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Crossword #12738

Crossword #12738: a hand-curated English crossword with 84 clues on a 15 × 15 grid. Read the clues and play online.

English · 15 × 15

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Across

  1. Propelled with paddles (5)
  2. Lays a hard road surface (5)
  3. Natural talent or stylish elegance (5)
  4. Organisms that live on or in a host at its expense (9)
  5. Late for class (5)
  6. A conductor through which current enters or leaves (9)
  7. Perceive with the eyes (3)
  8. The number after nine; one more than nine (3)
  9. An involuntary repeated movement or sound (3)
  10. Large rodent (3)
  11. ___ Francisco (3)
  12. Place firmly in position (3)
  13. Engine's rotating lobe shaft (3)
  14. Hold up at gunpoint (3)
  15. Land of the free, in brief (3)
  16. Cry of sudden discovery (3)
  17. Barnyard lows (4)
  18. Residential outskirts, casually (5)
  19. Relating to punishment (5)
  20. Small island in a river (3)
  21. Heaps; stacks (5)
  22. Viral internet jokes (5)
  23. Withered and dry (4)
  24. Tennis serve untouched by the opponent (3)
  25. Greek letter used to denote efficiency or arrival time (3)
  26. Gas we breathe (3)
  27. 'By the way,' in a text (3)
  28. Forbid officially (3)
  29. Pounds, on a scale (abbr.) (3)
  30. British broadcaster, for short (3)
  31. Gear tooth (3)
  32. One circuit of a track; a complete round (3)
  33. Make a choice (3)
  34. Extorting money by threatening to reveal damaging secrets (9)
  35. Utter nonsense (5)
  36. In earnest, with no joking (9)
  37. Confused hand-to-hand fight (5)
  38. Brings under control (5)
  39. Blends or merges together (5)

Down

  1. Frequently, in verse (3)
  2. Word of regret (4)
  3. Seldom found; cooked lightly (4)
  4. Sea duck prized for its down (5)
  5. Remove moisture from (3)
  6. Loses color; fence stakes (5)
  7. Venue for sports or spectacles (5)
  8. Carpet cleaner, for short (3)
  9. N.Y.C. clock setting in winter, briefly (3)
  10. Polite address for a man (3)
  11. Household animal companion (3)
  12. Carry, or a kind of bag (4)
  13. Revise text (4)
  14. A very brief unit of time; one-sixtieth of a minute (3)
  15. Band worn around the upper limb (6)
  16. Also; excessively (3)
  17. Crux or central point (3)
  18. Draped garment of South Asia (4)
  19. Brimless head covering (3)
  20. Throat-clearing sound for attention (4)
  21. Hair along a horse's or lion's neck (4)
  22. Constricting snake (3)
  23. Excellent and magnificent (6)
  24. Female sibling, informally (3)
  25. Reveal a secret carelessly (4)
  26. Religious splinter group (4)
  27. Word ending a prayer (4)
  28. Brewed leaf beverage (3)
  29. Stitch with needle and thread (3)
  30. East Indian timber tree yielding resin (3)
  31. Curved chest bone (3)
  32. Trunk of a tree (4)
  33. Gel medium for growing cultures (4)
  34. Unimpressed and indifferent (5)
  35. Wind-catching sheets on a yacht (5)
  36. Australian's hailing call (5)
  37. Network with an eye logo (3)
  38. A layer or thickness of a material (3)
  39. Survey of opinions, or a place to vote (4)
  40. Set up the golf ball (4)
  41. Townsman, archaically (3)
  42. Hawaiian timber tree of the acacia family (3)
  43. Mother, British style (3)
  44. Sound of pondering (3)
  45. Affirmative reply (3)

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