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Crossword #12534

Crossword #12534: 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. Old Russian emperor (4)
  2. Donkey (3)
  3. Mild stand-in for a curse word (3)
  4. Overhanging roof edge (4)
  5. Quiet contemplative practice (10)
  6. Long spans of time; grows old (4)
  7. In a way oddly contrary to expectation (10)
  8. Shallow lake or pond (4)
  9. Rinse the throat with liquid (6)
  10. Cook who leads Apple (3)
  11. Tree with winged seeds (3)
  12. Mesh for catching fish (3)
  13. Rotating blade assembly that drives an aircraft forward (4)
  14. Touchscreen device; pill (6)
  15. Cut with sweeping strokes; forward stroke (5)
  16. Roman numeral for three (3)
  17. Competing fiercely (5)
  18. Household animal companion (3)
  19. Pungent dried flower bud used as a spice (5)
  20. Pigeon's sound (3)
  21. Scottish landowner (5)
  22. Long, slender freshwater fish with a needle-like snout (3)
  23. Listless boredom (5)
  24. Pole for rowing a boat (3)
  25. Lock of hair (5)
  26. Barely sufficient in amount (6)
  27. Departed, past tense (4)
  28. A very brief unit of time; one-sixtieth of a minute (3)
  29. Belonging to that woman (3)
  30. The day or night immediately preceding an occasion (3)
  31. Military gesture of respect (6)
  32. Recipe measure, for short (4)
  33. Mask aiding or filtering breathing (10)
  34. Tiny bit (4)
  35. The things that must come first (10)
  36. Unexpected obstacle (4)
  37. N.Y.C. clock setting in winter, briefly (3)
  38. Perceive with the eyes (3)
  39. Rubber wheel covering, British spelling (4)

Down

  1. Group playing together in a sport (4)
  2. Wise old advisor (4)
  3. State firmly as true (4)
  4. Close up tight once more (6)
  5. Decorate (5)
  6. Burn slightly at the edges (5)
  7. Tall pole for walking elevated (5)
  8. Greek letter used to denote efficiency or arrival time (3)
  9. Removal of suspended particles from a fluid by passing through a mesh (10)
  10. Large book sheets or page numbers (6)
  11. Powerful and strong (6)
  12. A distinct period of history or geological time (3)
  13. Tennis serve untouched by the opponent (3)
  14. Immature stage of certain insects that undergo incomplete metamorphosis (5)
  15. Cuts off completely (6)
  16. Earnest request, or court statement (4)
  17. An involuntary repeated movement or sound (3)
  18. Be unwell (3)
  19. Doctrine that living matter arises only from pre-existing life (10)
  20. Join rope ends or film together (6)
  21. Frozen water (3)
  22. French for 'no' (3)
  23. Unit of plane angle equal to one-hundredth of a right angle (3)
  24. Immense in size (4)
  25. Large rodent (3)
  26. Remove moisture from (3)
  27. They show patrons to their theater seats (6)
  28. Insignificant, annoying person (5)
  29. Feel deep respect and admiration for (6)
  30. Painter or sculptor (6)
  31. Indian women's draped garments (5)
  32. Fill with joy (5)
  33. Adorable little one (5)
  34. Polite address for a man (3)
  35. Digit on the foot (3)
  36. Thin and skeletal (4)
  37. Distant glowing point in the night sky (4)
  38. One side of a sheet in a book (4)
  39. Vessel for cooking soup (3)

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