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Science News Crossword Puzzle - August 5, 2026

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  • 1From today's Science News: _____ elephant deaths in Kenya raise questions around pesticides (10)
  • 3From today's Science News: _____ and Wales on course for driest July on record (7)
  • 8From today's Science News: Where in the West _____ to see the biggest solar eclipse since 1999 (7)
  • 10From today's Science News: What can _____ learn from a stray SpaceX rocket hitting the Moon? (10)
  • 12From today's Science News: _____ putting nearly all major cities on highest heat alert (5)
  • 14From today's Science News: _____ a 'once or twice in a lifetime' event (7)
  • 15From today's Science News: Death of swan family leaves residents '_____' (10)

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  • 2From today's Science News: India wants to join the _____ superpowers (10)
  • 4From today's Science News: _____ conditions may worsen before improving as little rain in sight (7)
  • 5From today's Science News: Drought _____ may worsen before improving as little rain in sight (10)
  • 6From today's Science News: Mysterious elephant deaths in Kenya raise questions around _____ (10)
  • 7From today's Science News: Mysterious elephant deaths in Kenya raise _____ around pesticides (9)
  • 9From today's Science News: Mysterious elephant deaths in _____ raise questions around pesticides (5)
  • 11From today's Science News: What can scientists learn from a stray _____ rocket hitting the Moon? (6)
  • 13From today's Science News: _____ falls to record low levels as drought strains Europe's rivers (5)
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