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Crossword #40406

Crossword #40406: a hand-curated English crossword with 76 clues on a 15 × 15 grid. Read the clues and play online.

English · 15 × 15

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Across

  1. Caress affectionately (6)
  2. Part-human, part-machine being (6)
  3. Hooded waterproof jacket (6)
  4. Old pocket paging device (6)
  5. Ridicules (7)
  6. Salty solution (6)
  7. Peg that supports a golf ball (3)
  8. Swiss peak (3)
  9. Consumed a meal (3)
  10. Doctoral degree, in brief (3)
  11. Large body of saltwater (3)
  12. The number after nine; one more than nine (3)
  13. Perceive with the eyes (3)
  14. Polite address for a man (3)
  15. Garden storage buildings (5)
  16. Grand gateway or doorway (6)
  17. Fencing sword (4)
  18. Region between two concentric circles (7)
  19. Guides actors and crew in a production (7)
  20. Old-fashioned person (4)
  21. Underground storage room (6)
  22. Rigid social class in India (5)
  23. Room for experiments (3)
  24. Muhammad ___, 'The Greatest' (3)
  25. Groove worn by wheels; tedious routine (3)
  26. In favour of; a positive argument or advantage (3)
  27. Before, as a word beginning (3)
  28. A distinct period of history or geological time (3)
  29. Female chicken (3)
  30. Pronoun for a woman (3)
  31. Small plug-in hardware adapter (6)
  32. Pours wine off its sediment (7)
  33. Confer holy orders upon (6)
  34. Connective tissue sheet that wraps and separates muscles (6)
  35. Talked back impudently (6)
  36. Without restriction (6)

Down

  1. Brief popular trend in fashion or style (3)
  2. The first and smallest positive integer (3)
  3. Of the upper part of the map (8)
  4. Preserved by removal of moisture, as herbs or fruit (5)
  5. Load with cargo, archaically (4)
  6. Barely manage to make, with 'out' (3)
  7. Network with an eye logo (3)
  8. An affirmative vote; yes (3)
  9. Unit of sound intensity (3)
  10. Narcotic derived from poppies (6)
  11. Leased for a fee (6)
  12. Leafy vegetables; a putting surface (6)
  13. Cheeky backtalk (4)
  14. Garland of flowers (3)
  15. Trimmed or peeled (5)
  16. Lowly laborer (4)
  17. Resort for relaxation and baths (3)
  18. Withered and dry (4)
  19. Raised back part of a shoe (4)
  20. Small clump of hair or grass (4)
  21. Soothing succulent for burns (4)
  22. Carry something heavy (3)
  23. Snapshot, informally (3)
  24. Slender, graceful woman or air spirit (5)
  25. Angel who earns his wings in a Christmas classic (8)
  26. Story told (4)
  27. ___ Lanka, island nation (3)
  28. Statements of belief (6)
  29. Dancing lights of the polar sky (6)
  30. Spectator seating; remains upright (6)
  31. Form of the verb 'to be' (3)
  32. Fixed-income investment instrument (4)
  33. Stage in a process (5)
  34. Bare rocky outcrop on a hillside (4)
  35. State of matter, not solid or liquid (3)
  36. Falsehood, or to recline (3)
  37. Terminal point of a line segment (3)
  38. Mild stand-in for a curse word (3)
  39. Sesame, in South Asian cooking (3)
  40. To express in words; to speak or utter (3)

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