurement that tells us how warm or cold it is (11)
 

 

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8: Fish eggs (3)
   

 

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9 and 16. Stretch of water Between Antarctica and South America (5, 7)
   

 

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10: Capital of the Falkland Islands (7)
   

 

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11: Short for steam ship (2)
   

 

 

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12. Measure of how salty seawater is (8)
 

 

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13. Short for 'that is' in Latin (2)
   

 

 

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14. A type of penguin (7)
 

 

 

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15. A type of penguin(4)
 

 

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9 and 16. Stretch of water between Antarctica and South America (5, 7)
   

 

 

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17. You have two, squids have eight (3)
 

 

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18. Measure of length (2)
   

 

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19. Two and a half times 18 across (4)
   

 

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20. Thin, stiff metal with sharp point (3)
   

 

 

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21. Opposite of 'out' (2)
 

 

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22. Continent west of the Atlantic (7)
   

 

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23. Antarctic birds (8)
 

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23 Measure of concentration; parts per thousand (3)
 

 

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24. Public Relations (2)
   

 

 

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25. A type of penguin (6)
 

 

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26. Pull along on a rope (3)
   

 

 

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27. Direction anti-clockwise from North (4)
 

 

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28. On knees (past) (5)
 

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28. Small shrimp-like creature, food for blue whales (5)
 

 

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29. Animal that kills and eats other animals (8)
 

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29. Animals that are food for other animals (4)
 

 

 

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30. Fruit with a wooden shell (3)
 

 

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31. What 28 across does with 28 down (4)
   

 

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32. Someone who keeps watch (7)
   

 

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33. Marine mammal (4)
   

 

Contact:
o4s@noc.soton.ac.uk
Last update:
27 November 2011
National Oceanography Centre