Christmas Spectator

[Woodside187]

80a Discovery of statue by French department (6) ???E?A
15d Particle of smoke reacting with nitrogen (6, hyphen) ??E?O?
Many tks yr help.

[Captain2]

80 I want tosay EUREKA but can't parse it.

[shoota]

I wanted to say Eureka but ditto..... ;-)

[Neveracrossword]

15 K-Meson,particle. Anagram of Smoke+N, nitrogen

[cashier]

Same here

[Captain2]

15d K meson (anagram of smoke + N)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaon

[shoota]

Eure is a French dept.

[Captain2]

Flippin' 'eck NaC I was so proud of getting 15d and you stole my thunder!!! ;))))

[Captain2]

+ Ka

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ka_statue

[Neveracrossword]

80...Ka is a statue(Egyptian,I think).

[shoota]

'Tis Eureka
A ka statue is a type of ancient Egyptian statue intended to provide a resting place for the ka (life-force or spirit) of the person after death. The ancient Egyptians believed the ka along with the physical body, the name, the ba (personality or soul), and the šwt (shadow), made up the five aspects of a person.

[Neveracrossword]

Sorry,Captain- and your Ka beat mine.

[Captain2]

strange type of resting place though ;)))

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Ka#/media/File:Ford_Ka_II_front_20091129_(ret).jpg

How do you marry the two?

[Woodside187]

Tks all v much - most helpful parsing for Eureka and I just couldn't figure the smoke + n anagram. Much appreciated.