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🧩 Small 9×9 · Medium · ID small-medium-17

Small Crossword No. 17 (Medium)

30 original clues, typically 10 to 20 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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Small Crossword No. 17 (Medium)ID small-medium-17
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Across

  1. 1Carved symbolic pole (5)
  2. 6Stadium (5)
  3. 7Curved path of a rainbow (3)
  4. 10Bike foot part (5)
  5. 11Meadow (3)
  6. 12Glove with no fingers (6)
  7. 14Otherwise (4)
  8. 17Golf target (4)
  9. 18Hundred cents (6)
  10. 20African wildebeest (3)
  11. 21Organ that cleans the blood (5)
  12. 25Oval thing that hatches (3)
  13. 26Not dead (5)
  14. 27Where dreams happen (5)

Down

  1. 1Light touch (3)
  2. 2Rock containing metal (3)
  3. 3Spread hay to dry (3)
  4. 4Tooth coating (6)
  5. 5Timbuktu's nation (4)
  6. 7Mid-range sax or voice (4)
  7. 8Fishing line holder (4)
  8. 9Walking stick (4)
  9. 13Excitement (6)
  10. 14Border (4)
  11. 15Stretched out (4)
  12. 16Shell-less snail (4)
  13. 19Cry of sorrow (4)
  14. 22Compete (3)
  15. 23Night before a holiday (3)
  16. 24Sales agent, for short (3)
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About this crossword

Bite-sized puzzles with a proper grid and plenty of crossings. 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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Reveal answer

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