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The Independent Crossword April 12 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword April 12 2024 answers. The Friday puzzle has 58 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Without a winner? New raffle needed up frontDRAWN5Across1 Beast of burdenASS3Across1 Funeral firePYRE4Across3 Security measure: company’s installed genuine articleFIREALARM9Across4 ForthcomingINSTORE7Across8 Tea cakeSCONE5Across9 Soccer side, London one, second to take lead, one dealing heavy blowSTEAMHAMMER11Across9 Incline to release large birdTIT3Across10 HazardRISK4Across10 Seduced German and Italian dames at the outsetUNDID5Across11 Domestic fowlsPOULTRY7Across11 Problem to the rear? Hurry round rear of vanHINDRANCE9Across12 Prize for second placeSILVERMEDAL11Across12 Orchestral player promptly in support, taking little timeBASSOONIST10Across13 Small streamRIVULET7Across15 Commentary overlooking grand defeatLOSS4Across16 AmphibianFROG4Across17 Like some jokes, avoiding repetition, but weakPUNY4Across18 Welsh dogCORGI5Across19 When 100 cities sprawled, millions would show self-denialASCETICISM10Across19 SpeechORATION7Across20 AbodeHOME4Across21 Battle site, area that’s imperfect, surrounded by ebbing African riverELALAMEIN9Across22 Small shelterHUT3Across22 Corporation’s papers given inflated appearanceTUMID5Across24 Activity producing nothing after a dayADO3Across26 Island car ran again after repairGRANCANARIA11Across27 English fat guy coming round, showing neglectDESUETUDE9Across28 Amend bit of text without much forceTWEAK5Across29

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Unsettle routine activities in attempt to riseDISTURB7Down1 FairlyABIT4Down1 Leading American kept hoarding energyAHEAD5Down2 Japanese raw fish dishSASHIMI7Down2 Claim to know who? Pardon me if doubtfulNAMEDROP8Down3 Grazing landPASTURE7Down3 Fine short facial hair in an instantFLASH5Down4 PerchROOST5Down4 Feel nostalgic about 60s fashions and the ChurchREMINISCE9Down5 Cutlery itemFORK4Down5 Astronomical phenomenon in two types of gold, one captured by artistAURORA6Down6 BreathingRESPIRATION11Down6 Film director not supporting consuming pungent vegetableANTONIONI9Down7 TaxLEVY4Down7 Henry, entering American joints, wanders vacantlyMITHERS7Down8 FoxlikeVULPINE7Down13 Do away withABOLISH7Down14 Laxative … and opens bowels at last, after treatmentSENNAPODS9Down14 A fortune’s laid out to make classic filmNOSFERATU9Down15 WealthyRICH4Down15 Zodiac signVIRGO5Down16 Young horseFOAL4Down17 Clear word for ‘idiots’ turning up in dictionaryDISTINCT8Down17 Unit of nautical speedKNOT4Down18 Two-tone dessert, plainly presentedPIEBALD7Down18 River scavenger, lad at work in darknessMUDLARK7Down20 Shock viewpoint expressed by JudgeJANGLE6Down21 Very precise about hydrogen for specialistsNICHE5Down23 Blend gallons into lakeMERGE5Down25

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, April 12, 2024. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.