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Classic Crossword No. 12 (Hard)

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Classic Crossword No. 12 (Hard)ID classic-hard-12
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Across

  1. 1Sales agent, for short (3)
  2. 4Wide-eyed with excitement (4)
  3. 8Plenty (3)
  4. 11Not together (5)
  5. 14Put money aside (4)
  6. 15Starch from palm trees (4)
  7. 16Small (5)
  8. 17Shut loudly (4)
  9. 18Cheerful rhythm (4)
  10. 19Fortress (7)
  11. 21Pointed church top (5)
  12. 23Military trainee (5)
  13. 24Two thousand pounds (3)
  14. 25Number after nine (3)
  15. 26Swimmer's breathing tube (7)
  16. 30Provide food for a party (5)
  17. 33Repeated rhythmic song (5)
  18. 34What a sitting person has (3)
  19. 36Bullfighter's cheer (3)
  20. 37Complain (5)
  21. 38Feel unwell (3)
  22. 39Forbid (3)
  23. 40Tall bird or lifting machine (5)
  24. 41Lollipop or jelly bean (5)
  25. 43Space for keeping things (7)
  26. 45Small folding bed (3)
  27. 46Where lily frogs sit (3)
  28. 47Spaghetti or penne (5)
  29. 49Proof you were elsewhere (5)
  30. 51Singing with closed lips (7)
  31. 53Thirteen-to-nineteen-year-old (4)
  32. 54Pitcher with a wide spout (4)
  33. 56Heart or lung (5)
  34. 58Sharpen (4)
  35. 59Label for a person (4)
  36. 60Bring food (5)
  37. 61Last bit of a story (3)
  38. 62Keyboard task (4)
  39. 63Evergreen tree used for bows (3)

Down

  1. 1Slam into (3)
  2. 2Grand, sweeping tale (4)
  3. 3Sudden fear (5)
  4. 4Valuable thing (5)
  5. 5Nerve (4)
  6. 6Eggs, to a biologist (3)
  7. 7Cut jewel (8)
  8. 8Wild animal's den (4)
  9. 9Stare at rudely (4)
  10. 10Small child (3)
  11. 12Turn around (6)
  12. 13Buyer and seller (6)
  13. 15Move stealthily (5)
  14. 20Lion's lair (3)
  15. 22Harbor (4)
  16. 26Glow (5)
  17. 27Back of the neck (4)
  18. 28Dash and style (4)
  19. 29Placed (4)
  20. 30Corn's core (3)
  21. 31Cry of sorrow (4)
  22. 32Circus big top (4)
  23. 33Steep rugged rock (4)
  24. 35Layer of wood (3)
  25. 37Slope (8)
  26. 40Pinching shore dweller (4)
  27. 41Universe (6)
  28. 42Outfit (6)
  29. 44Give your view (5)
  30. 45Webcam, for short (3)
  31. 47Smooth blended food (5)
  32. 48Very mad (5)
  33. 49Seemingly endless age (4)
  34. 50Let borrow (4)
  35. 51Rope fiber (4)
  36. 52Handed over (4)
  37. 53Word that points at something particular (3)
  38. 55Method of doing something (3)
  39. 57Not old (3)
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