Solve these clues to fill the grid.
- To devote oneself to a ___ area of work
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- A government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function
- 5 Across
- A thin ___ enclosing the cytoplasm of a ___
- 7 Across
- The act of expanding something in apparent size
- 8 Across
- Center of an atom or a cell
- 11 Across
- A rigid layer of polysaccharides enclosing the membrane of plant and prokaryotic ___
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- A tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell
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- Plastid containing ___ and other pigments (plural)
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- Part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function
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- A ___ that is a structural and functional unit of a ___
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- The protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus
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- Curved glass that bends light in glasses and cameras
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