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Telegraph GK crossword 26.3.11

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chokkie | 08:46 Sat 26th Mar 2011 | Crosswords
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44a 1925 pop standard by Irving berlin, covered by artists including Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra and Billie Holiday (8) ???m?b?r
7a odourless form of suffocating gas typically consisting of carbon dioxide found in poorly ventilated or disused coalmines (9) c?o?e?r?p

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hi chox

7a choke damp

44a I think this is an error - I think it's Remember, but if so, there's an error
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HI seekeerz, I thought it could be Remember too but I am sure that 30d is "Thorium" (radioactive mineral commonly found in the chemical element, atomic number 90). What do you think? Thanks, Chox.
I've got thorium as well so I can't figure it out - I've just pointed it out to a friend, I'll be interested to see what they make of it .. I'll get back to you
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I think it's "thorite". So I'm all done. Thanks so much seekeerz for your help this morning, much appreciated. Chox.
ahh, ok you might well be right, thanks and a pleasure, as always
Noun 1. thorite - a radioactive mineral consisting of thorium silicate; it is a source of thorium that is found in coarse granite
atomic number 90, thorium, Th - a soft silvery-white tetravalent radioactive metallic element; isotope 232 is used as a power source in nuclear reactors; occurs in thorite and in monazite sands
mineral - solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition


The question asks , Radioactive mineral commonly found in the chemical element atomic number 90
thorite is correct
44a is Remember because 30d is Thorite NOT thorium!
7a chokedamp I think
I think that 30d is wrongly presented. We were actually looking for a mineral containing the element Atomic number 90, i.e Thorite containing Thorium
Sorry Sam but you were looking for the exact opposite. A mineral found in an element. Not an element found in a mineral.
Got me as well! First rule of answering; "read the question". I wonder how many more of us there are

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