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Crossword #12038

Crossword #12038: 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. Fraudulent scheme (4)
  2. Feeling down (3)
  3. Slender pole for fishing (3)
  4. Dreamily detached, slangily (6)
  5. Valley between hills (4)
  6. Before, to a poet (3)
  7. Development of an egg into a new organism without fertilization (15)
  8. Form of the verb 'to be' (3)
  9. Take a short sleep (3)
  10. Tailless primate (3)
  11. Startled shriek (3)
  12. Wager (3)
  13. Heavy unit of weight (3)
  14. ___ Lanka, island nation (3)
  15. Female sibling, informally (3)
  16. To an unspecified or indefinitely large degree (3)
  17. A small flap; also a running total of charges (3)
  18. Small round green vegetable (3)
  19. Uncle ___, U.S. symbol (3)
  20. Brimless head covering (3)
  21. ___ Vegas, Nevada (3)
  22. ___ Francisco (3)
  23. Shade tree with serrated leaves (3)
  24. Lyric poem of praise (3)
  25. Falsehood, or to recline (3)
  26. Pig's muddy enclosure (3)
  27. Obtain (3)
  28. Strike lightly (3)
  29. The basics, so to speak (3)
  30. Side sheltered from the wind (3)
  31. Make lace by knotting thread with a small shuttle (3)
  32. Nursery word for excrement (3)
  33. Works in a gallery (3)
  34. Little bit (3)
  35. Plural of the egg-shaped biological cell (3)
  36. Breaks or gaps in an otherwise unbroken sequence (15)
  37. Fuss or commotion (3)
  38. Type of Pacific salmon (4)
  39. Small sparkling flashes (6)
  40. Big ___, London clock tower (3)
  41. Make an attempt (3)
  42. Limbs you walk on (4)

Down

  1. Extras kept in reserve (6)
  2. One's lifelong profession (6)
  3. Part of a play (3)
  4. Expression of indifference (3)
  5. To droop or sink downward under weight (3)
  6. Pub brew (3)
  7. Wild animal's lair (3)
  8. Answer or reaction (8)
  9. Of the East, in dated usage (8)
  10. ___ Moines, Iowa (3)
  11. Resort for relaxation and baths (3)
  12. A strong desire or longing for something (3)
  13. Foolish people, slangily (5)
  14. Seize or catch; snatch up (3)
  15. Consume food (3)
  16. Set of clothing or equipment for a particular activity (3)
  17. Gratuities for service (4)
  18. Large bodies of saltwater (4)
  19. Sound of pondering (3)
  20. Every one (3)
  21. Food used to lure a fish (4)
  22. Tiny industrious insect (3)
  23. Gear tooth (3)
  24. Capital of South Australia (8)
  25. Oscar of jazz piano fame (8)
  26. Place to sit in a vehicle or aircraft (4)
  27. To bark shrilly; to talk noisily (3)
  28. Paved outdoor sitting area (5)
  29. Jeering at a performance (6)
  30. Yearns enviously for (6)
  31. 'And so on,' in short (3)
  32. Trigonometric ratio of opposite side to adjacent side (3)
  33. Excavated, past tense (3)
  34. Donkey (3)
  35. Light touch (3)
  36. Month abbr. that includes Halloween (3)
  37. Conjunction used after 'neither' to connect two negative alternatives (3)
  38. Archaic word for your (3)
  39. Not feeling well (3)
  40. Fasten with a knot (3)

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