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Crossword #1146

Crossword #1146: 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. Large winter melon (6)
  2. Bristle on a grass spikelet (3)
  3. Sung dramatic works (6)
  4. Blackthorn berry used in gin (4)
  5. Beepers carried by on-call doctors (6)
  6. Broadcasts; pretentious manners (4)
  7. Old French silver coin; also a pale yellowish-grey hue (3)
  8. Most beloved; term for a sweetheart (7)
  9. Perceive with the eyes (3)
  10. Fixed periods of work; limits supply (6)
  11. Workbench clamps (5)
  12. Low bow of greeting in the East (6)
  13. Barrier holding back water (3)
  14. Passage of water between two land masses (7)
  15. A distinct period of history or geological time (3)
  16. At this place (4)
  17. Sovereign country (6)
  18. Crumpled balls of paper (4)
  19. African fly spreading sleeping sickness (6)
  20. Billboard messages (3)
  21. Remained in place (6)

Down

  1. Deals with adversity (5)
  2. Swiftly (5)
  3. Smooth transition between topics (5)
  4. Form of the verb 'to be' (3)
  5. Poet, like Shakespeare (4)
  6. Evaluations of worth or ability (11)
  7. Extraterrestrial being (5)
  8. Least good of all (5)
  9. Birds' twiggy homes (5)
  10. Indian women's draped garments (5)
  11. Consumed a meal (3)
  12. Weathercock parts (5)
  13. McKellen of 'The Lord of the Rings' (3)
  14. Unstressed vowel sound, upside-down 'e' (5)
  15. In front (5)
  16. Adds fat to, or peppers with extras (5)
  17. Worshipped divine being (5)
  18. Came into being (5)
  19. Having a thick neck of hair, like a lion (5)
  20. Final; endure (4)
  21. Brewed leaf beverage (3)

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