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Crossword #12281

Crossword #12281: 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. Remained in a seated position; past of sit (3)
  2. Small island in a river (3)
  3. Furniture for sleeping (3)
  4. Compliance with orders (9)
  5. Tool for chopping wood (3)
  6. Showing or introducing to an audience (10)
  7. Cry of sudden discovery (3)
  8. Little bit (3)
  9. More tightly packed (6)
  10. Works in a gallery (3)
  11. N.Y.C. clock setting in winter, briefly (3)
  12. Unit of heredity in DNA (4)
  13. Falsehood, or to recline (3)
  14. Porridge grain (4)
  15. Smooth feathers with the beak (5)
  16. Blackthorn berry used in gin (4)
  17. Donkey (3)
  18. Dispatched, in the past (4)
  19. White priestly robes (4)
  20. Tennis serve untouched by the opponent (3)
  21. Underground part of a plant (4)
  22. Small round type of barley or onion variety (5)
  23. Shelter for doves (4)
  24. Upper limb of the body (3)
  25. Lounge in warmth (4)
  26. Rhythmic spoken-word genre (3)
  27. Small seed in an apple (3)
  28. Sound of something hitting water (6)
  29. Young boy or fellow (3)
  30. Be unwell (3)
  31. Solvent thinning oil paints (10)
  32. Side sheltered from the wind (3)
  33. Wedded unions between spouses (9)
  34. ___ Lanka, island nation (3)
  35. Pig's muddy enclosure (3)
  36. Soft round bread roll (3)

Down

  1. Small plant embryos, like sesame or sunflower, eaten as food (5)
  2. Billboard messages (3)
  3. Fasten with a knot (3)
  4. Stake placed before cards are dealt in poker (4)
  5. Sweet frosting spread on cakes or pastries (5)
  6. Strained and on edge (5)
  7. Sheep's bleat (3)
  8. Lets out a breath (7)
  9. Affectionate terms for loved ones (7)
  10. Make a choice (3)
  11. Hillside, in Scotland (4)
  12. Terminal point of a line segment (3)
  13. Information, in British slang (3)
  14. Fabric with a corded or ribbed transverse surface (3)
  15. The number after nine; one more than nine (3)
  16. Coin-flipper; British insult (6)
  17. Pub brew (3)
  18. Heavy unit of weight (3)
  19. Place firmly in position (3)
  20. Grid of pixels forming a screen image (6)
  21. Curved line segment forming part of a circle (3)
  22. British bathroom (3)
  23. Automated online program (3)
  24. TV antennas; daring stunts in the air (7)
  25. More exaggeratedly theatrical (7)
  26. Father, in dialect (3)
  27. Pounds, on a scale (abbr.) (3)
  28. Fitting or suitable (3)
  29. Squalid city districts (5)
  30. Unit measuring gold purity (5)
  31. Bring into a straight line (5)
  32. Sheet of window glass (4)
  33. Nimble despite age (4)
  34. Belonging to that woman (3)
  35. ___ Moines, Iowa (3)
  36. Garland of flowers (3)
  37. Tip of a fountain pen (3)
  38. Greek letter representing the ratio of circumference to radius (3)

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