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The Mini
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Crossword
The Times
200

rubber, sweat, jug, Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club

bands

200

Mia Farrow and Twiggy helped this short, androgynous hairstyle to become a hit with the youth.

pixie cut

200

The four nucleotide bases are represented by A, C, T, and this letter.

G (guanine)

200

Simon & Garfunkel: "In the clearing stands a ____ and a fighter by his trade".

boxer

200

This time of day is one of the only ones that has a non-numerical name.

(12:00) midnight, midday, noon

400

relief, political, heat, treasure

maps

400

The invention of vulcanized rubber made it possible for these ankle boots to appear on such notable feet as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and Andy Warhol

Chelsea boots

400

The "23" in DNA testing company "23andme" refers to our (usually) 23 pairs of these.

chromosomes

400

Once used to swat flies in the pasture, this now makes a rich, tasty stew.

oxtail

400

Rock on: this Wiltshire landmark may have served as a solar calendar.

Stonehenge

600

candy, sugar, offset, birch

cane

600

This London street, first famous for its custom tailored suits, rose to prominence in the swinging 60s and is now synonymous with high fashion.

Savile Row

600

In Jurassic Park, scientists used DNA from these slippery creatures to fill in the gaps of dino-genes.

frogs

600

This smooth brown cardinal-shaped bird is named for the red tips that form on its secondary feathers.

waxwing

600

Your sundial should point this cardinal direction.

true north

800

face, log, comic, note

books

800

A pacifist prime minister lends his name to this type of coat with a mandarin collar and no lapels. Sammy Davis, Jr. helped to popularize it among mods in the West.

Nehru jacket

800

When copying DNA, one strand is called the leading and the other is called the ___ .

lagging

800

Rob Thomas band who sang "Unwell": ___ 20

Matchbox

800

Are we currently in Daylight Saving Time, or out of it?

in (3/10/24 - 11/3/24)

1000

scone, weight, asinine, often

ending in numbers (one, eight, nine, ten)

1000

The iconic miniskirt is credited to this cutting edge fashion designer, who also invented hot pants

Mary Quant

1000

The culmination of over 30 years of effort, the Telomere-to-Telomere consortium filled in the gaps of DNA sequencing to form the first complete picture of the human ___ in 2022.

genome

1000

Also fits the 60s fashion category: a flat, brimless hat found in a Bob Dylan song and Jackie Kennedy's head.

pillbox

1000

A candle with nails stuck in it was an early predecessor to this timepiece (when the candle burned down, the nails would fall with a loud clatter to the metal plate below).

alarm clock

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