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Crossword #12387

Crossword #12387: 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. Strike with an open hand (4)
  2. Donkey (3)
  3. Cleopatra's snake (3)
  4. Positive electrode (5)
  5. Solemn vow, or a curse word (4)
  6. Story's storyline, or a scheme (4)
  7. Silky fiber used to stuff pillows (5)
  8. Aguilera of pop music (9)
  9. Number of years one has lived (3)
  10. Frequently, in verse (3)
  11. A distinct period of history or geological time (3)
  12. Pin for hanging laundry (3)
  13. Key that erases, on a keyboard (3)
  14. Small plant embryos, like sesame or sunflower, eaten as food (5)
  15. Raised pulpit in early churches (4)
  16. Leaves out (5)
  17. N.Y.C. clock setting in winter, briefly (3)
  18. Seasoned fighters in battle (8)
  19. Clamp on a guitar neck (4)
  20. Fills with love (7)
  21. Seasoned meat in a casing (7)
  22. Barely manages, with 'out' (4)
  23. Fault-finding; crucially important (8)
  24. 'The,' in German (3)
  25. Sedate and respectably dull (5)
  26. Workstation furniture for writing or a computer (4)
  27. Skewered grilled meat with peanut sauce (5)
  28. Before, to a poet (3)
  29. Frilled indoor cap worn by women in earlier centuries (3)
  30. On the ___ (fleeing the law) (3)
  31. Greek letter; also denotes pressure in pounds per square inch (3)
  32. Flying nocturnal mammal (3)
  33. To transfer reproductive dust between flowers (9)
  34. No longer fresh (5)
  35. Neuter a female pet (4)
  36. Hint to a solution (4)
  37. Having handle-like projections, as a jug (5)
  38. Pronoun for a woman (3)
  39. Female chicken (3)
  40. Takes legal action against (4)

Down

  1. Unexpected obstacle (4)
  2. Run with long, easy strides (4)
  3. Fuss or commotion (3)
  4. Black tea grade (5)
  5. Cry of relief or pleasure (3)
  6. Paved road in a town (6)
  7. English counties (6)
  8. Fitting or suitable (3)
  9. Paved incline where boats are launched into water (4)
  10. Cornbread of the American South (4)
  11. Otherwise known as, briefly (3)
  12. Month abbr. that includes Halloween (3)
  13. Playground chasing game (3)
  14. Feeling down (3)
  15. Bottom surface of a room (5)
  16. Windows projecting from a sloping roof (7)
  17. Female sibling, informally (3)
  18. Land bordering the ocean (7)
  19. Reverent wonder (3)
  20. Having a thick neck of hair, like a lion (5)
  21. Pedal for stopping a car (5)
  22. Title for a married woman (3)
  23. The final frontier (5)
  24. Garments worn in ancient Rome (5)
  25. Apple's mobile operating system (3)
  26. Slice with a blade (3)
  27. ___ Lanka, island nation (3)
  28. Assistants (5)
  29. Large member of the deer family (3)
  30. Small low island (3)
  31. Stop the flow of blood (6)
  32. Cornmeal dish wrapped in a husk (6)
  33. Muhammad ___, 'The Greatest' (3)
  34. Gets up; ascends (5)
  35. Lawmakers at Westminster, briefly (3)
  36. Cry after a blunder (4)
  37. Dull and uninspiring (4)
  38. Letter before cue (3)
  39. Naked; uncovered (4)
  40. Pub brews (4)
  41. Danson of 'Cheers' (3)
  42. Caustic soap-making chemical (3)
  43. Large cask, and an old unit of wine capacity (3)
  44. Greek letter representing the ratio of circumference to radius (3)

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