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Crossword #12886

Crossword #12886: a hand-curated English crossword with 78 clues on a 15 × 15 grid. Read the clues and play online.

English · 15 × 15

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Across

  1. Donkey (3)
  2. Cheeky backtalk (4)
  3. Skin atop the head (5)
  4. Drains the energy from (4)
  5. Hawaiian feast with roast pig (4)
  6. Spiral bit for boring holes in wood (5)
  7. Earnest request, or court statement (4)
  8. Man-eating fairy-tale giant (4)
  9. Shout of approval after a performance (5)
  10. Safe and well protected (6)
  11. Cut off from others; a single rare case (8)
  12. Price paid for something (4)
  13. ___ out (gradually stops) (6)
  14. Layers of folded fabric or wood (5)
  15. Stir up or awaken (6)
  16. Gray with age; trite (5)
  17. Light knocks (4)
  18. Female sibling, informally (3)
  19. Barrier holding back water (3)
  20. Street, briefly (3)
  21. ___ Angeles Lakers (3)
  22. U.S. crime-fighting agency, briefly (3)
  23. Word ending a prayer (4)
  24. Thick slice of grilled beef (5)
  25. Smooth curve through data points; key on a shaft (6)
  26. Tired out (5)
  27. Accompany for protection (6)
  28. Cherished and beloved (4)
  29. Places where trains stop (8)
  30. Words of a song (6)
  31. Keyboarding errors (5)
  32. Distinctive surrounding glow (4)
  33. Spoken, not written (4)
  34. Run off to marry secretly (5)
  35. Fiber-rich grain husk in cereal (4)
  36. Move upward (4)
  37. Gets up; ascends (5)
  38. Dispatch by mail (4)
  39. Stitch with needle and thread (3)

Down

  1. Venomous snakes of the Nile (4)
  2. Exchange of goods for money (4)
  3. Detailed requirement, informally (4)
  4. Small bitter wild plums (5)
  5. Month abbr. between Jul. and Sep. (3)
  6. Draped garment of South Asia (4)
  7. Takes legal action against (4)
  8. Dark fur-bearing animals (6)
  9. Assistant clergymen; selects items for an exhibit (7)
  10. Banded semiprecious stone (5)
  11. Bar pivoted to lift or move a load (5)
  12. Pokes to urge action (5)
  13. Small dish under a cup (6)
  14. Pink-cheeked; optimistic (4)
  15. Numbered musical work (4)
  16. Japanese straw floor mat (6)
  17. Doctoral degree, in brief (3)
  18. Baked bread unit; idle about (4)
  19. Poetic foot of two syllables (4)
  20. Large glossy black bird (5)
  21. Unsealed or unlocked (6)
  22. Lower small intestine sections (4)
  23. Fly high (4)
  24. Expanse above the earth (3)
  25. Atom variant with a differing neutron count (7)
  26. Voice between soprano and tenor (4)
  27. Rock back and forth (4)
  28. Extreme overwhelming fear (6)
  29. Levers open, in Britain (6)
  30. Organic compound formed by reaction of acid and alcohol (5)
  31. Pointed instruments for writing on wax (5)
  32. Clamps that raise a guitar's pitch (5)
  33. Large African antelope (5)
  34. Catches a crook (4)
  35. Certain (4)
  36. Colored part of the eye (4)
  37. Matter for a detective (4)
  38. A large number, informally (4)
  39. Sprinted, in the past (3)

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