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Crossword #12206

Crossword #12206: a hand-curated English crossword with 84 clues on a 15 × 15 grid. Read the clues and play online.

English · 15 × 15

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Across

  1. Shelter from the sun (5)
  2. Lawmakers at Westminster, briefly (3)
  3. Earlier; an Oklahoma settler (6)
  4. Consumed a meal (3)
  5. Flightless South American bird (4)
  6. Of high mountains (6)
  7. Sealed metal food container (3)
  8. Large bodies of saltwater (4)
  9. Disorderly state (4)
  10. Dispatches a letter (5)
  11. To an unspecified or indefinitely large degree (3)
  12. Pale beige color (4)
  13. Fuss or commotion (3)
  14. Tolkien's brutish, goblin-like warrior (3)
  15. Mom's or dad's sisters (5)
  16. Lice eggs (4)
  17. Perches for fowl (6)
  18. Large rodent (3)
  19. Mimicking bird (4)
  20. Cow barn (4)
  21. Wear away gradually (5)
  22. Fencing sword (4)
  23. Draped garment of South Asia (4)
  24. Something given to pacify; a concession (3)
  25. More breezy (6)
  26. Organ used for breathing (4)
  27. Examinations of knowledge (5)
  28. Weep (3)
  29. Small round green vegetable (3)
  30. Doctrines or beliefs (4)
  31. N.Y.C. clock setting in winter, briefly (3)
  32. Quick thrusts with a knife (5)
  33. Recipe measure, for short (4)
  34. Reclined, in the past participle (4)
  35. Muhammad ___, 'The Greatest' (3)
  36. Genre of scary films; intense dread (6)
  37. Round handle for opening a door (4)
  38. Plead for (3)
  39. Place where bees are kept (6)
  40. Genetic material found in cells (3)
  41. Raised platform for performers (5)

Down

  1. Flat seabed-dwelling fish (4)
  2. Beer-flavoring plant (4)
  3. Licorice-flavored herb (5)
  4. Wild animal's lair (3)
  5. Before, to a poet (3)
  6. Title for a married woman (3)
  7. Relating to the observable physical and biochemical traits of an organism (10)
  8. Place to sit in a vehicle or aircraft (4)
  9. Uncle ___, U.S. symbol (3)
  10. Tennis serve untouched by the opponent (3)
  11. Trigonometric ratio of opposite side to adjacent side (3)
  12. Terminal point of a line segment (3)
  13. Tree with winged seeds (3)
  14. Star at the center of our system (3)
  15. ___ Francisco (3)
  16. Common feline pet (3)
  17. Clever tricks or deceptions (5)
  18. Molecule of two identical units (5)
  19. Spheres; poetic eyes (4)
  20. Befitting a king or queen (5)
  21. Dishonesty in public office (10)
  22. Figure of speech; recurring theme (5)
  23. Feeling down (3)
  24. Contemptuous smile or remark (5)
  25. Large fishing net hung vertically (5)
  26. Nipples on a cow's udder (5)
  27. Eagle's high nest (4)
  28. Gradual decay or decomposition over time (3)
  29. Distinctive doctrine or belief system (3)
  30. State of matter, not solid or liquid (3)
  31. Female sibling, informally (3)
  32. Thin groove or stripe (5)
  33. Large member of the deer family (3)
  34. Fine grains on a beach (4)
  35. A small flap; also a running total of charges (3)
  36. Pub brew (3)
  37. Large in size (3)
  38. Boast loudly (4)
  39. Aching (4)
  40. Snoop into others' business (3)
  41. Basketball league, in brief (3)
  42. Owns, third person singular (3)
  43. Make a choice (3)

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