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Thanks, Tora, Tora, Tora, but these two answers don’t seem to go with the preamble:
Similar to a word ladder, each answer provides letters that must appear – including duplicates – in the answer immediately following it. The puzzle’s final answer is a scientist or someone who contributed to science.
1 Computer equipment (2) ??
2 Creator of the world wide web(3 ) ???
3 Brand new(3) MINT
4 Glove ( 6 ) MITTEN
5 In Love ( 7 ) SMITTEN
6 Lotions ( 9 ) OINTMENTS
7 Discoverer of iridium and osmium ( 8,7 ) SMITHSON TENNANT