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Crossword #12509

Crossword #12509: a hand-curated English crossword with 86 clues on a 15 × 15 grid. Read the clues and play online.

English · 15 × 15

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Across

  1. Pounds, on a scale (abbr.) (3)
  2. Cooktop surface, in Britain (3)
  3. Raises, as the ante (3)
  4. Digit on the foot (3)
  5. Excessively so (6)
  6. Cleansing bar used with water (4)
  7. Put on, as a coat (3)
  8. Patient self-restraint in the face of provocation (11)
  9. The dot over an i (6)
  10. Even one (3)
  11. N.Y.C. clock setting in winter, briefly (3)
  12. Garden tool for weeding (3)
  13. Pass for admission (6)
  14. Sprinted, in the past (3)
  15. Sound of delight (3)
  16. Failed badly, slangily, or what the wind did (4)
  17. ___ Francisco (3)
  18. Large body of saltwater (3)
  19. Circle dance at a wedding (4)
  20. Every one (3)
  21. At the present moment in time (3)
  22. Genetic material found in cells (3)
  23. Young boy or fellow (3)
  24. Drench thoroughly (4)
  25. Small bite or pinch (3)
  26. Vessel for bathing (3)
  27. Leader of the Catholic Church (4)
  28. Near the bottom of a scale; minimal in value (3)
  29. State of matter, not solid or liquid (3)
  30. Net-minding player (6)
  31. Female sibling, informally (3)
  32. Billboard messages (3)
  33. Muhammad ___, 'The Greatest' (3)
  34. State firmly (6)
  35. A large self-service grocery store (11)
  36. Large rodent (3)
  37. Brown meat over high heat (4)
  38. Cheerful little face symbol (6)
  39. Form of the verb 'to be' (3)
  40. Caustic soap-making chemical (3)
  41. Bean used for sauce and tofu (3)
  42. Female chicken (3)

Down

  1. British company suffix (3)
  2. Voting or phone enclosure (5)
  3. Older or higher in rank (6)
  4. To this, in formal documents (6)
  5. A perfectly spherical body or globe (3)
  6. Whitened or stripped of colour by chemical treatment or sunlight (8)
  7. Land of the free, in brief (3)
  8. Cornbread of the American South (4)
  9. Pouchlike body cavities (4)
  10. Frequently, in verse (3)
  11. Bound book in a series, briefly (3)
  12. Sharp pull (4)
  13. Household animal companion (3)
  14. Grain used in dark bread (3)
  15. Afternoon brews (4)
  16. Apple's mobile operating system (3)
  17. 'To be honest,' in a text (3)
  18. Grandmother, affectionately (3)
  19. Text reply to something funny (3)
  20. A distinct period of history or geological time (3)
  21. Thick roll of bills (3)
  22. French for 'no' (3)
  23. Tiny industrious insect (3)
  24. Cleopatra's snake (3)
  25. British bathroom (3)
  26. One circuit of a track; a complete round (3)
  27. Tennis sisters Venus and Serena (8)
  28. Month abbr. between Jul. and Sep. (3)
  29. Small barrel for beer (3)
  30. Hawaiian taro paste (3)
  31. Corner station a runner must touch in a diamond game (4)
  32. In a feeble manner (6)
  33. Archaic term of address to an inferior (6)
  34. Pole for rowing a boat (3)
  35. Charity given to the poor (4)
  36. Gaze fixedly (5)
  37. Donkey (3)
  38. Formal fight between two opponents (4)
  39. Neuter a female pet (4)
  40. Perceive with the eyes (3)
  41. Pig's muddy enclosure (3)
  42. Before, to a poet (3)
  43. Brazilian city of Carnival (3)
  44. The number after nine; one more than nine (3)

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