| NEHRU | "The Discovery |
| ABUDHABI | Situated on the Persian Gulf coast and once a thriving pearl-diving community prior to the discovery of oil, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (3,5) |
| CORI | First woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her role in the discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen (surname only) |
| DDT | Swiss chemist Paul Hermann Muller was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1948 for the discovery of the insec |
| MOONS | Scientists announced the discovery of 20 of these orbiting Saturn on Oct. 8 and asked the public to suggest names; four of the already-known 82 begin this puzzle's theme entries |
| MEDICALADVANCEMENTS | 100th Anniversary! The discovery of Insulin in 1921 by Canadian researchers Banting and Best is among the greatest of these in the world: 2 wds. |
| DNA | National ___ Day (April 25, commemorating the 1953 publication of the discovery of its double-helix structure; you can discover six strands of it in the theme entries) |
| ARTHUR | British archaeologist whose excavations on the island of Crete led to the discovery of the Bronze Age Minoan civilisation (6) |
| EVANS | British archaeologist whose excavations on the island of Crete led to the discovery of the Bronze Age Minoan civilisation (5) |
| INDUS | The ___ Valley Civilisation on the Indian subcontinent was unknown to historians until the discovery of a city at Harappa in 1829 (5) |
| FAWKES | Guy ___ Day (November 5 British celebration of the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot) |
| TEXAS | State that celebrated the 100th anniversary of the discovery of oil |
| SEABORG | Scientist who shared the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for involvement in the discovery and investig |
| SCHEELE | One of the scientists with a valid claim to the discovery of oxygen who also identified that lead and graphite were two distinct materials (7) |
| SODDY | Chemist who developed the theory of isotopes and assisted William Ramsay in the discovery of helium (5) |
| HOLST | This composer, fortunately, as it turned out, wrote The Planets before the discovery of Pluto |
| SOHO | John Snow's study of an outbreak of cholera in this London West End area led to the discovery that water supplies were the means of spreading this disease |
| FLEMING | The Scottish bacteriologist credited with the discovery of penicillin (7) |
| RAYLEIGH | 3rd Baron -; title of John Strutt, scientist awarded the 1904 Nobel Prize in Physics with William Ramsay for his part in the discovery of argon (8) |
| COLUMBUSDAY | A legal holiday in most states of the US commemorating the discovery of America, traditionally celebrated on October 12 (8,3) |
