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Crossword #12026

Crossword #12026: 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. A very brief unit of time; one-sixtieth of a minute (3)
  2. Liquid dish eaten with a spoon (4)
  3. Donkey (3)
  4. Form of the verb 'to be' (3)
  5. Marked with patches of light and shade (7)
  6. Garland of flowers (3)
  7. To focus all attention on one thing (11)
  8. Flat dish for frying (3)
  9. Shocks into silence (5)
  10. Making possible; permitting to happen (8)
  11. Male animal parents (5)
  12. Remained in a seated position; past of sit (3)
  13. A single time (4)
  14. Garden tool for weeding (3)
  15. Polite addresses for gentlemen (4)
  16. Embryo that grows into a plant (4)
  17. Terminal point of a line segment (3)
  18. Forbid officially (3)
  19. Perceives visually (4)
  20. To droop or sink downward under weight (3)
  21. Apple's mobile operating system (3)
  22. Feline pets (4)
  23. Advice columnist Landers (3)
  24. Fuss or commotion (3)
  25. L-shaped additions (4)
  26. Venomous snakes of the Nile (4)
  27. Last letter, to a Brit (3)
  28. Large bodies of saltwater (4)
  29. Be in debt for (3)
  30. Long-legged wading bird (5)
  31. World's largest living rodent, semiaquatic and native to South America (8)
  32. Glowing embers in a fire (5)
  33. Smartphone download (3)
  34. Describing joy tinged with sadness simultaneously (11)
  35. Letter before cue (3)
  36. Bat-and-ball game; chirping insect (7)
  37. Tree with winged seeds (3)
  38. Make a mistake (3)
  39. Grind with the teeth (4)
  40. Pig's muddy enclosure (3)

Down

  1. A pouch-like anatomical structure (3)
  2. Gradual wearing away of land (7)
  3. Placed in the middle, in British spelling (7)
  4. Without, in French (4)
  5. Make a choice (3)
  6. Lift up; raise high (archaic) (6)
  7. Greenery in a garden (6)
  8. Plants of high mountain regions (7)
  9. Gathering to contact the dead (6)
  10. Lightly burned at the edges (6)
  11. Animal lairs or cozy rooms (4)
  12. Greek letter used to denote efficiency or arrival time (3)
  13. Society newcomer, informally (3)
  14. Signal; also a long tapered rod in billiards (3)
  15. Fails to win (5)
  16. Pronoun for a woman (3)
  17. Moral transgression (3)
  18. Droops in the middle (4)
  19. Flying nocturnal mammal (3)
  20. Moral transgressions (4)
  21. An immeasurably long period of time (3)
  22. Cheeky and bold (5)
  23. Striking tongue inside a bell (7)
  24. Tailless primate (3)
  25. Flowering shrubs of the rhododendron family (7)
  26. Most crowded together (7)
  27. Lyric poem of praise (3)
  28. Break free from confinement (6)
  29. One who jumps (6)
  30. Of the body's largest artery (6)
  31. Sample of fabric or color (6)
  32. Price paid for something (4)
  33. Unprocessed; in its natural or original state (3)
  34. British broadcaster, for short (3)
  35. Gas we breathe (3)
  36. Team of rowers or sailors working together (4)
  37. Barely manage to make, with 'out' (3)
  38. Archaic word for your (3)

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