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hallgreening

12th March 2016, 11:30
13ac]Join prison to be executed.[4]
L?[C]?
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ab

12th March 2016, 11:35
Clink - prison without head - link - join?
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hallgreening

12th March 2016, 11:38
Thanks ab, but for 8 down I've got NODOC, which is a genetic unit, and fits the clue.
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chrise

12th March 2016, 11:40
You have the anticodon there, hallgreening - CODON would be the more obvious genetic unit.
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chrisg

12th March 2016, 11:40
I think it is Link - what is the other clue ?
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hallgreening

12th March 2016, 11:45
8d]Absence of medical man upset genetic unit.[5]
C?D?N
[NODOC is a genetic unit and fits the clue].
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chrise

12th March 2016, 11:47
See mine @4. CODON is the genetic unit; NODOC is a silly word for the "negative" triplet that matches it. ANTICODON is the word more usually used.
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chrise

12th March 2016, 11:48
....upset means "read NO DOC backwards".
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hallgreening

12th March 2016, 11:48
Thanks chrise. A scientist at last.
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chrise

12th March 2016, 11:56
Specialist subject, in fact, hallgreening! (though I ended up teaching chemistry and IT).
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