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Cyberspace cryptic crossword

20 Mar 2019
Taken from the March 2019 issue of Physics World.

As part of the World Wide Web’s tricennial celebrations, put your wetware processors through their paces with this Internet-and-computer-themed cryptic crossword compiled by Ian Randall

Across 1 Ubiquitous pointer from Mickey (5) 4 Conflagration goes up against bricks to protect comput

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Ian Randall is a science writer based in Cambridge, UK. He previously worked at 15 down, where he left his sticky fingerprints on the display case containing the computer mentioned in the clue for 21 down and 9 across. Ian inherited his love of crosswords from his grandfather.
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