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The Independent Crossword April 12 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 58 clues from the The Independent Crossword for April 12 2024. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Without a winner? New raffle needed up front51 AcrossReveal answer → Beast of burden31 AcrossReveal answer → Funeral fire43 AcrossReveal answer → Security measure: company’s installed genuine article94 AcrossReveal answer → Forthcoming78 AcrossReveal answer → Tea cake59 AcrossReveal answer → Soccer side, London one, second to take lead, one dealing heavy blow119 AcrossReveal answer → Incline to release large bird310 AcrossReveal answer → Hazard410 AcrossReveal answer → Seduced German and Italian dames at the outset511 AcrossReveal answer → Domestic fowls711 AcrossReveal answer → Problem to the rear? Hurry round rear of van912 AcrossReveal answer → Prize for second place1112 AcrossReveal answer → Orchestral player promptly in support, taking little time1013 AcrossReveal answer → Small stream715 AcrossReveal answer → Commentary overlooking grand defeat416 AcrossReveal answer → Amphibian417 AcrossReveal answer → Like some jokes, avoiding repetition, but weak418 AcrossReveal answer → Welsh dog519 AcrossReveal answer → When 100 cities sprawled, millions would show self-denial1019 AcrossReveal answer → Speech720 AcrossReveal answer → Abode421 AcrossReveal answer → Battle site, area that’s imperfect, surrounded by ebbing African river922 AcrossReveal answer → Small shelter322 AcrossReveal answer → Corporation’s papers given inflated appearance524 AcrossReveal answer → Activity producing nothing after a day326 AcrossReveal answer → Island car ran again after repair1127 AcrossReveal answer → English fat guy coming round, showing neglect928 AcrossReveal answer → Amend bit of text without much force529 AcrossReveal answer →

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Unsettle routine activities in attempt to rise71 DownReveal answer → Fairly41 DownReveal answer → Leading American kept hoarding energy52 DownReveal answer → Japanese raw fish dish72 DownReveal answer → Claim to know who? Pardon me if doubtful83 DownReveal answer → Grazing land73 DownReveal answer → Fine short facial hair in an instant54 DownReveal answer → Perch54 DownReveal answer → Feel nostalgic about 60s fashions and the Church95 DownReveal answer → Cutlery item45 DownReveal answer → Astronomical phenomenon in two types of gold, one captured by artist66 DownReveal answer → Breathing116 DownReveal answer → Film director not supporting consuming pungent vegetable97 DownReveal answer → Tax47 DownReveal answer → Henry, entering American joints, wanders vacantly78 DownReveal answer → Foxlike713 DownReveal answer → Do away with714 DownReveal answer → Laxative … and opens bowels at last, after treatment914 DownReveal answer → A fortune’s laid out to make classic film915 DownReveal answer → Wealthy415 DownReveal answer → Zodiac sign516 DownReveal answer → Young horse417 DownReveal answer → Clear word for ‘idiots’ turning up in dictionary817 DownReveal answer → Unit of nautical speed418 DownReveal answer → Two-tone dessert, plainly presented718 DownReveal answer → River scavenger, lad at work in darkness720 DownReveal answer → Shock viewpoint expressed by Judge621 DownReveal answer → Very precise about hydrogen for specialists523 DownReveal answer → Blend gallons into lake525 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, April 12, 2024. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.