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Crossword #188

Crossword #188: a hand-curated English crossword with 72 clues on a 15 × 15 grid. Read the clues and play online.

English · 15 × 15

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Across

  1. Wonderful, informally (3)
  2. Receding tide (3)
  3. Audibly (5)
  4. Old tool for threshing grain by hand (5)
  5. Malignant tumours of fatty tissue, in the plural (13)
  6. Fifth note of the scale (3)
  7. Adjusting a scale to zero for weight (6)
  8. Weep (3)
  9. Mistreat (5)
  10. An immeasurably long period of time (3)
  11. Plural of the egg-shaped biological cell (3)
  12. Tooth decay caused by bacterial acid erosion (6)
  13. Thorny wild shrub (5)
  14. Unit of radiation dose (3)
  15. Mischievous little devils (4)
  16. A strong desire or longing for something (3)
  17. Organisms that live on or in a host at its expense (9)
  18. Muhammad ___, 'The Greatest' (3)
  19. Small version (4)
  20. Network with an eye logo (3)
  21. Increased the ante (5)
  22. Small bottles for oil and vinegar (6)
  23. East Indian timber tree yielding resin (3)
  24. Constricting snake (3)
  25. Strange and spooky (5)
  26. Before, to a poet (3)
  27. Bathroom fixture for men (6)
  28. Works in a gallery (3)
  29. Experts in the scientific study of insects, plural (13)
  30. Basin for holy water (5)
  31. Stars that suddenly brighten then fade (5)
  32. Up to now; nevertheless (3)
  33. Terminal point of a line segment (3)

Down

  1. Lack of success (7)
  2. Swiss peak (3)
  3. Soft infant's sock (6)
  4. Shade tree with serrated leaves (3)
  5. Sheep's bleat (3)
  6. Decentralized digital currency (7)
  7. Land of the free, in brief (3)
  8. Challenge to be brave (4)
  9. Thick low-lying mist (3)
  10. Immature insect stage (5)
  11. Relating to a section of the lung (5)
  12. Brazilian city of Carnival (3)
  13. Cable news channel, in brief (3)
  14. A pouch-like anatomical structure (3)
  15. Nimble and ready; said of a well-fitted vessel (3)
  16. Easy and uncomplicated (6)
  17. Polite address for a man (3)
  18. Farewell word (3)
  19. Save from danger (6)
  20. Mother, in dialect (3)
  21. Greek letter; also denotes pressure in pounds per square inch (3)
  22. Moral transgression (3)
  23. Help or assistance (3)
  24. An involuntary repeated movement or sound (3)
  25. In abundance (7)
  26. Scolded harshly (7)
  27. Mixes with a spoon (5)
  28. Put into service (3)
  29. Trims away the skin (5)
  30. Experience again in memory (6)
  31. Place firmly in position (3)
  32. Male sibling, informally (3)
  33. Liquid fat for cooking (3)
  34. Soon, in olden times (4)
  35. Ball-game official, briefly (3)
  36. In the past, as in days ___ (time reference) (3)
  37. Digit on the foot (3)
  38. Not at home (3)
  39. ___ Francisco (3)

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