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Crossword #137

Crossword #137: a hand-curated English crossword with 42 clues on a 11 × 11 grid. Read the clues and play online.

English · 11 × 11

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Read the clues below, then open the interactive grid to enter your answers. Across and Down answers share letters where they cross. Check, Hint and Reveal are available in the game when you need help.

Across

  1. Cleopatra's snake (3)
  2. Pair of performers (3)
  3. Polite address for a man (3)
  4. Gloomy and dark in mood (6)
  5. ___ Lanka, island nation (3)
  6. Organisms lacking pigment (7)
  7. One who dodges capture (6)
  8. U.S. spy agency, for short (3)
  9. Moral transgression (3)
  10. Ring-shaped coral island enclosing a lagoon (5)
  11. British company suffix (3)
  12. Old French coin of little value (3)
  13. Utterly transparent and thin, as fabric (5)
  14. A perfectly spherical body or globe (3)
  15. Month abbr. between Jul. and Sep. (3)
  16. Relating to the eye (6)
  17. One who tidies premises (7)
  18. Chatter idly; the gift of ___ (3)
  19. Climb upward (6)
  20. Old French silver coin; also a pale yellowish-grey hue (3)
  21. N.Y.C. clock setting in winter, briefly (3)
  22. Place firmly in position (3)

Down

  1. Donkey (3)
  2. Male animal parents (5)
  3. Special rights granted to a favoured few (10)
  4. Hand out in portions (4)
  5. Dark inner shadows in an eclipse (6)
  6. Wide sash worn around a Japanese kimono (3)
  7. Feeling down (3)
  8. Spurs on (10)
  9. Stir up and make turbulent (4)
  10. East Indian timber tree yielding resin (3)
  11. Stake placed before cards are dealt in poker (4)
  12. Hammer or wrench (4)
  13. Pilotless aircraft; idle bees (6)
  14. A pouch-like anatomical structure (3)
  15. Hawaiian dance (4)
  16. Hand tool that holds and turns a bit (5)
  17. Hundredth of a dollar (4)
  18. Black lentil plant of South Asia (3)
  19. Tennis serve untouched by the opponent (3)
  20. However (3)

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