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Cryptic 15x15 Standard Crossword - Compiled By smbello
Date: 18 Sep 2006
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Across
1. Equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc. (13)
8. A method of transport (as a ferry or train or plane) that vehicles roll onto at the beginning and roll off of at the destination. (4,2,4,3)
9. Someone who travels by raft (plural). (8)
11. The world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in northern Africa. (6)
13. Travelable. (11)
14. A natural or artificial channel through which water flows. (11)
17. A rough drawing representing the chief features of an object or scene and often made as a preliminary study. (6)
18. A port and fashionable resort city on the Pacific coast of southern Mexico. (8)
21. The act of reimporting. (13)
22. The act of removing what is planted or fixed. (13)
Down
1. The time of life when sex glands become functional. (7)
2. Pain caused by venous swelling at or inside the anal sphincter: hemorrhoids. (5)
3. One who frees from a responsibility, obligation, or task. (10)
4. Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury. (4)
5. A dialect of English spoken in the Lowlands of Scotland. (7)
6. A barbiturate used as a hypnotic and sedative. (11)
7. To cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit. (7)
10. To make a rude sign with the hand by extending one's middle finger (offensive). (4,3,4)
12. A mischievous elf of Irish folklore usually believed to reveal the hiding place of treasure if caught. (10)
14. Vagabond. (7)
15. A formula or procedure for doing or attaining something (plural). (7)
16. Having impossibly ideal conditions especially of social organization. (7)
19. A groove or fold of skin. (5)
20. Uttered by the mouth or in words. (4)