Curtain Calls & Clever Turns Crossword

Curtain Calls & Clever Turns is a medium English-language crossword with 30 clues. A mixed Brain Boost with words, everyday knowledge and fresh connections

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Across

1. Looked at with interest
5. A long way away
8. Person who refuses to follow the crowd
10. The bottom part of a shoe
11. Jewish religious teacher whose title comes from a word for master
12. Sweet carbonated drink of a familiar dark type
13. Missing a calendar clue, as an old letter
15. Between thirteen and nineteen years old
16. State of untidiness
19. Emotion associated with frustration or a perceived wrong
20. Knack learned through practice
21. Runs in the wash, as a fabric's dye
22. Moved along the ground on hands and knees
24. Word paired with maid at a British wedding
25. Commands someone to act

Down

1. Make a mistake rather than deliberately deceive
2. Affirmative side of a parliamentary vote
3. The movement of the tide away from shore
4. First nights, for performers
5. Length of motion picture material
6. Stated as true without proven evidence
7. People who consume printed or digital books
9. Cord cast by an angler
10. Looked over information quickly
14. Business people selling specific items
16. Exhibiting an exaggerated masculine bravado
17. A result that needs correcting, not celebrating
18. Be upright on the feet
21. Image without a sharp outline
23. Deep sadness or misery

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