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Crossword #12853

Crossword #12853: 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. Small line finishing a letter stroke (5)
  2. Donkey (3)
  3. Every one (3)
  4. Drama set entirely to music (5)
  5. Attempt to score (4)
  6. Sheep's bleat (3)
  7. Ship platforms (5)
  8. Spanish small-plate appetizers (5)
  9. 'By the way,' in a text (3)
  10. Large body of saltwater (3)
  11. Archaic word for your (3)
  12. Fur shoulder wraps (6)
  13. Wild bout of indulgence (5)
  14. A distinct period of history or geological time (3)
  15. Roadside lodgings (4)
  16. Distinctive manner or fashion (5)
  17. Large quantities (5)
  18. Part of a play (3)
  19. Cereal grain for porridge (3)
  20. Cry of relief or pleasure (3)
  21. Old French coin of little value (3)
  22. Land of the free, in brief (3)
  23. Before, as a word beginning (3)
  24. To weep with convulsive catching of the breath (3)
  25. Provide food for an event (5)
  26. Specks of soot; obscene material (5)
  27. Drench thoroughly (4)
  28. Gradual decay or decomposition over time (3)
  29. Small medicine bottles (5)
  30. Sections of a long poem (6)
  31. Uncle ___, U.S. symbol (3)
  32. Tennis serve untouched by the opponent (3)
  33. Forbid officially (3)
  34. Fry quickly in a small amount of fat over high heat (5)
  35. Irritate (5)
  36. Make a choice (3)
  37. Accurate, not false (4)
  38. Mother-of-pearl (5)
  39. Peg that supports a golf ball (3)
  40. Male or female, as a category (3)
  41. Rate of motion (5)

Down

  1. Chunks of turf (4)
  2. Fencing swords (5)
  3. Brief summary of what happened (5)
  4. Annoy or bother (3)
  5. Secures firmly (7)
  6. Cry of sudden discovery (3)
  7. Bread bits dipped in liquid (4)
  8. Declares; members of a federal union (6)
  9. French cleric or priest (4)
  10. Back muscles, in gym lingo (4)
  11. Rule enforced by the state (3)
  12. Pig's muddy enclosure (3)
  13. Arrange by type (4)
  14. Female chicken (3)
  15. To place flat; to set something down horizontally (3)
  16. Free, as of pests (3)
  17. Cheeky backtalk (4)
  18. Crude, oafish man (4)
  19. Lack of difficulty (4)
  20. Fluid flowing in a tree (3)
  21. Road automobiles (4)
  22. Throat-clearing sound for attention (4)
  23. Pigeon's sound (3)
  24. Bathing vessels (4)
  25. Black sticky road substance (3)
  26. Small Central American crocodilians (7)
  27. Otherwise known as, briefly (3)
  28. Vase for ashes or tea (3)
  29. Little kids (4)
  30. Weasel-like ermine mammals (6)
  31. Plural of the egg-shaped biological cell (3)
  32. Knight's long spear (5)
  33. Points tally in a game (5)
  34. Headland jutting into the sea (4)
  35. Stake placed before cards are dealt in poker (4)
  36. Certain (4)
  37. Perceive with the eyes (3)
  38. Looked at carefully (4)
  39. Automated online program (3)
  40. Informal word for formal black dinner jacket attire (3)
  41. Take a short sleep (3)

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