Complete Clue List
Across
1. Outcome of a chemical reaction (6)
4. Acid-base properties that may affect any system (2,6)
10. First Group 2 element, atomic number 4 (9)
11. Under control (5)
12. Unit of force, 10 micronewtons (4)
13. 1964 Beatles' hit, something of an afterthought? (2,1,4,3; first word abbr.)
15. Colour descriptor for Group 2 elements: silvery-____ (7)
16. You could make a meal of this Group 2 element, atomic number 56 (6)
19. US Virgin Islands capital: Charlotte ____ (6)
21. Most common mineral in the human body, element #20 (7)
23. Indian Ocean island country whose mineral exports include limestone, gypsum and dolomite (10)
25. Layer (4)
27. Of a pelvic bone (5)
28. Green pigments in plants (chlorophylls) bind this Group 2 element (atomic number 12) (9)
29. Group 2 in the Periodic Table of Elements is also called the ____ Earth Metals (8)
30. Substance reacting with Group 2 elements to form metal oxides (6)
Down
1. Massages (4,4)
2. Group 2 metal (atomic number 38) found in celestite (9)
3. Quiet time (4)
5. Amateur chemist's setup (4,3; second word abbr.)
6. Virus-destroying drugs (10)
7. Nursery kind of ache that may be soothed by milk of magnesia (5)
8. Radioactive Group 2 metal, discovered by Marie Curie (6)
9. Artwork of dubious taste (6)
14. Relating to life and living things; processes and substances that may include 28A and 21A (10)
17. Applying or employing (UK spelling, 9)
18. Stylish person (5,3)
20. Photography pioneer George ____ used 28A flash powder devices (7)
21. Quantity of unbalanced electricity; with Group 2 ions, it is +2 (6)
22. TAMARI revealed the ambrosia of the Hindu gods, bestowing immortality (anag., 6)
24. Beverage (5)
26. French Group 2 (4)