Across
- 3. organ once thought “useless” but now linked to immunity and gut flora (8)
- 7. in Aarav’s world made not with cash, but with UPI and QR codes (8,5)
- 10. who named Greenland to lure settlers (4)
- 11. of lights, marking the victory of good over evil (6)
- 13. whose Antarctic ordeal gave rise to a famous Third Man account (11)
- 14. known chameleon species, only 2.5 cm long (9,5)
Down
- 1. massive six-sided storm at its north pole (8)
- 2. where Marie Curie was born (6)
- 4. used by Newton to split sunlight into a rainbow (6)
- 5. who described gravity after an apple fell on his head (6)
- 6. largest pyramid in the world, found in Cholula (7)
- 7. that uses trigger hairs to snap shut and digest prey (5,7)
- 8. reptile, master of camouflage and projectile tongues (9)
- 9. paradoxical hotel with infinite rooms described by David Hilbert (7,5)
- 12. invisible fabric Einstein described as being warped by massive objects (9)