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The Independent Crossword April 9 2024 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 52 clues from the The Independent Crossword for April 9 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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Pastry dish31 AcrossReveal answer → European country73 AcrossReveal answer → Enemy's cover protected by spy on the other side67 AcrossReveal answer → Porridge ingredient78 AcrossReveal answer → Wife to go down after hot date – that's a bonus88 AcrossReveal answer → Snake59 AcrossReveal answer → Giant, athletic climber89 AcrossReveal answer → Deceitful810 AcrossReveal answer → Imagine not having an Independent cryptic puzzle!610 AcrossReveal answer → Pull it together to dump fiancée at last during drink811 AcrossReveal answer → Look for411 AcrossReveal answer → Most boring cricket match involving Durham's tail-enders612 AcrossReveal answer → Wilde's second poem written in friend's house1113 AcrossReveal answer → Nonchalance1113 AcrossReveal answer → Fencing sword417 AcrossReveal answer → Mum shot dead in the shadows618 AcrossReveal answer → Shell819 AcrossReveal answer → Frank or Luke's place?820 AcrossReveal answer → Sudden flood521 AcrossReveal answer → Two vessels travelling west in city622 AcrossReveal answer → Cane syrup722 AcrossReveal answer → Exercise securing high salary freeze823 AcrossReveal answer → Jumper723 AcrossReveal answer → First to review online follower's business824 AcrossReveal answer → Nocturnal bird324 AcrossReveal answer → She doesn't appear to eat contents of bowl625 AcrossReveal answer →

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Extremely rare broadcast of Irish writer's triumph71 DownReveal answer → Humiliating remark71 DownReveal answer → Boat dispatched to save swimmer somewhere in Africa82 DownReveal answer → Lift (US)82 DownReveal answer → Mutilated head on stick63 DownReveal answer → Fairground ride133 DownReveal answer → Rattle steel nut loose84 DownReveal answer → Imitation44 DownReveal answer → Swear about loud football hooligans65 DownReveal answer → Magnanimous55 DownReveal answer → Spot book on language with preface missing76 DownReveal answer → US state66 DownReveal answer → Value57 DownReveal answer → Present coverage featured in 7A, 8A, 12A, 13A, 1D, 14D, 15D, 16D and 21D138 DownReveal answer → Hot green chilli pepper812 DownReveal answer → Way for American to act crabby?814 DownReveal answer → Part of a church714 DownReveal answer → Population count615 DownReveal answer → Perhaps Dennis bores by going on and on815 DownReveal answer → Insurgent516 DownReveal answer → Get hard cuddling Rosemary? "Sweetie!"716 DownReveal answer → Don't stop parking sensor going off717 DownReveal answer → Rub out518 DownReveal answer → Youngster put up with crap Fiat619 DownReveal answer → Undergarment420 DownReveal answer → Some nudist ran down beach621 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, April 9, 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.