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Crossword #12706

Crossword #12706: a hand-curated English crossword with 82 clues on a 15 × 15 grid. Read the clues and play online.

English · 15 × 15

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Across

  1. Barrier holding back water (3)
  2. In the past, as in days ___ (time reference) (3)
  3. Bare rocky outcrop on a hillside (4)
  4. Bullfighter's cry (3)
  5. The highest point or uppermost surface (3)
  6. Rate of speed maintained during a run (4)
  7. Snake-like fish (3)
  8. Curved; a natural inclination (4)
  9. Positioned in a particular place (5)
  10. Form of the verb 'to be' (3)
  11. Tailless primate (3)
  12. Manmade waterways (6)
  13. Penne and rigatoni, e.g. (6)
  14. Common magnetic metal, element 26 (4)
  15. Worshipped images or adored celebrities (5)
  16. Organ used to detect sound (3)
  17. Belts, scarves and handbags, e.g. (11)
  18. Greek letter used in statistics for a test of fit (3)
  19. An affirmative vote; yes (3)
  20. Pale and sickly looking (3)
  21. Tree with winged seeds (3)
  22. Flying nocturnal mammal (3)
  23. Quiz show players (11)
  24. Lyric poem of praise (3)
  25. Laughing African scavenger (5)
  26. Violent public disturbance (4)
  27. Marsupial that plays dead (6)
  28. On the expensive side (6)
  29. Lawmakers at Westminster, briefly (3)
  30. Land of the free, in brief (3)
  31. Eats supper (5)
  32. Corner station a runner must touch in a diamond game (4)
  33. Young boy or fellow (3)
  34. Spoken, not written (4)
  35. Exclamation of triumphant discovery (3)
  36. Caustic soap-making chemical (3)
  37. Camper's shelter (4)
  38. A small flap; also a running total of charges (3)
  39. A strong desire or longing for something (3)

Down

  1. Female deer (3)
  2. Pub brew (3)
  3. Skin cells responsible for producing dark pigment (11)
  4. Consumed a meal (3)
  5. Unit of plane angle equal to one-hundredth of a right angle (3)
  6. Make a choice (3)
  7. Covert agents (5)
  8. Common feline pet (3)
  9. Tennis serve untouched by the opponent (3)
  10. Bold primary colour of passion and fire (3)
  11. Unit of sound intensity (3)
  12. Resort for relaxation and baths (3)
  13. Wife of an Indian prince (5)
  14. Recessed end of a church (4)
  15. U.S. spy agency, for short (3)
  16. Curved line segment forming part of a circle (3)
  17. Female sibling, informally (3)
  18. Strictly speaking (11)
  19. Cry of relief or pleasure (3)
  20. ___ Lanka, island nation (3)
  21. Soft and fluffy (5)
  22. Speak grandly in public (5)
  23. Fabric woven from flax fibers (5)
  24. A pouch-like anatomical structure (3)
  25. Remained in a seated position; past of sit (3)
  26. Indian women's draped garments (5)
  27. Fast jazz style of the 1940s (3)
  28. Fuss or commotion (3)
  29. Units of electrical resistance (4)
  30. Fluid flowing in a tree (3)
  31. Digit on the foot (3)
  32. Pig's muddy enclosure (3)
  33. Extract metal by heating ore (5)
  34. Raises, as the ante (3)
  35. Feel regret; also a herb with a bluish-green hue (3)
  36. Tiny circular mark; point on a graph (3)
  37. Strong anger (3)
  38. Grandmother, affectionately (3)
  39. Automated online program (3)
  40. Cry of sudden discovery (3)
  41. To weep with convulsive catching of the breath (3)
  42. Yes vote (3)
  43. Wild animal's lair (3)

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