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Crossword #12720

Crossword #12720: 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. Baby horse (4)
  2. Fibrous plant tissue for rope (4)
  3. Transported or held up (7)
  4. The most beautiful woman at a ball (5)
  5. Sugar browning processes used in dessert making (15)
  6. Fiber-rich grain husk in cereal (4)
  7. Dread of danger (4)
  8. Round-bottomed cooking pan (3)
  9. Grasslike plant of wet ground (5)
  10. Small round green vegetable (3)
  11. ___ Lanka, island nation (3)
  12. A distinct period of history or geological time (3)
  13. Female sibling, informally (3)
  14. Room for experiments (3)
  15. Iranian currency units (5)
  16. Browned slice of bread (5)
  17. Spoken, not written (4)
  18. Socially awkward nerd, slangily (5)
  19. Hillside, in Scotland (4)
  20. Units of heredity (5)
  21. At a future time (5)
  22. Cable news channel, in brief (3)
  23. A very small amount; also a small child (3)
  24. ___ Angeles Lakers (3)
  25. Place serving alcoholic drinks (3)
  26. Complete failure (3)
  27. Full-chested (5)
  28. Greek letter used to denote efficiency or arrival time (3)
  29. Sweetheart or escort (4)
  30. Artificial bait used in fishing (4)
  31. Sold over the counter, no doctor's note needed (15)
  32. Small lakes or ponds (5)
  33. Competitor in a contest (7)
  34. Embryo that grows into a plant (4)
  35. Short musical composition with words (4)

Down

  1. Unit of electrical capacitance (5)
  2. Round citrus fruit (6)
  3. Upper limb of the body (3)
  4. Falsehood, or to recline (3)
  5. Wager (3)
  6. Muhammad ___, 'The Greatest' (3)
  7. Reduces speed (5)
  8. High male singing voice (5)
  9. Look after with attention (4)
  10. Santa's little helper (3)
  11. Single gaming cube (3)
  12. Uncovers or reveals (5)
  13. Network with an eye logo (3)
  14. To destroy or disable suddenly with energy (3)
  15. Glide down a snowy slope (3)
  16. Make a mistake (3)
  17. Small island in a river (3)
  18. Help or assistance (3)
  19. To weep with convulsive catching of the breath (3)
  20. Felled length of tree trunk (3)
  21. Form of the verb 'to be' (3)
  22. Forbid officially (3)
  23. Pointed tool for piercing holes in leather or fabric (3)
  24. Grassy meadow (3)
  25. Place firmly in position (3)
  26. Curved line segment forming part of a circle (3)
  27. ___ Francisco (3)
  28. The number after nine; one more than nine (3)
  29. Allow (3)
  30. Unit of sound intensity (3)
  31. Patch of turf with grass (3)
  32. Hold up at gunpoint (3)
  33. Hollow cylinders; the London Underground (5)
  34. Muslim ruler (6)
  35. Big ___, London clock tower (3)
  36. Basic units of matter (5)
  37. Wife of an Indian prince (5)
  38. ___ Moines, Iowa (3)
  39. Taking legal action against someone (5)
  40. Jog gently, as a horse (4)
  41. A strong desire or longing for something (3)
  42. Tennis serve untouched by the opponent (3)
  43. Vase for ashes or tea (3)
  44. Before, as a word beginning (3)
  45. Bold primary colour of passion and fire (3)
  46. Belonging to that thing (3)
  47. In favour of; a positive argument or advantage (3)

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