Letter to the Editor T/C

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Across
  1. 3. Closed down for good (as in a 'shuttered laboratory'). (9)
  2. 4. Good at making people change their minds or agree. (10)
  3. 6. A time when there is not enough food and people go hungry. (6)
  4. 7. To keep something safe from harm. (7)
  5. 8. To stop giving money to something, so it has to close. (6)
  6. 12. To admit that part of the other side's point is true. (7)
Down
  1. 1. A treat you give yourself that you do not really need (like a billionaire's joyride). (10)
  2. 2. The wish to find things out and look further; what Rhodes says made our species better. (9)
  3. 5. A machine in orbit that can warn towns about storms. (9)
  4. 9. A fault or weak spot in an argument. (4)
  5. 10. What is meant to happen in the future; Mercer dresses luxury up as this. (7)
  6. 11. The money set aside for something; Rhodes says to protect the science ___. (6)