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Across
  1. 3. Often thought built by slaves, these huge stone tombs were made by skilled, paid laborers (8)
  2. 4. Gravity Weightlessness in orbit comes from constant free-fall around Earth, not the absence of gravity (11)*
  3. 5. Warmth Drinking this beverage can make you feel warm due to widened blood vessels, not body heat (13)*
  4. 6. Popular root vegetable aids eyesight but cannot grant superhuman vision or night-seeing powers (7)
  5. 7. Explorer credited with proving Earth round, though most accepted this fact before his voyage (8)
  6. 9. Death Persistent South Korean urban legend claims this appliance can kill if left running overnight (8)*
  7. 10. Travel Sci-fi concept possible for forward travel, but backward travel remains unproven speculation (10)*
  8. 11. Senses Humans have more than these basic ones, including senses for balance, pain, and temperature (10)*
  9. 14. Circles Large crop patterns once credited to aliens, but actually made by humans as planned hoaxes (11)*
  10. 16. Often assumed healthier or safer, this food label can be misleading without scientific proof (7)
  11. 18. Hole Space object imagined as a vacuum, but actually warps space and light through extreme gravity (9)*
  12. 20. Massive, destructive ocean wave caused by undersea earthquakes, not tides or the moon’s pull (7)
  13. 25. Ancient English monument often linked to aliens, though built by humans with simple tools (10)
  14. 26. Twins These siblings share highly similar DNA sequences, yet are never a perfect genetic match (14)*
Down
  1. 1. Rush Childhood hyperactivity often blamed on this sugary treat, despite studies finding no real link (9)*
  2. 2. Many of these prehistoric animals had feathers or speed, unlike slow reptiles in old textbooks (9)
  3. 3. Once considered the ninth planet, it was reclassified due to its size and orbital neighborhood (5)
  4. 6. Blind People with this condition may confuse certain hues but don’t see only shades of gray (10)*
  5. 7. Lizard changes colors mainly for mood, temperature, and communication, not camouflage alone (10)
  6. 8. Medicine effective only against bacteria, useless for treating viruses like colds or flu (11)
  7. 12. Juice cleanses claim to trigger this natural body process, which your liver already handles daily (5)
  8. 13. These vivid mental experiences occur nightly during sleep, even if we awaken with no memory (6)
  9. 15. Food sold under this label isn’t always free of all synthetic or natural pesticides and chemicals (7)
  10. 17. Type Claimed to determine personality or diet, though science finds no genuine biological link (9)*
  11. 19. Brilliant theoretical physicist falsely believed to have failed mathematics in his early school years (8)
  12. 21. Hump Often thought to store water, this camel feature actually stores concentrated fat reserves (10)*
  13. 22. Found on the tongue and elsewhere, these structures detect sweet, salty, bitter, sour, and more (9)
  14. 23. Ness Legendary Scottish lake creature often sighted in photos, yet never confirmed by scientific study (8)*
  15. 24. Triangle Mythic Atlantic region blamed for vanishings, despite clear and logical scientific explanations (15)*