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The Independent Crossword April 5 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword April 5 2024 answers. The Friday puzzle has 56 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#
First person in France playing flute – can it make you like the wind?JETFUEL7Across1 Give weapons toARM3Across1 ZealARDOUR6Across3 A new soldier (not the Engineers) is stiff in mannerANGULAR7Across5 AppendedATTACHED8Across7 Skin disorderACNE4Across8 Type of raceCROSSCOUNTRY12Across9 Symbol of some nationalism that could be anti-brainBRITANNIA9Across9 Hard to produce fake documents?RIGID5Across10 Snack foodCRISPS6Across10 Small chip losing initial pigmentLAKE4Across11 Dancing in the disco offering lots of pleasureHEDONISTIC10Across12 SiblingSISTER6Across13 Managed church after chap dismisses good approachENTRANCE8Across14 Sorrowful face after accepting unusual sexual styleDISMAL6Across15 With arms and legs outstretchedSPREADEAGLED12Across15 Roman poet’s house and descendantsHORACE6Across18 Colony of beesHIVE4Across19 Ringing satisfied everything I associated with campanology initiallyMETALLIC8Across19 A baker's dozenTHIRTEEN8Across20 Went without foodFASTED6Across21 Friend (Informal)PAL3Across22 Can and must rip up documentMANUSCRIPT10Across22 Fellow beginning to operate axes, following objective of huntFOXY4Across24 Preacher’s endless babbleRABBI5Across26 British novelist gets through extended hibernationWINTERSON9Across27 Crafty, coating vegetable in unusually smooth waySLEEKLY7Across28 British novelist omitting note about graveAUSTERE7Across29

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
LoftATTIC5Down1 Ill-temper obscuring last of fun in UK summertime celebrationJUBILEE7Down1 Swindler’s success in card game meeting with severe cutTRICKSTER9Down2 Areas of grasslandMEADOWS7Down2 Difficult and tiringARDUOUS7Down3 Baseball player heading off to go round American Western stateUTAH4Down3 German refusal upset this Parisian after the French toleranceLENIENCE8Down4 HaggardDRAWN5Down4 Endless surprise, working for major retailerAMAZON6Down5 DisconcertUNNERVE7Down5 Medical rig sorted out killing bugsGERMICIDAL10Down6 In this wayTHUS4Down6 Show turn of speed that’s respectableLEGIT5Down7 Innovative tyre seen around front of carRADICAL7Down8 Exact copyREPLICA7Down11 Given a calming drugSEDATED7Down12 Striker getting criticism after gameMATCHSTICK10Down13 Became separatedSPLITUP7Down14 BuildERECT5Down16 Aims I love: getting drunk. Which grape variety?MALVOISIE9Down16 Operatic songARIA4Down17 Raccoon-like creature turned up snake around hollowREDPANDA8Down17 ResideDWELL5Down18 Strong smell certainly rising – part of skeletonHUMERUS7Down18 Staff accepting Japanese currency? Hot stuffCAYENNE7Down20 Strong Scot’s excellent New YearBRAWNY6Down21 Not good enough for university team? University ditched with some honourNOBLE5Down23 Confusion in Times SquareMESS4Down25

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, April 5, 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.