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Crossword #12247

Crossword #12247: a hand-curated English crossword with 80 clues on a 15 × 15 grid. Read the clues and play online.

English · 15 × 15

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Across

  1. Outdoes; finest examples (5)
  2. Apple seeds, or dice spots (4)
  3. Small upright-swimming fish with a prehensile tail and bony plates (8)
  4. Ermine in its summer coat (5)
  5. Vessels carrying blood from the heart (8)
  6. Reddish-brown earthy pigment (6)
  7. Born with the maiden name (3)
  8. Resting on the very top of (4)
  9. Come together by arrangement (4)
  10. Bag handles; secures with bands (6)
  11. Send the ball to a teammate (4)
  12. Sheep's bleat (3)
  13. Hundredth of a dollar (4)
  14. Ghost's greeting (3)
  15. Doctor who operates (7)
  16. Long deeply for something (5)
  17. Grassy meadows, poetically (4)
  18. Swung around sharply (5)
  19. Tiny parasitic insects in hair (4)
  20. Folding stand that holds a canvas upright (5)
  21. Gymnast who performs aerial feats (7)
  22. Belonging to that thing (3)
  23. Solemn vow, or a curse word (4)
  24. Small bed for an infant (3)
  25. Flat seabed-dwelling fish (4)
  26. Vast grassy plain of Eurasia (6)
  27. Having the skill or capacity to do something (4)
  28. Probability ratio in betting (4)
  29. To place flat; to set something down horizontally (3)
  30. Famous Paris art museum (6)
  31. Having skill with numbers and basic arithmetic (8)
  32. Smooth blended food paste (5)
  33. Examined in detail, in US spelling (8)
  34. Look after (4)
  35. Urgent appeals (5)

Down

  1. Soft, round, brimless cap (5)
  2. One who dines (5)
  3. Pronoun for a woman (3)
  4. Rocky hilltop peak (3)
  5. ___ Lanka, island nation (3)
  6. Greek letter; also denotes pressure in pounds per square inch (3)
  7. Individual articles or things (5)
  8. Cornbread of the American South (4)
  9. Of sound mind (4)
  10. Without, in French (4)
  11. Large body of saltwater (3)
  12. N.Y.C. clock setting in winter, briefly (3)
  13. Make lace by knotting thread with a small shuttle (3)
  14. Distance bridged between two supports (4)
  15. First game; can-piercing tool (6)
  16. Mistreat (5)
  17. An equal or standard level; face value of a security (3)
  18. Droops in the middle (4)
  19. Pig's muddy enclosure (3)
  20. Long upholstered seat for lounging (5)
  21. Food used to lure a fish (4)
  22. Tolkien's brutish, goblin-like warrior (3)
  23. The first and smallest positive integer (3)
  24. Cheeky backtalk (4)
  25. Overjoyed and thrilled (6)
  26. Fill with joy (5)
  27. Garland of flowers (3)
  28. Consume food (3)
  29. Physicians, informally (4)
  30. British bathroom (3)
  31. Automated online program (3)
  32. Soothing succulent for burns (4)
  33. Number of days in a week (5)
  34. Open public square in a town (5)
  35. Tops of heads (5)
  36. Looked at carefully (4)
  37. Swiss peak (3)
  38. Boxing match (4)
  39. Artificial bait used in fishing (4)
  40. Genetic material found in cells (3)
  41. Star at the center of our system (3)
  42. Bold primary colour of passion and fire (3)
  43. Chart of a region (3)
  44. Old unit of cloth length (3)
  45. Grain used in dark bread (3)

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