Particle physics in the Sunday cartoons:

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CarlB said:
Foxtrot cartoon for July 3, 2005:

http://www.ucomics.com/foxtrot/2005/07/03/

The solution should be obvious to readers of the thread.

The answers for the other words should be obvious to regular reader of Foxtrot.

Regards,
George
 

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