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Crossword #457

Crossword #457: a hand-curated English crossword with 46 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. Come to a stop (5)
  2. Venomous snakes of the Nile (4)
  3. Unfasten a lock or fastener (6)
  4. Quick furtive look (4)
  5. Watery, as old eyes (6)
  6. Remain in place (4)
  7. Make lace by knotting thread with a small shuttle (3)
  8. Letter before cue (3)
  9. Tiny industrious insect (3)
  10. Virus that can lead to AIDS (3)
  11. British broadcaster, for short (3)
  12. Frozen water (3)
  13. Tennis serve untouched by the opponent (3)
  14. A distinct period of history or geological time (3)
  15. Guided the way, in the past (3)
  16. Sprinted, in the past (3)
  17. Consume food (3)
  18. Unit of sound intensity (3)
  19. Illuminated; past tense of being bright (3)
  20. Corner station a runner must touch in a diamond game (4)
  21. Act as a go-between (6)
  22. Ready to be harvested or eaten (4)
  23. Tediously boring event (6)
  24. Word of regret (4)
  25. Lacking and impoverished (5)

Down

  1. Cut short or reduce (7)
  2. Improve the quality of (7)
  3. Helped commit a crime (7)
  4. Old French coin of little value (3)
  5. Shade tree with serrated leaves (3)
  6. Recessed end of a church (4)
  7. Place firmly in position (3)
  8. Small round green vegetable (3)
  9. Expanse above the earth (3)
  10. As a rule; usually (9)
  11. Level and smooth, or divisible by two (4)
  12. Long-eared fast-running mammal (4)
  13. Direct route, as a hungry diner makes (7)
  14. Cooked slowly in a little liquid (7)
  15. Place that boards or breeds felines (7)
  16. Buzzing honey-making insects (4)
  17. Undergarment supporting a woman's bust (3)
  18. Be unwell (3)
  19. Resort for relaxation and baths (3)
  20. McKellen of 'The Lord of the Rings' (3)
  21. Reverent wonder (3)

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