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Crossword #1841

Crossword #1841: a hand-curated English crossword with 78 clues on a 15 × 15 grid. Read the clues and play online.

English · 15 × 15

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Across

  1. Center of attention; sharpen an image (5)
  2. A pouch-like anatomical structure (3)
  3. Polar light displays in the sky (7)
  4. Excited commotion or fanfare (6)
  5. Status a woman gains when her own child becomes a parent (15)
  6. L-shaped additions (4)
  7. Ghost's greeting (3)
  8. Gripping tool with two hinged arms (5)
  9. Land of the free, in brief (3)
  10. Strong wishes; cravings (7)
  11. Paved incline where boats are launched into water (4)
  12. Part of a play (3)
  13. Flying nocturnal mammal (3)
  14. Declared formally (6)
  15. Cheeky backtalk (4)
  16. Lyric poem of praise (3)
  17. Beam of light (3)
  18. Grassy meadow (3)
  19. Burial vault (4)
  20. Soft round flat-topped caps (6)
  21. Pointed tool for piercing holes in leather or fabric (3)
  22. Side sheltered from the wind (3)
  23. Undergarments for support (4)
  24. Made less sharp or effective (7)
  25. Hurry along, poetically (3)
  26. Marked area for tennis or basketball (5)
  27. Core that holds corn kernels (3)
  28. Sudden surprise attack (4)
  29. In a way that relates to an established organization (15)
  30. Stick fast (6)
  31. Easily snapped or shattered (7)
  32. Wild animal's lair (3)
  33. Confer holy favor upon (5)

Down

  1. Roll up, as a sail or flag (4)
  2. Spoken, not written (4)
  3. Diplomatic official abroad (6)
  4. Black lentil plant of South Asia (3)
  5. Uncle ___, U.S. symbol (3)
  6. Pronoun for a woman (3)
  7. Of the body's largest artery (6)
  8. Companions; groups studied together (7)
  9. Number of years one has lived (3)
  10. To weep with convulsive catching of the breath (3)
  11. Cornbread of the American South (4)
  12. Felled tree sections; keeps a record (4)
  13. Billboard messages (3)
  14. An old unit of weight for wool, about 28 pounds (3)
  15. Garden tool for weeding (3)
  16. Female sibling, informally (3)
  17. Fitting or suitable (3)
  18. Feeling down (3)
  19. Halt or check financial outflow (4)
  20. Automated online program (3)
  21. Fuss or commotion (3)
  22. Form of the verb 'to be' (3)
  23. Black sticky road substance (3)
  24. Organ of sight (3)
  25. Word of regret (4)
  26. Stitch with needle and thread (3)
  27. East Indian timber tree yielding resin (3)
  28. Said suddenly without thinking (7)
  29. Wager (3)
  30. 'To be honest,' in a text (3)
  31. ___ Lanka, island nation (3)
  32. Whole, with nothing left out (6)
  33. Add air to, as soil (6)
  34. Fixed-income investment instrument (4)
  35. Verdant and abundant; a drunkard (4)
  36. Old French silver coin; also a pale yellowish-grey hue (3)
  37. Tiny circular mark; point on a graph (3)
  38. U.S. spy agency, for short (3)
  39. Cloth worn around a baby's neck to catch drips (3)
  40. Secondary social media accounts (4)
  41. Troubles or ailments (4)
  42. Colour-changing liquid applied to fabric (3)
  43. The number after nine; one more than nine (3)
  44. A perfectly spherical body or globe (3)
  45. Zero; nothing; no quantity at all (3)

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