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Crossword #2543

Crossword #2543: a hand-curated English crossword with 82 clues on a 15 × 15 grid. Read the clues and play online.

English · 15 × 15

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Across

  1. Commanded, old-style (4)
  2. Sudden involuntary muscle contraction (5)
  3. Distinctive doctrine or belief system (3)
  4. Resting on the very top of (4)
  5. A portion of a whole (5)
  6. Conjunction used after 'neither' to connect two negative alternatives (3)
  7. Units of heredity (5)
  8. Land area units (5)
  9. Owns, third person singular (3)
  10. Barely manage to make, with 'out' (3)
  11. Arched top part of the foot (6)
  12. State of inactivity or equilibrium (6)
  13. Charge for a service (3)
  14. Dryly humorous (3)
  15. Rhythmic spoken-word genre (3)
  16. Brewed leaf beverage (3)
  17. Roman numeral for three (3)
  18. Mischievous little devil (3)
  19. Donkey (3)
  20. Month abbr. that includes Halloween (3)
  21. Bold primary colour of passion and fire (3)
  22. Pronoun for a woman (3)
  23. Large body of saltwater (3)
  24. Organ used to detect sound (3)
  25. Fasten with a knot (3)
  26. Grandmother, affectionately (3)
  27. Weep (3)
  28. Not divisible evenly by two; an unpaired number (3)
  29. Signal; also a long tapered rod in billiards (3)
  30. Moral transgression (3)
  31. Low marshy land (3)
  32. Claim without proof (6)
  33. Cinnamon-like spice bark (6)
  34. Sheep's bleat (3)
  35. Flying nocturnal mammal (3)
  36. Group of eight musicians (5)
  37. Quick thrusts with a knife (5)
  38. Mineral-bearing rock (3)
  39. In what location (5)
  40. Take on a new employee (4)
  41. Danson of 'Cheers' (3)
  42. Twilled woolen fabric (5)
  43. Thin narrow strip in a blind (4)

Down

  1. Soft carrier for items (3)
  2. Consumed a meal (3)
  3. Put on, as a coat (3)
  4. Fencing swords (5)
  5. Resort for relaxation and baths (3)
  6. Snapshot, informally (3)
  7. Eagle's lofty nest (5)
  8. Part of an act in a play (5)
  9. Disorderly state (4)
  10. Traits passed from parent to offspring through genes (11)
  11. Sudsy, like a bath (5)
  12. Title for a married woman (3)
  13. Glide down a snowy slope (3)
  14. N.Y.C. clock setting in winter, briefly (3)
  15. Two times (5)
  16. ___ Lanka, island nation (3)
  17. Scottish brimless cap (3)
  18. Valued and thanked (11)
  19. Prevailing style of dress (7)
  20. Sunrise direction (4)
  21. Apple's mobile operating system (3)
  22. Embryo that grows into a plant (4)
  23. Brings home as wages (5)
  24. Remove moisture from (3)
  25. Month abbr. between Jul. and Sep. (3)
  26. Born with the maiden name (3)
  27. Light touch (3)
  28. Frighten suddenly (5)
  29. Sheet of microfilm (5)
  30. One who dines (5)
  31. ___ Vegas, Nevada (3)
  32. Thin wood strips behind plaster (5)
  33. Female pigs (4)
  34. Automated online program (3)
  35. CGS unit of work equal to one ten-millionth of a joule (3)
  36. Peg that supports a golf ball (3)
  37. Be unwell (3)
  38. Undergarment supporting a woman's bust (3)
  39. Place firmly in position (3)

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