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The Independent Crossword April 16 2024 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 64 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 64 clues from the The Independent Crossword for April 16 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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Salmon perhaps that's potted for six41 AcrossReveal answer → Speed41 AcrossReveal answer → Woody plant43 AcrossReveal answer → Welsh male leaving pit for a drink43 AcrossReveal answer → Hack covering for editor is a bounder56 AcrossReveal answer → In proportion78 AcrossReveal answer → South American animal59 AcrossReveal answer → Hugh Laurie character, Stuart?59 AcrossReveal answer → Three, in cards410 AcrossReveal answer → Delightful811 AcrossReveal answer → People in line overheard signal for action311 AcrossReveal answer → Cheever and Lessing like subtle openings; does Bellow?512 AcrossReveal answer → I must infiltrate merchants heading off marauders713 AcrossReveal answer → Charlie's Angels finally stopped by British TV network314 AcrossReveal answer → Eyesight defect1114 AcrossReveal answer → Warship816 AcrossReveal answer → Leopard without spots, one breathing heavily, biting hard717 AcrossReveal answer → Regrettably417 AcrossReveal answer → Italian manager in India getting behind his former team718 AcrossReveal answer → Aboriginal New Zealander520 AcrossReveal answer → Barrier in dim mall that's abandoned721 AcrossReveal answer → Near722 AcrossReveal answer → Whirl423 AcrossReveal answer → I climb mountain close to Tibet, with a lot of expertise provided723 AcrossReveal answer → Animal hide424 AcrossReveal answer → Keen bass follows the intro to Summer Love324 AcrossReveal answer → Cardinal's cape left by primate in Rome725 AcrossReveal answer → Planetary orbiter, one that flies by central belt of Uranus528 AcrossReveal answer → Perfect score for some sport, with no error recalled329 AcrossReveal answer → Imaginative genre featured occasionally in Psychic Fair530 AcrossReveal answer → Beano section: Snooty's back!531 AcrossReveal answer → For more than 48 hours, stagger broadcast432 AcrossReveal answer → Cry of delight from Clouseau's certainly on the soundtrack433 AcrossReveal answer →

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Shapps ignoring last two flipping expressions of contempt41 DownReveal answer → University teacher91 DownReveal answer → Converse42 DownReveal answer → Common sense in Pointless seen only briefly42 DownReveal answer → Put up with83 DownReveal answer → More irritated by technology, singer cans electric current74 DownReveal answer → Age34 DownReveal answer → The old smile after joke's conclusion, look75 DownReveal answer → Rotisserie45 DownReveal answer → Best bit of sax in jazz musician's phrases?56 DownReveal answer → School subject116 DownReveal answer → Canal boat57 DownReveal answer → Humourless cynic ill, snarling in medical centre107 DownReveal answer → Kentish society's yellow climbing flowers58 DownReveal answer → Like fox driven underground, extremely exhausted, heart fluttering710 DownReveal answer → Bankrupt912 DownReveal answer → Faithfulness813 DownReveal answer → Rascal515 DownReveal answer → Son in the morning quietly opens junk mail415 DownReveal answer → Sacked Brent-alike, infantile crawler1016 DownReveal answer → Before long418 DownReveal answer → Sharpen419 DownReveal answer → Superb poster plugging new French art portraying river nymphs719 DownReveal answer → Keen on mackintosh coats420 DownReveal answer → Elderly321 DownReveal answer → Made note of Lilliputian island's far side722 DownReveal answer → Straggling orchestra section, second soprano replaced by 25D at last723 DownReveal answer → Puts up with 25D in bed524 DownReveal answer → Guy's expression of surprise about the end of Moon River525 DownReveal answer → Old politician dumps wife by hotel on a trip426 DownReveal answer → Setter supports appeal over jail sentence427 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, April 16, 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.