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Classic Crossword No. 5 (Hard)

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Classic Crossword No. 5 (Hard)ID classic-hard-5
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Across

  1. 1Baseball's final base (4)
  2. 5Place for a massage (3)
  3. 8Flower holder (3)
  4. 11Wicked (4)
  5. 12Charged particle (3)
  6. 13Size of a floor (4)
  7. 15Plainly show (8)
  8. 17Knight's long spear (5)
  9. 19Bedtime read (5)
  10. 20Crunchy green stalks (6)
  11. 21Streak of burning space rock (6)
  12. 23Make lace (3)
  13. 24Golf ball's perch (3)
  14. 25Lion's big sound (4)
  15. 26Cry over a loss (6)
  16. 28Fairy tale giant (4)
  17. 29Soothing sunburn plant (4)
  18. 30Jewel (3)
  19. 33Think over (4)
  20. 34Fashion (5)
  21. 36Andean country (4)
  22. 37Layer of wood (3)
  23. 38Clean the deck (4)
  24. 39Cry of sorrow (4)
  25. 40Special ability (6)
  26. 43Chance of loss (4)
  27. 44Guitarist's loudness box (3)
  28. 47Had a meal (3)
  29. 48Place with pinball machines (6)
  30. 50Six-winged angel (6)
  31. 52Small stream (5)
  32. 53Ocean plankton snack (5)
  33. 54Strong castle (8)
  34. 57Border (4)
  35. 58Fuss, as in "much ___ about nothing" (3)
  36. 59Banana's wrapper (4)
  37. 60Corn has one (3)
  38. 61Moisture at dawn (3)
  39. 62Dog command (4)

Down

  1. 1Bottom edge of a skirt (3)
  2. 2Eggs, to a biologist (3)
  3. 3Medieval singer (8)
  4. 4The best (5)
  5. 5Jagged mountain range (6)
  6. 6Small flower bunch (4)
  7. 7Insect that marches in a line (3)
  8. 8Painter's color board (7)
  9. 9Spoken (4)
  10. 10Principle (5)
  11. 14Land measure, about a football field (4)
  12. 16Silly person (4)
  13. 18Part of a needle or a storm (3)
  14. 20Paddled boat (5)
  15. 21Big shot (5)
  16. 22Ahead of time (5)
  17. 23Share a story (4)
  18. 25Play roughly (4)
  19. 27Perhaps (5)
  20. 30Icy (5)
  21. 31Rub out (5)
  22. 32Strong perfume (4)
  23. 34Wide strip (5)
  24. 35Story (4)
  25. 36Small pet bird (8)
  26. 38Paper joiner (7)
  27. 41Not wide (6)
  28. 42Horse's gait (4)
  29. 44Pose a question (3)
  30. 45Nothing more than (4)
  31. 46Group of lions (5)
  32. 49Military unit (5)
  33. 51Pond scum plant (4)
  34. 52Be a sign of (4)
  35. 54Short-lived craze (3)
  36. 55Big wet body of water (3)
  37. 56Foxy (3)
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