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Crossword #12490

Crossword #12490: a hand-curated English crossword with 78 clues on a 15 × 15 grid. Read the clues and play online.

English · 15 × 15

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Across

  1. Female sibling, informally (3)
  2. Kingdom or domain (5)
  3. Gave a false impression of (6)
  4. A lodger who pays for room and meals (7)
  5. Made use of; was of help (7)
  6. Assumed names used to conceal identity (7)
  7. Mesh for catching fish (3)
  8. Grassy meadow (3)
  9. Jelly-like substances (4)
  10. Savory meat jelly (5)
  11. Spider's silken trap (3)
  12. Vase for ashes or tea (3)
  13. ___ Lanka, island nation (3)
  14. Young military trainees (6)
  15. Flat dish for frying (3)
  16. Prickly, like a wool sweater (5)
  17. Cry of sudden discovery (3)
  18. Fitting or suitable (3)
  19. Pronoun for a woman (3)
  20. Belonging to that man (3)
  21. Physician, informally (3)
  22. Household animal companion (3)
  23. Sample the flavor of food (5)
  24. Every one (3)
  25. Swellings from fluid buildup (6)
  26. Snake-like fish (3)
  27. Peg that supports a golf ball (3)
  28. Large rodent (3)
  29. Stone fruit like a peach (5)
  30. Former Italian currency unit (4)
  31. A distinct period of history or geological time (3)
  32. Armed conflict between nations (3)
  33. Resentfully envious (7)
  34. State openly; announce customs goods (7)
  35. Stresses on syllables; regional speech traits (7)
  36. Gazed fixedly (6)
  37. Cigarette ends; rams with the head (5)
  38. Bashful and timid (3)

Down

  1. Thin narrow strip in a blind (4)
  2. Roman numeral for three (3)
  3. Exchanges goods for money (5)
  4. British term for train networks (8)
  5. Rubbed out, as pencil marks (6)
  6. Billboard messages (3)
  7. Side sheltered from the wind (3)
  8. Title for a married woman (3)
  9. Forbid officially (3)
  10. The day or night immediately preceding an occasion (3)
  11. Ocean depths (5)
  12. Soft carrier for items (3)
  13. Bullfighter's cry (3)
  14. Farms producing milk and cheese (7)
  15. Advice columnist Landers (3)
  16. Townsman, archaically (3)
  17. Minor parish official (6)
  18. Increased the ante (5)
  19. Terrier good at catching rodents (6)
  20. Greek letter used in statistics for a test of fit (3)
  21. Pin in a boat's gunwale that holds an oar in place (5)
  22. A pouch-like anatomical structure (3)
  23. Shouted in approval (7)
  24. Tailless primate (3)
  25. Places where trains stop (8)
  26. Owns, third person singular (3)
  27. Danson of 'Cheers' (3)
  28. Consumed a meal (3)
  29. Wooden hammer for a croquet ball (6)
  30. Baits used to attract fish (5)
  31. Formal agreements (5)
  32. Groove worn by wheels; tedious routine (3)
  33. Donkey (3)
  34. Cautious and watchful (4)
  35. Form of the verb 'to be' (3)
  36. Bold primary colour of passion and fire (3)
  37. A short, quick straight punch; a quick poke (3)
  38. Old French silver coin; also a pale yellowish-grey hue (3)
  39. Part of a play (3)
  40. Sixth tonic sol-fa note (3)

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