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Crossword #12106

Crossword #12106: a hand-curated English crossword with 74 clues on a 15 × 15 grid. Read the clues and play online.

English · 15 × 15

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Across

  1. Large flightless Australian birds (4)
  2. Women's quarters in a sultan's palace (5)
  3. Brit's tea, informally (5)
  4. Eating disorder marked by binging and purging (7)
  5. Strong impulses (5)
  6. Substances formed from two or more elements (9)
  7. Women's garments (7)
  8. Roman numeral for three (3)
  9. Top part of the body (4)
  10. The beginning of something (5)
  11. Came together, in the past (3)
  12. Black lentil plant of South Asia (3)
  13. Affectedly dainty or sweet (6)
  14. Take to court (3)
  15. Bloodsucking worm, or a freeloader (5)
  16. Leather fastening band (5)
  17. Great enthusiasm or passion (British spelling) (6)
  18. Chooses by vote (6)
  19. Double-reed woodwinds (5)
  20. Ballet practice rail (5)
  21. In the past, as in days ___ (time reference) (3)
  22. Non-glossy finishes (6)
  23. Charged atomic particle studied in physics (3)
  24. Strike lightly (3)
  25. Move stealthily in search of prey (5)
  26. Decorative knob (4)
  27. The first and smallest positive integer (3)
  28. Sullies; narrow mountain passes (7)
  29. A person of importance (9)
  30. Raw, painful skin spots (5)
  31. Lack of success (7)
  32. Watered silk fabric pattern (5)
  33. Part of an act in a play (5)
  34. Bygone times (4)

Down

  1. Old French silver coin; also a pale yellowish-grey hue (3)
  2. One guilty of an unlawful killing (8)
  3. Improved to a better model or class (8)
  4. Rate of motion (5)
  5. Sing with closed lips (3)
  6. Swiss peak (3)
  7. Brazilian city of Carnival (3)
  8. Large flightless Australian bird (3)
  9. Tiny units of liquid measure (6)
  10. Donkey (3)
  11. Workplace superiors (6)
  12. French goodbye (5)
  13. Hundredth of a dollar (4)
  14. Location of a building (4)
  15. Old French coin of little value (3)
  16. Hawaiian dance (4)
  17. N.Y.C. clock setting in winter, briefly (3)
  18. Rubber wheel covering, British spelling (4)
  19. Thick-bodied freshwater fish (4)
  20. Pigeon's sound (3)
  21. White priestly robes (4)
  22. Small round green vegetable (3)
  23. Play boisterously; easy win (4)
  24. Standards by which things are judged (8)
  25. Two-legged outer garment extending from waist to ankle (8)
  26. Dispatch by mail (4)
  27. Organ used to detect sound (3)
  28. Heavy, filling food (6)
  29. Resting on the very top of (4)
  30. Rascal or thief in informal usage (5)
  31. Sung dramatic works (6)
  32. Excessively dainty or quaint (4)
  33. Santa's little helper (3)
  34. Single-masted sailing boat (5)
  35. Distinctive doctrine or belief system (3)
  36. Thus, in a quoted error (3)
  37. Bullfighter's cry (3)
  38. Plain tightly-woven silk or nylon veil fabric (3)
  39. Form of the verb 'to be' (3)
  40. Place firmly in position (3)

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