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Cryptic Crustacean Codes and Culinary Conundrums
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
- 1. Saline solution for osmotic life, often favored in seafood preservation (5)
- 2. Ancient aquatic arthropod lineage related to modern crabs and horseshoe crabs (11)
- 3. Periodic shedding that marks crustacean growth cycles (4)
- 7. Molecular enzyme evocative of crab neural transmissions (8)
Down
- 4. Volatile gas in anaerobic mudflats, a substrate for some crab symbioses (14)
- 5. Rigid armor encasing arthropod — decapodal blueprint of defense (11)
- 6. Measurement spanning primary pincers, symbolic of territorial dominance (7)