| CENTROMERE | In biology, part of a chromosome attached to a spindle fibre during cell division, where the chromat |
| MITOSIS | Method of cell division where the nucleus divides (7) |
| COMB | Something a weaver does to raw fibres during the process of carding (4) |
| COENZYMEQ | Quinone derivative present in biological cells that functions as an electron carrier during cell respiration; also called ubiquinone (8,1) |
| WHORL | Word for a spindle's flywheel or wharve originally, later a pattern of concentric circles; a single convolution in a spiral shell; a radial arrangement of petals or leaves; or, a gyre or swirl in a fi |
| GENE | Unit of heredity composed of DNA forming part of a chromosome |
| LOCUS | From "place", the site or scene of any happening or crime; the position of a gene on a chromosome; a set of mathematical points; a passage in writing; or, whereabouts generally (5) |
| TELOMERE | Sometimes described as the biological equivalent of an aglet that prevents a shoelace from fraying, the protective tip of a chromosome (8) |
| ALLELE | One of the possible forms of a gene located in the same place on a chromosome |
| AMITOSIS | The direct method of cell division characterized by simple division of the nucleus without formation of chromosomes. |
| ANAPHASE | Penultimate stage of cell division (mitosis), during which chromosomes migrate to opposite poles of the cell (8) |
| MANDREL | A spindle in a lathe to which a workpiece is fixed while being turned; a jeweller's tapering triblet on which rings are shaped or sized; or, a miner's pick (7) |
| COPPIN | Dialect for the crest or top of a hill; or, a conical mass of thread on a spindle, possibly tump-shaped (6) |
| SEGMENTATION | Series of cell divisions and the means to get in to it (12) |
| HASP | In which a spindle is part of a lock |
| WHEEL | A potter's turntable; a driver's steering mechanism; or, a yarn-spinner's machine with a spindle (5) |
| DELETION | Portion of a chromosome is left out after it breaks off (8) |
| MEIOSIS | Type of cell division in which a nucleus divides into four daughter nuclei |
| DISPEL | Get rid of a spindle, perhaps, that hasn't a central point (6) |
| GENETICMARKER | DNA sequence with a known location on a chromosome that can be used to identify individuals or species |
