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Medium Crossword No. 12 (Medium)

58 original clues, typically 20 to 35 minutes. A wider vocabulary and a few puns to untangle. Play it on screen with a timer and check tools, or print it on one page.

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Medium Crossword No. 12 (Medium)ID medium-medium-12
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Across

  1. 1Frequently, in poems (3)
  2. 4Lid on a bottle (3)
  3. 7Big string instrument played sitting down (5)
  4. 9Seize a throne (5)
  5. 12Vegetable plot (6)
  6. 13Wild shopping binge (5)
  7. 14Invisible gas around us (3)
  8. 15Grimy soil (4)
  9. 17Speed or price per unit (4)
  10. 19Starting at (4)
  11. 21Black rock burned for heat (4)
  12. 23Crow's call (3)
  13. 24Golfer's warning shout (4)
  14. 25Bridge support frame (7)
  15. 27Layered fruit pastry (7)
  16. 30Low woodwind (7)
  17. 33Sour and sharp, chemically (4)
  18. 37Swiss mountain peak (3)
  19. 38Style (4)
  20. 40Peel (4)
  21. 41Space (4)
  22. 43Performed a song (4)
  23. 45Two thousand pounds (3)
  24. 46Winter's decoration on windows (5)
  25. 48Special ability (6)
  26. 50Cone-shaped tent (5)
  27. 51Each one (5)
  28. 52Corn has one (3)
  29. 53Tomato color (3)

Down

  1. 1Well worn with age (3)
  2. 2Ran away (4)
  3. 3Refreshing drink (5)
  4. 4Creamy egg dessert (7)
  5. 5Snake of ancient Egypt (3)
  6. 6Happy cat's hum (4)
  7. 7Egyptian capital on the Nile (5)
  8. 8Mistake (5)
  9. 10Respond (5)
  10. 11Flower part (5)
  11. 12Fisherman's hook (4)
  12. 16Round building (7)
  13. 18Female sheep (3)
  14. 20Untidy state (4)
  15. 22Side sheltered from the wind (3)
  16. 26Smack (4)
  17. 28Male cat (3)
  18. 29Cock-a-doodle-doo bird (7)
  19. 30Chocolate piece, or a rod of metal (3)
  20. 31Up in the air (5)
  21. 32Fungus seed (5)
  22. 34Provide food for a party (5)
  23. 35Opposite of what is expected (5)
  24. 36Dimple in a car (4)
  25. 39Come in (5)
  26. 42Sulk (4)
  27. 44Handed over (4)
  28. 47Big wet body of water (3)
  29. 49Guided (3)
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A mid-size grid with longer answers and sneakier clues. A wider vocabulary and a few puns to untangle. More puzzles are on the free crossword puzzles page, including a daily mini crossword and themed puzzles.

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