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Crossword #12689

Crossword #12689: a hand-curated English crossword with 80 clues on a 15 × 15 grid. Read the clues and play online.

English · 15 × 15

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Across

  1. Donkey (3)
  2. Lead ore mineral (6)
  3. Flying nocturnal mammal (3)
  4. Place firmly in position (3)
  5. First game; can-piercing tool (6)
  6. Prickly seed case that clings to clothes (4)
  7. An equal or standard level; face value of a security (3)
  8. Ballpark snack in a shell (6)
  9. Opposed to (4)
  10. A very brief unit of time; one-sixtieth of a minute (3)
  11. Place somewhere (3)
  12. Take a small cut off the top (4)
  13. Physical injury or damage (4)
  14. Polite address for a man (3)
  15. Iron-carbon alloy (5)
  16. Extra card in a deck; prankster (5)
  17. Roman numeral for three (3)
  18. Remove moisture from (3)
  19. Regions (5)
  20. Breaks suddenly with a sharp sound (5)
  21. Places to sleep; garden plots (4)
  22. Descendant of a noble family (5)
  23. Curved structure forming part of a bridge (4)
  24. Fencing swords (5)
  25. Sound loudly, like a trumpet (5)
  26. Receding tide (3)
  27. Sprinted, in the past (3)
  28. Willow used in basketry (5)
  29. Came into being (5)
  30. Danson of 'Cheers' (3)
  31. Lacking hair on top (4)
  32. Seldom found; cooked lightly (4)
  33. Organ used to detect sound (3)
  34. ___ Lanka, island nation (3)
  35. Wait patiently, as one's time (4)
  36. List of corrections in a book (6)
  37. Wide sash worn around a Japanese kimono (3)
  38. Puts to work (4)
  39. Gave off a foul stench (6)
  40. Every one (3)
  41. 'The,' in German (3)
  42. Number being summed (6)
  43. Key that erases, on a keyboard (3)

Down

  1. Cleopatra's snake (3)
  2. Where the land meets the ocean (8)
  3. Marked with long, irregular lines of contrasting colour (8)
  4. Republican Party nickname, initially (3)
  5. Tailless primate (3)
  6. Bounds or jumps (5)
  7. Listless boredom (5)
  8. Nearly massless subatomic particle (8)
  9. Works in a gallery (3)
  10. Slept in modest quarters (6)
  11. More pretentiously cultured (6)
  12. In a neat and tidy manner (6)
  13. Fibrous plant tissue for rope (4)
  14. Fold or wrinkle in fabric (6)
  15. Title for a married woman (3)
  16. Drink in small amounts (3)
  17. A short, quick straight punch; a quick poke (3)
  18. McKellen of 'The Lord of the Rings' (3)
  19. Female sibling, informally (3)
  20. Spicy tomato-based dips (6)
  21. Large body of saltwater (3)
  22. Placed in the middle, in US spelling (8)
  23. Track system for trains (8)
  24. Believable; worthy of trust (8)
  25. Belonging to that woman (3)
  26. Before, as a word beginning (3)
  27. Float up and down (3)
  28. Tiny in-ear headphone (6)
  29. Cook slowly in a little liquid (6)
  30. Edge marking a boundary (6)
  31. Perceives visually (4)
  32. Having handle-like projections, as a jug (5)
  33. Male duck (5)
  34. A distinct period of history or geological time (3)
  35. The number after nine; one more than nine (3)
  36. Combine numbers for a sum (3)
  37. Not feeling well (3)

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