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Crossword #453

Crossword #453: a hand-curated English crossword with 42 clues on a 11 × 11 grid. Read the clues and play online.

English · 11 × 11

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Read the clues below, then open the interactive grid to enter your answers. Across and Down answers share letters where they cross. Check, Hint and Reveal are available in the game when you need help.

Across

  1. Loose-fitting, like roomy jeans (5)
  2. Took a position in a dispute (5)
  3. Strange and spooky (5)
  4. Watered silk fabric pattern (5)
  5. Rugged steep rocks (5)
  6. Standard of perfection (5)
  7. Sets of tools or parts (4)
  8. Narrow cuts or openings (5)
  9. Perceive with the eyes (3)
  10. The number after nine; one more than nine (3)
  11. Discontinuances of use (7)
  12. Grandmother, affectionately (3)
  13. Donkey (3)
  14. Dry desert riverbeds (5)
  15. Fine sediment carried by water (4)
  16. Come to full maturity and sweetness, as fruit on a vine (5)
  17. Large book format; a page number (5)
  18. The beginning of something (5)
  19. Pleasant smell (5)
  20. Notable acts (5)
  21. Soft, round, brimless cap (5)

Down

  1. Small streams, in northern England (5)
  2. Eagle's lofty nest (5)
  3. Shredded against a rough surface (6)
  4. Live musical performances (4)
  5. Affirmative reply (3)
  6. Happy facial expressions (6)
  7. Purple-vapor element used as antiseptic (6)
  8. Weight-loss regimen (4)
  9. Distinct historical periods (4)
  10. Key that erases, on a keyboard (3)
  11. Shocks into silence (5)
  12. Truly; without a doubt (6)
  13. Canonized holy people (6)
  14. Crew member aboard a ship (6)
  15. Unpleasant gooey substance (5)
  16. Ermine in its summer coat (5)
  17. Fermented grape drink (4)
  18. Recessed end of a church (4)
  19. Aching (4)
  20. Slender pole for fishing (3)
  21. Wonderful, informally (3)

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