Manhattan Project physicist Crossword Clue
5 letters · New York Times · Sunday, August 19, 2012 · 49-Down
Appeared in 2 New York Times Crosswords between March 1997 and August 2012.
Exact puzzle match · New York Times · August 19, 2012 · 49-Down · 5 letters
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Italian nuclear physicist (in the United States after 1939) who worked on artificial radioactivity caused by neutron bombardment and who headed the group that in 1942 produced the first controlled nuclear reaction (1901-1954)
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- Appeared in 1 New York Times Crossword: Thursday, March 13, 1997.TELLER6 lettersanswer page
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