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Crossword #875

Crossword #875: a hand-curated English crossword with 84 clues on a 15 × 15 grid. Read the clues and play online.

English · 15 × 15

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Across

  1. Mild stand-in for a curse word (3)
  2. Fasten with a knot (3)
  3. Not good (3)
  4. Chimney residue (4)
  5. Ugly old witch (3)
  6. Pleased facial expression (5)
  7. Shrieking at the top of one's lungs (9)
  8. Sea duck prized for its down (5)
  9. Cooktop surface, in Britain (3)
  10. Trigonometric ratio of opposite side to adjacent side (3)
  11. Large body of saltwater (3)
  12. Before, to a poet (3)
  13. Group sharing a common ancestor (5)
  14. Not divisible evenly by two; an unpaired number (3)
  15. A small flap; also a running total of charges (3)
  16. Time for a planet to orbit its sun (4)
  17. Cry out in grief (4)
  18. Hold up at gunpoint (3)
  19. Feels remorse over (4)
  20. An affirmative vote; yes (3)
  21. Lessen in intensity (5)
  22. Room for experiments (3)
  23. Flooded rice field (5)
  24. Black belt grade in judo (3)
  25. Pointing-out word (4)
  26. Gas we breathe (3)
  27. Urges a dog to attack (4)
  28. Declare openly and firmly (4)
  29. Guided the way, in the past (3)
  30. Allow (3)
  31. Unit of electrical capacitance (5)
  32. Works in a gallery (3)
  33. Cereal grain for porridge (3)
  34. Gradual decay or decomposition over time (3)
  35. Cow's sound (3)
  36. Bridges or stretches across (5)
  37. Extending outward; buttering the toast (9)
  38. Sharpens to a fine edge (5)
  39. Side sheltered from the wind (3)
  40. Sonar sound, or a network test (4)
  41. Over there; at a distance in that direction (3)
  42. A strong desire or longing for something (3)
  43. Sense of self-importance (3)

Down

  1. Accompany for protection (6)
  2. Patient self-restraint in the face of provocation (11)
  3. Enemy or adversary (3)
  4. In a sparse manner (6)
  5. McKellen of 'The Lord of the Rings' (3)
  6. Oval food laid by a hen (3)
  7. Auction offer (3)
  8. Pub brew (3)
  9. 'The,' in German (3)
  10. Make lace by knotting thread with a small shuttle (3)
  11. Perceive with the eyes (3)
  12. British spelling of a cat's cry (5)
  13. Pronoun for a woman (3)
  14. Raincoat, in British slang (3)
  15. Withered and dry (4)
  16. Device that infuses air into liquid (7)
  17. Apply paint clumsily (4)
  18. Indulging in pleasant mental fantasies while awake (11)
  19. Passed away (4)
  20. Automated online program (3)
  21. To place flat; to set something down horizontally (3)
  22. Wager (3)
  23. Resort for relaxation and baths (3)
  24. Billboard messages (3)
  25. Money for release from jail (4)
  26. Molten rock from a volcano (4)
  27. Be unwell (3)
  28. Handle of an axe or knife (4)
  29. Small piece of rock (5)
  30. Network of rabbit burrows (6)
  31. Glossy black songbird of Asia (6)
  32. Female deer (3)
  33. Item of clothing; garment (informal, often plural) (3)
  34. Donkey (3)
  35. Strike lightly (3)
  36. Bashful and timid (3)
  37. Nursery word for excrement (3)
  38. Advice columnist Landers (3)
  39. Cunning or crafty in a subtle way (3)
  40. Letter before cue (3)
  41. Single gaming cube (3)

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