Invasion of the Micronauts

by Ian Tullis and Mike Selinker
Answer: TROOP

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These words can combine with the six kinds of quarks, which have unique lengths: passing STRANGE, bikini BOTTOM, lucky CHARM, hunt DOWN, big TOP, do UP. If these quark names are placed in the same grid, the shaded letters spell TROOP.