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Crossword #12286

Crossword #12286: a hand-curated English crossword with 82 clues on a 15 × 15 grid. Read the clues and play online.

English · 15 × 15

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Across

  1. Walk with a swagger (5)
  2. Large body of saltwater (3)
  3. Carpet cleaner, for short (3)
  4. Just clear of the bottom, as an anchor (6)
  5. Shockingly ghastly (8)
  6. Structural matching of base pairs that stabilizes the double helix (15)
  7. The highest point or uppermost surface (3)
  8. An informal word meaning yes (3)
  9. Wears out; car's rubber wheels (5)
  10. Person of high rank, in British slang (3)
  11. Cheeky backtalk (4)
  12. For fear that (4)
  13. Hold up at gunpoint (3)
  14. Unpleasant gooey substance (5)
  15. Wooden container for shipping goods (5)
  16. Fine-grained sedimentary rock that splits easily (5)
  17. Mineral-bearing rock (3)
  18. Pole for rowing a boat (3)
  19. Grassy meadow (3)
  20. Obtained (3)
  21. Rocky hilltop peak (3)
  22. Watch secretly (3)
  23. Rude, aggressive young men (5)
  24. Old surgical anesthetic; the heavens (5)
  25. Plant used as a laxative (5)
  26. Female deer (3)
  27. To search for something (4)
  28. Without, in French (4)
  29. A perfectly spherical body or globe (3)
  30. Be of use or benefit (5)
  31. Old unit of absorbed ionizing dose (3)
  32. Great sorrow or distress (3)
  33. Plausible excuse for questionable conduct, in British spelling (15)
  34. Who or what someone is (8)
  35. Forced open with a lever, in Britain (6)
  36. CGS unit of work equal to one ten-millionth of a joule (3)
  37. Honey-making insect (3)
  38. Spirited riding horse (5)

Down

  1. Faint from intense emotion (5)
  2. Lasting only a short while (9)
  3. Tear roughly (3)
  4. Far from attractive (4)
  5. You, old-style (4)
  6. Pronoun for a woman (3)
  7. An immeasurably long period of time (3)
  8. Works in a gallery (3)
  9. Marked by masculine strength (6)
  10. Ablaze (5)
  11. Refers to as evidence (5)
  12. Part of a play (3)
  13. Large rodent (3)
  14. Fluid-filled sac under the skin (4)
  15. Lawmakers at Westminster, briefly (3)
  16. Automated online program (3)
  17. Tree with winged seeds (3)
  18. Waste from smelting metal (5)
  19. Tall storage tower found beside agricultural transport hubs (4)
  20. The most beautiful woman at a ball (5)
  21. Dealt out, as punishment (5)
  22. Trig ratio, briefly (3)
  23. Rhythmic spoken-word genre (3)
  24. Finnish steam room (5)
  25. If not; in different circumstances (9)
  26. Fish eggs eaten as a delicacy (3)
  27. Make a mistake (3)
  28. Extremely long periods (4)
  29. Trigonometric ratio of opposite side to adjacent side (3)
  30. Also; excessively (3)
  31. Winter slope sport (6)
  32. Draped garment of South Asia (4)
  33. Dodge or sidestep (5)
  34. One who dines (5)
  35. ___ Lanka, island nation (3)
  36. Jeered at the stage (5)
  37. Parcel of land for sale (3)
  38. Venomous snakes of the Nile (4)
  39. Small pointed missile thrown at a circular board (4)
  40. Terminal point of a line segment (3)
  41. Tip of a fountain pen (3)
  42. Consumed a meal (3)
  43. Caustic soap-making chemical (3)
  44. Fasten with a knot (3)

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