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Crossword #12816

Crossword #12816: 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. Part of a play (3)
  2. Weighted throwing weapon of the pampas (4)
  3. Strong anger (3)
  4. Hillside, in Scotland (4)
  5. Underground anchoring parts of a plant (5)
  6. A framework or apparatus set up for a specific purpose (3)
  7. Thin crinkled dress fabric (5)
  8. Attractive; or asking a higher court (9)
  9. Charged particles in an electric field (4)
  10. Female sibling, informally (3)
  11. Assigned piece of work (4)
  12. Looked forward to; expected (7)
  13. Utters words (4)
  14. Pimples, slangily (4)
  15. Gas we breathe (3)
  16. A pouch-like anatomical structure (3)
  17. Scene of noisy confusion (5)
  18. Secondary social media accounts (4)
  19. A distinct period of history or geological time (3)
  20. Form of the verb 'to be' (3)
  21. N.Y.C. clock setting in winter, briefly (3)
  22. Edge of the mouth (3)
  23. The number after nine; one more than nine (3)
  24. Without, in French (4)
  25. Book of maps (5)
  26. Possessed, in the past (3)
  27. Aged; not new (3)
  28. Tibetan Buddhist monk (4)
  29. Takes legal action against (4)
  30. No matter which person (7)
  31. Puts to work (4)
  32. Metal can for food (3)
  33. Artificial bait used in fishing (4)
  34. Chip at the heart of a computer (9)
  35. Second Greek letters (5)
  36. In the past, as in days ___ (time reference) (3)
  37. Drugged (5)
  38. Sharp pointed projection; cutting remark (4)
  39. Household animal companion (3)
  40. Popular game fish (4)
  41. Signal; also a long tapered rod in billiards (3)

Down

  1. Venue for sports or spectacles (5)
  2. Overturn in the water (7)
  3. Peg that supports a golf ball (3)
  4. Plaited strands of hair (6)
  5. Cry after a blunder (4)
  6. Cut off a branch (3)
  7. Consumed a meal (3)
  8. Colored part of the eye (4)
  9. Ice-skating arena (4)
  10. Oval food laid by a hen (3)
  11. Forehead, or arch above the eye (4)
  12. Half-goat woodland creatures of myth (6)
  13. U.S. spy agency, for short (3)
  14. ___ Vegas, Nevada (3)
  15. Place firmly in position (3)
  16. Sesame, in South Asian cooking (3)
  17. White seasoning crystal (4)
  18. Small island in a river (3)
  19. Exchange goods for money (4)
  20. Solo vocal piece in an opera (4)
  21. Brimmed hats, or upper limits (4)
  22. Soak in the tub (4)
  23. Region; surface measurement (4)
  24. To curve or flex something (4)
  25. Donkey (3)
  26. Finishes, or extremities (4)
  27. Pickled in brine; drunk, slangily (6)
  28. Pub brew (3)
  29. Singer Winehouse (3)
  30. Still arrangement of figures forming a silent scene (7)
  31. Scottish landed gentry (6)
  32. Advice columnist Landers (3)
  33. A very brief unit of time; one-sixtieth of a minute (3)
  34. Bizarre, unconventional (5)
  35. Dull and colorless (4)
  36. Affirmative reply (3)
  37. Strong impulse (4)
  38. Chimney residue (4)
  39. Foot digits (4)
  40. Father, in dialect (3)
  41. To weep with convulsive catching of the breath (3)
  42. Resort for relaxation and baths (3)
  43. British broadcaster, for short (3)

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