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Crossword #2566

Crossword #2566: 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. The basics, so to speak (3)
  2. Honey-making insect (3)
  3. Large body of saltwater (3)
  4. Extreme dryness (7)
  5. ___ Francisco (3)
  6. Rhythmic sequence marking the close of a musical phrase (7)
  7. Metrical feet of one stressed plus two unstressed syllables (7)
  8. Shallow plate for serving food (4)
  9. Leaf-like parts protecting a flower bud, plural (6)
  10. Reject a bill (4)
  11. Bright thought (4)
  12. Speaks with slow, lengthened vowels (6)
  13. Earth in which plants grow (4)
  14. Garments worn by babies (7)
  15. Keyboard instrument with bell-like tones (7)
  16. Hard-shelled edible seed (3)
  17. Turned away; prevented (7)
  18. A distinct period of history or geological time (3)
  19. Wager (3)
  20. Society newcomer, informally (3)

Down

  1. Donkey (3)
  2. More small and glittering, of eyes (7)
  3. Rummy card game using two decks (7)
  4. Container for rubbish (3)
  5. 'And so on,' in short (3)
  6. Organ of sight (3)
  7. Part of a play (3)
  8. Beams streaming from a light source (4)
  9. Not in use; lazy (4)
  10. Regard with contempt; loathe (7)
  11. Thick seafood soup (7)
  12. Disc format that replaced the VHS tape (3)
  13. Decorated with ornaments (7)
  14. Free time for relaxation (7)
  15. East Indian timber tree yielding resin (3)
  16. Itemized record; tilt to one side (4)
  17. Fully satisfy an appetite (4)
  18. Lily leaf floating on a pond (3)
  19. Vehicle hired for a ride (3)
  20. The day or night immediately preceding an occasion (3)
  21. Allow (3)
  22. A small flap; also a running total of charges (3)

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