Meteorite Word Search Quiz

[David Entwistle]

Word Search

If you are at a loose end over the holidays, then just for fun and a bit of a challenge, I'm looking for twenty five meteorite-related words in the above table....

1 ACHONDRITE
2 ALDSWORTH
3 ATAXITE
4 BEDDGELERT
5 CHASSIGNY
6 CHONDRITE
7 DIOGENITE
8 ENSISHIEM
9 ESTHERVILLE
10 EUCRITE
11 FALL
12 FIND
13 GLENROTHES
14 HOBA
15 INCLUSION
16 IRON
17 IVUNA
18 JILIN
19 MOORESFORT
20 NAKHLA
21 PARNALLEE
22 PETTISWOOD
23 STANNERN
24 STRATHMORE
25 SYLACAUGA

Rules: Mornington Crescent Tudor Court Rules apply. That is forwards, backwards and diagonals are allowed, but not wrapping....

[msg-meteorites]

Done

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Thanks David, that whiled away a bit of time whilst looking after a poorly daughter.........

Cheers

Martin

[Barwellian]

But there's still 10 letters not used

Well done Martin,

G

[brasky12]

I only got 24 'cos Ensisheim is spelt wrong

[msg-meteorites]

Well spotted Brasky!

[David Entwistle]

Here's a crossword to try....

Crossword

Across

1 South American mountain range. (5)
4 British meteorite fall, 1835. (9)
7 Most abundant element. (8)
8 Country where the Allende meteorite fell in 1969. (6)
10 Natural satellite of Saturn, discovered in 1789. (5)
12 A cataclysmic nuclear explosion on a white dwarf and a small car manufactured by Vauxhall Motors. (4)
13 Asteroid visited by the NEAR Shoemaker probe.(4)
15 A row, line, tier or series of things. Associated with "(MIL)" for an Antactic collection areas. (5)
16 Further on, towards the front, with advancing motion. (7)
18 Southern constellation (5)
19 The "cow" of the "dead cow" meteorite (4)
21 Home to Vega. (4)
23 The "Heaven" in "Field of Heaven". (5)
25 Meteorite fall India, 1892. (6)
28 Norwegian explorer of polar regions. (8)
29 Augite-rich igneous rocks from Mars. (9)
30 Using ions. (5)

Down

1 Stony meteorite discovered in Texas, USA, in 1969. (7)
2 Meteorite fall in Turkey, 2007. (5)
3 .... County, meteorite fall USA, 1933. (5)
5 Pseudo meteorite named after an English city. (6)
6 Meteorite fall, Kenya, 2011. (5)
9 Element with atomic number 26. Common in many meteorites. (4)
10 Source of Shergottites, Nakhlites and Chassignites. (4)
11 Mental derangement marked by excitement and violence; excessive enthusiasm. (5)
14 Less common allotrope of oxygen. (5)
16 Meteorites fell 2012. As yet only an unofficial name.(4)
17 Probe enroute to Ceres. (4)
20 Element blamed for sickness after Carancas meteorite impact. (7)
22 Evaporation or melting of part of outer surface of body through heating by friction with atmosphere. (6)
24 Carbonaceous chondrite meteorite fall, Tanzania, 1938. (5)
26 See picture a. (5)
27 The Sun is up. (5)