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Crossword #12979

Crossword #12979: a hand-curated English crossword with 82 clues on a 15 × 15 grid. Read the clues and play online.

English · 15 × 15

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Across

  1. Donkey (3)
  2. Small pierced ball on a string (4)
  3. Place, as in someone's ___ (5)
  4. Ghost's greeting (3)
  5. A single time (4)
  6. Orange root vegetable (6)
  7. Gulf states each ruled by a sheikh (8)
  8. More breezy (6)
  9. Removes from a document (7)
  10. Vase for ashes or tea (3)
  11. Remove moisture from (3)
  12. For each, as in a rate (3)
  13. Tennis match divisions (4)
  14. Wager (3)
  15. Red skin irritations (6)
  16. Billboard messages (3)
  17. Street, briefly (3)
  18. Blackthorn berry used in gin (4)
  19. Takes a seat (4)
  20. Cans of food (4)
  21. The even number that follows one (3)
  22. Withered and dry (4)
  23. Otherwise, or in addition (4)
  24. Recedes, as the tide (4)
  25. Fasten with a knot (3)
  26. Perceive with the eyes (3)
  27. Cowboy's lasso (6)
  28. Feeling down (3)
  29. Resorts with mineral baths (4)
  30. Undergarment supporting a woman's bust (3)
  31. Curved line segment forming part of a circle (3)
  32. Guitarist's sound booster (3)
  33. Feeling embarrassed or ashamed (7)
  34. Folks, collectively (6)
  35. Improbable; not expected to happen (8)
  36. Breaks a sentence into parts (6)
  37. Editor's 'let it stand' (4)
  38. Sprinted, in the past (3)
  39. Believer in a distant creator (5)
  40. Broadcasts; pretentious manners (4)
  41. The first and smallest positive integer (3)

Down

  1. Tucked in for the night (4)
  2. A few (4)
  3. Earth in which plants grow (4)
  4. Stiff straw hats; people who sail (7)
  5. Relating to feeding via the intestines (7)
  6. Tennis serves no one returns (4)
  7. ___ Moines, Iowa (3)
  8. Sudden frights (6)
  9. Contaminate with something undesirable (5)
  10. Make a mistake (3)
  11. Receiving very little rainfall (4)
  12. Person of action (4)
  13. Make an attempt (3)
  14. Fabric with a corded or ribbed transverse surface (3)
  15. Put into service (3)
  16. Cheeky backtalk (4)
  17. Lessen or restrain, as breath (4)
  18. Wicked or harmful things (5)
  19. Strained and on edge (5)
  20. A person who drinks excessively (3)
  21. One who cuts wood or stone (5)
  22. Eating regimens (5)
  23. Thin groove or stripe (5)
  24. Embryo that grows into a plant (4)
  25. Perceives visually (4)
  26. Wide sash worn around a Japanese kimono (3)
  27. One who prattles on senselessly (7)
  28. Narrow sea passages, plural (7)
  29. Most feeble or unconvincing (6)
  30. Cleopatra's snake (3)
  31. Loses color; fence stakes (5)
  32. Pose a question (3)
  33. Smartphone download (3)
  34. To take in written words (4)
  35. Central part of an apple (4)
  36. Opposed to (4)
  37. Admired brave person (4)
  38. Vigorous, stylish enthusiasm (4)
  39. Tiny unit of force in physics (4)
  40. Greek letter; also denotes pressure in pounds per square inch (3)
  41. Land of the free, in brief (3)

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