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The Independent Crossword August 12 2024 Answers

Monday puzzle · 55 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 55 clues from the The Independent Crossword for August 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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ClueLetters#Answer
Make your wife a metal finger, to recover from injury on pitch141 AcrossReveal answer → Exhale audibly41 AcrossReveal answer → Performed (a task)33 AcrossReveal answer → Cotton fabric67 AcrossReveal answer → Salve for bruises68 AcrossReveal answer → Joke49 AcrossReveal answer → Airy810 AcrossReveal answer → Drug reduced dreaming710 AcrossReveal answer → German gives permit for tree to swing from711 AcrossReveal answer → Dance creator1311 AcrossReveal answer → End of round Fury fell412 AcrossReveal answer → See tungsten from earlier - one sticks by melting point1013 AcrossReveal answer → Old coin815 AcrossReveal answer → Red Ferrari, say, Frenchman reversed into me916 AcrossReveal answer → Neither seen nor done much417 AcrossReveal answer → Northerner races just outside London, missing the start418 AcrossReveal answer → Rod418 AcrossReveal answer → Setting620 AcrossReveal answer → Most soldiers on special duty came back wasted920 AcrossReveal answer → Thin621 AcrossReveal answer → Acquire322 AcrossReveal answer → Naked423 AcrossReveal answer → Satan a bit silly admits quiet Protestant1024 AcrossReveal answer → Dictator's healthy cold shower425 AcrossReveal answer → PhD still researching clubs at the end of office party727 AcrossReveal answer → Waiting for proof purely for one editor729 AcrossReveal answer → Two in costume metamorphose in plays1430 AcrossReveal answer →

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Hue51 DownReveal answer → Wasting time, harden gold sovereign72 DownReveal answer → Tiny pieces of sparkling material72 DownReveal answer → Restaurant customer53 DownReveal answer → Where those who board get off?43 DownReveal answer → Broadcast on Prime transmitted everywhere simultaneously114 DownReveal answer → State74 DownReveal answer → Keep to yourself, through avoiding every other character35 DownReveal answer → Central part45 DownReveal answer → Change wet clothes left for rides in the country106 DownReveal answer → Slice of bacon66 DownReveal answer → Communist radical picked up as requested77 DownReveal answer → Alternative to a 'sorry' which penitent might say?68 DownReveal answer → Local gumshoe that's heard of a poet69 DownReveal answer → Trial712 DownReveal answer → Repugnant613 DownReveal answer → Sweet pepper714 DownReveal answer → MA cleared out Turkish auctioneer's gallery1114 DownReveal answer → Waste littered road in which seaside town?1015 DownReveal answer → Tarnish516 DownReveal answer → Nub417 DownReveal answer → Dull Conservative retains seat719 DownReveal answer → Jousting weapon519 DownReveal answer → Will it make one within orbit run?721 DownReveal answer → Con escaped bottom first622 DownReveal answer → Exaggerate about medium dog that's really small623 DownReveal answer → American orchestra in London too426 DownReveal answer → X installed by techie328 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Monday, August 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.