Polymath 339

[JJC]

Good Afternoon from sunny Ottawa. Any help with these five would be much appreciated.

12A: A heavy breed of domestic fowl laying brown eggs: O- - - N- - - N

17A: A copper-zinc alloy thinly beaten, substituting for gold: (5,4) D- - -H- - -E

6D: Transfer living cells etc to a nutrient medium: E- - -A- -

8D: To lay waste to lands, for example by cutting down trees: E- - -E- -

21D: A genus of moths whose larvae have toothlike humps:N-T-D-N-A

[pega]

Hello send us some SUN cold and rain here...have heating on and too wet to garden...

12a orpington

17a dutch leaf

6d explant

8d estrepe

21d notodonta (this was a tough one to find its a South American moth.

Good Luck, always glad to help had a lovely time on a visit to Canada and hope to go again, a great place.

[JJC]

Thank you Pega. If ever you do let me know. Have a great week.