Optical device for generating and amplifying light named by US physicist Gordon Gould in 1957 (5) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% LASER Optical device for generating and amplifying light named by US physicist Gordon Gould in 1957 (5) (5)
6% LENS Optical device (4) Puzzler Backwords Jun 21, 2026
4% ALF Gordon Shumway's nickname in a sitcom (3)
4% NIELS Danish physicist Bohr (5) LA Times Mini Jul 9, 2026
4% LIFTS Useful devices in The Shard (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jul 5, 2026
4% LASERTAG Activity using light guns (8) The Times Specialist Sunday Jul 5, 2026
4% TOPIC Subject of optic readjustment (5) (5) The Guardian Quick Cryptic Jul 4, 2026
4% HIGGS Peter ___, physicist with a field and a particle named for him (5) New York Times Jun 30, 2026
4% ERWIN Theoretical physicist Schrödinger (5) Wall Street Journal Jun 29, 2026
4% LASHAT Light into (6) New York Times Jun 28, 2026
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