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🔎 Medium 13×13 · Hard · ID medium-hard-13

Medium Crossword No. 13 (Hard)

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Medium Crossword No. 13 (Hard)ID medium-hard-13
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Across

  1. 1Moldable earth (4)
  2. 5Swiss mountain peak (3)
  3. 8Land stretching down the Andes (5)
  4. 9Clip wool (5)
  5. 11Wind-blown bells (6)
  6. 12Big fluffy spring flower (5)
  7. 13Padlock fastener (4)
  8. 14Move stealthily (5)
  9. 15Nothing more than (4)
  10. 16Not that (4)
  11. 17Spoken (4)
  12. 18Ghost (7)
  13. 21Firecracker that fizzles (3)
  14. 22Press ink on paper (5)
  15. 23Tear (3)
  16. 25Solid layer beneath the soil (7)
  17. 27Land measure, about a football field (4)
  18. 28Skating surface (4)
  19. 29Warm up from frozen (4)
  20. 30Playfully bother (5)
  21. 32Male deer (4)
  22. 33River horse (5)
  23. 34Hope to achieve (6)
  24. 36Visitor from another planet (5)
  25. 37Broken pottery piece (5)
  26. 38Short moment, informally (3)
  27. 39At this spot (4)

Down

  1. 1Carving tool (6)
  2. 2Walk unevenly (4)
  3. 3Bubbly soda flavored with ginger (3)
  4. 4Answer that means agree (3)
  5. 5Seemingly endless age (4)
  6. 6Thin and limp (4)
  7. 7Snoop (3)
  8. 8Silent guessing game (7)
  9. 9Support for a broken bone (6)
  10. 10Big robbery (5)
  11. 11Winged baby angel (6)
  12. 14Leg part (5)
  13. 15Computer game tweak (3)
  14. 16Not thin (5)
  15. 18Lying face down (5)
  16. 19Fruit tree farm (7)
  17. 20Heat-shimmer illusion (6)
  18. 22Jail (6)
  19. 24Church bench (3)
  20. 26Hang cloth (5)
  21. 27Outfit (6)
  22. 30Bathroom floor piece (4)
  23. 31Grand, sweeping tale (4)
  24. 32Practice boxing (4)
  25. 33Third-person form of "have" (3)
  26. 34What's left of the campfire (3)
  27. 35Word for a woman talked about (3)
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