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Crossword #12564

Crossword #12564: a hand-curated English crossword with 70 clues on a 15 × 15 grid. Read the clues and play online.

English · 15 × 15

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Across

  1. Stage in a process (5)
  2. Receded, as the tide (5)
  3. More slimy and seeping (6)
  4. Pet ___ (irritations) (6)
  5. Sarcastic and mocking (6)
  6. Depicted in art; melted down, as fat (8)
  7. Snake-like fish (3)
  8. Fencing sword (4)
  9. Number of years one has lived (3)
  10. Colour-changing liquid applied to fabric (3)
  11. Billboard messages (3)
  12. Crux or central point (3)
  13. Talked back impudently (6)
  14. Strong impulse (4)
  15. Half-goat woodland creatures of myth (6)
  16. Struck with the leg joint (5)
  17. Working independently for various clients rather than one employer (9)
  18. Thoughts or plans formed in the mind (5)
  19. Gives way; or crop outputs (6)
  20. Eagle's high nest (4)
  21. Playground plank that tilts (6)
  22. Guitarist's sound booster (3)
  23. Text reply to something funny (3)
  24. Small seed in an apple (3)
  25. Basketball league, in brief (3)
  26. Is in debt for (4)
  27. Grassy meadow (3)
  28. Length of time something lasts (8)
  29. Into the breeze (6)
  30. Hit; on a labor walkout (6)
  31. Hit on the head, slangily (6)
  32. Male and female categories (5)
  33. Furious (5)

Down

  1. Held still for a photo (5)
  2. Sweethearts; bee products (6)
  3. Flowering shrubs of the rhododendron family (7)
  4. Polite address for a man (3)
  5. Startled shriek (3)
  6. Fencing swords (5)
  7. Big ___, London clock tower (3)
  8. Furniture for sleeping (3)
  9. The day or night immediately preceding an occasion (3)
  10. Drive out of one's wits (7)
  11. Grain used in dark bread (3)
  12. Moved smoothly to the next part (6)
  13. Bold primary colour of passion and fire (3)
  14. Society newcomer, informally (3)
  15. Military chaplain (5)
  16. More secure (5)
  17. Wander from the intended course (5)
  18. Organs of sight (4)
  19. Mom's brother, say (5)
  20. Tall grasses of marsh and shore (5)
  21. Cunning or crafty in a subtle way (3)
  22. Leg joint (4)
  23. Walkway between seats (5)
  24. Metrical foot of one short and one long syllable (6)
  25. Leaves the station (7)
  26. Young tree (7)
  27. Slim sausage in a bun (6)
  28. Plus, in a list (3)
  29. Glances, or appearances (5)
  30. Possess (3)
  31. Flooded rice field (5)
  32. Underwater vessel, for short; hoagie (3)
  33. Form of the verb 'to be' (3)
  34. Informal word for formal black dinner jacket attire (3)
  35. Frozen water (3)
  36. Small round green vegetable (3)
  37. Pale and sickly looking (3)

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