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Crossword #12228

Crossword #12228: 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. A pouch-like anatomical structure (3)
  2. Loaned; pre-Easter fasting season (4)
  3. Severe and unpleasantly rough (5)
  4. Soothing succulent for burns (4)
  5. Lowest pairs in a deck (4)
  6. Wide open, as a mouth (5)
  7. Small dent, or bell sound (4)
  8. Utterly ruined, or heartbroken (10)
  9. Wonderful, informally (3)
  10. Seldom found; cooked lightly (4)
  11. Band worn on a finger (4)
  12. Avian-watching hobbyist (6)
  13. N.Y.C. clock setting in winter, briefly (3)
  14. Lyric poem of praise (3)
  15. British bathroom (3)
  16. A small flap; also a running total of charges (3)
  17. Possess (3)
  18. Small lodging for travelers (3)
  19. Send the ball to a teammate (4)
  20. Idles away the time (5)
  21. Positioned in a particular place (5)
  22. Tailless primate (3)
  23. Wheeled platform for moving heavy loads (5)
  24. Frighten suddenly (5)
  25. Fully satisfy an appetite (4)
  26. McKellen of 'The Lord of the Rings' (3)
  27. The number after nine; one more than nine (3)
  28. Pig's muddy enclosure (3)
  29. Thus, in a quoted error (3)
  30. Greek letter; also denotes pressure in pounds per square inch (3)
  31. Raises, as the ante (3)
  32. Reef-building marine organisms (6)
  33. Top covering of a building (4)
  34. Sips slowly; eats supper (4)
  35. Flying nocturnal mammal (3)
  36. Explanatory note in a margin (10)
  37. Fail to hit; young woman (4)
  38. Jeweled ornamental headband (5)
  39. Accurate, not false (4)
  40. Jab with a finger (4)
  41. Brilliant display or acclaim (5)
  42. Withered and dry (4)
  43. The Big Apple, in brief (3)

Down

  1. Feeling down (3)
  2. Muhammad ___, 'The Greatest' (3)
  3. Aggressively challenging in manner (15)
  4. British company suffix (3)
  5. Wide-mouthed water pitcher (4)
  6. Stars that suddenly brighten then fade (5)
  7. Old Russian emperors (5)
  8. Brimmed head covering worn outdoors (3)
  9. Gel medium for growing cultures (4)
  10. Plausible excuse for questionable conduct, in British spelling (15)
  11. Lay out money (5)
  12. Row of bushes; offset a bet (5)
  13. Old-fashioned exclamation of surprise (4)
  14. Place firmly in position (3)
  15. Wager (3)
  16. Perfect happiness (5)
  17. Of charged-particle chemical bonds (5)
  18. Rhythmic spoken-word genre (3)
  19. Sheep sounds (4)
  20. Aged; not new (3)
  21. To seek the affection or favour of someone (3)
  22. Resort for relaxation and baths (3)
  23. Tennis match divisions (4)
  24. Old tool for threshing grain by hand (5)
  25. Brings into time alignment (5)
  26. Before, to a poet (3)
  27. Wild animal's lair (3)
  28. 'And so on,' in short (3)
  29. British slang for a loutish youth (3)
  30. Chatter on foolishly (5)
  31. Relating to sound waves (5)
  32. Land of the free, in brief (3)
  33. Gentle golf strokes on the green (5)
  34. Tapering church tower top (5)
  35. Sloped surface used to board a plane or drive onto a bridge (4)
  36. Public squares of ancient Rome, plural (4)
  37. Like a lemon (4)
  38. Make lace by knotting thread with a small shuttle (3)
  39. Born with the maiden name (3)
  40. Expanse above the earth (3)
  41. A very brief unit of time; one-sixtieth of a minute (3)

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