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Crossword #1183

Crossword #1183: a hand-curated English crossword with 80 clues on a 15 × 15 grid. Read the clues and play online.

English · 15 × 15

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Across

  1. Distant glowing point in the night sky (4)
  2. British broadcaster, for short (3)
  3. Defeat in a competitive match (4)
  4. Salty solution (6)
  5. A distinct period of history or geological time (3)
  6. Region; surface measurement (4)
  7. Bird sounds; short online posts (6)
  8. Nocturnal African insect-eater with a long snout, big ears, and a sticky tongue (8)
  9. Dark evergreen often in churchyards (3)
  10. One's lifelong profession (6)
  11. Side sheltered from the wind (3)
  12. Hint to a solution (4)
  13. Browns meat at high heat (5)
  14. More nimble and lively (6)
  15. Grain used in dark bread (3)
  16. Unit of radioactivity (5)
  17. Venomous snakes of the Nile (4)
  18. Box-office failure (4)
  19. Spoiled, unruly children (5)
  20. Greek letter representing the ratio of circumference to radius (3)
  21. Courtroom proceeding (5)
  22. Badger's burrow (4)
  23. Hundredth of a dollar (4)
  24. Like seawater in taste (5)
  25. Angsty rock genre (3)
  26. Distinguishing characteristics (6)
  27. Sudden muscle spasm (5)
  28. Receive payment for labor (4)
  29. Falsehood, or to recline (3)
  30. Sudden floods or outpourings (6)
  31. Cooktop surface, in Britain (3)
  32. Property of a function where f(a+b) = f(a) + f(b) (8)
  33. Trigonometric ratio (6)
  34. Close by; not far (4)
  35. French plural article (3)
  36. Having got up or emerged (6)
  37. Challenge to be brave (4)
  38. N.Y.C. clock setting in winter, briefly (3)
  39. Permits; rents out (4)

Down

  1. A large number, informally (4)
  2. Fasten with a knot (3)
  3. Tiny industrious insect (3)
  4. Save from danger (6)
  5. Large forest mammal that hibernates (4)
  6. Scottish hillsides (5)
  7. Professional life paths (7)
  8. Toilet, in British slang (3)
  9. Spoken exams (5)
  10. Withered and dry (4)
  11. Benefit or purpose, as in 'for the ___ of' (4)
  12. Pig's muddy enclosure (3)
  13. Reverent wonder (3)
  14. Low cart for heavy loads (4)
  15. Add air to, as soil (6)
  16. Small animal, informally (7)
  17. Fibs; rests horizontally (4)
  18. Recurring phrase or chorus in a song (7)
  19. Certain (4)
  20. Foolish person, in British slang (4)
  21. Network with an eye logo (3)
  22. ___ Francisco (3)
  23. Cloth strip wound around the leg (6)
  24. Cheerful rhythmic swing in music or speech (4)
  25. Porridge grain (4)
  26. A layer or thickness of a material (3)
  27. Old Russian emperor (4)
  28. Assemble from various sources (7)
  29. Vertical pole holding a sail (4)
  30. Mischievous scamp (6)
  31. Aromatic evergreen used for chests (5)
  32. Lays a hard road surface (5)
  33. Touch down; dry ground (4)
  34. Bright thought (4)
  35. Trial examination of a product or process (4)
  36. Sound made by a snake (4)
  37. The first and smallest positive integer (3)
  38. Big ___, London clock tower (3)
  39. Strong anger (3)
  40. Mineral-bearing rock (3)
  41. Rest on a seat (3)

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