The Spectator

2556: Recent origins – solution

issue 11 June 2022

The unclued entries give the origins of elements 110-118 now named Darmstadtium, Roentgenium, Copernicium, Nihonium, Flerovium, Moscovium, Livermorium, Tennessine and Oganesson.

First prize Susan Edouard, Bexhill-on-Sea, E. Sussex

Runners-up Trevor Evans, Drulingen, France; Phillip Wickens, Faygate, Horsham, W. Sussex

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