suntel no719

[mohill]

Hi folks! Three to go and no joy from google etc.
11d. Of an optical instrument for studying mineral crystals. (12) ?t?u?oscopic
14d. Etching with nitric acid (10) ???a?o?t?s
15a. Lower jaw in some vertebrates (8) ??a?r?t?
Many thanks

[pandabear]

wow you get your paper early!

15a) an answer that fits is QUADRATE (bone)

[pandabear]

14d) possibly aquafortis

take a look at this site ....
(the heading refers to �etching aquafortis�)

http://www.ciger.be/rops/tech/etching/etching. html

[pandabear]

11d) stauroscopic

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Stauroscope

[mohill]

Many thanks pandabear. All are spot on.

As a few are aware, I live in NZ and get the puzzle from the webpage when it is posted at midnight your time and 11am Sunday here. So the 5.30 posting time shown is actually 4.30 in the afternoon.
Cheers!

[pandabear]

lovely place - I think you are the early birds down there, and isn't Wellington the first capital city to celebrate New Year?

[twosearch]

I think that quadrate is the right answer but is incorrect as to fact.

Werllington is also the third windiest city in the world (after Chicago and Perth, Australia).
So there!!!