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The Independent Crossword August 12 2024 Answers

Monday puzzle · 55 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword August 12 2024 answers. The Monday puzzle has 55 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#
Make your wife a metal finger, to recover from injury on pitchLEADTOTHEALTAR14Across1 Exhale audiblySIGH4Across1 Performed (a task)DID3Across3 Cotton fabricCALICO6Across7 Salve for bruisesARNICA6Across8 JokeJEST4Across9 AiryETHEREAL8Across10 Drug reduced dreamingASPIRIN7Across10 German gives permit for tree to swing fromGALLOWS7Across11 Dance creatorCHOREOGRAPHER13Across11 End of round Fury fellDIRE4Across12 See tungsten from earlier - one sticks by melting pointSPOTWELDER10Across13 Old coinFARTHING8Across15 Red Ferrari, say, Frenchman reversed into meCARMENERE9Across16 Neither seen nor done muchRARE4Across17 Northerner races just outside London, missing the startSCOT4Across18 RodPOLE4Across18 SettingMILIEU6Across20 Most soldiers on special duty came back wastedEMACIATED9Across20 ThinSKINNY6Across21 AcquireGET3Across22 NakedBARE4Across23 Satan a bit silly admits quiet ProtestantANABAPTIST10Across24 Dictator's healthy cold showerHAIL4Across25 PhD still researching clubs at the end of office partyPOSTDOC7Across27 Waiting for proof purely for one editorALLEGED7Across29 Two in costume metamorphose in playsPANTOMIMEHORSE14Across30

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
HueSHADE5Down1 Wasting time, harden gold sovereignEMPEROR7Down2 Tiny pieces of sparkling materialGLITTER7Down2 Restaurant customerDINER5Down3 Where those who board get off?DORM4Down3 Broadcast on Prime transmitted everywhere simultaneouslyOMNIPRESENT11Down4 StateDECLARE7Down4 Keep to yourself, through avoiding every other characterHOG3Down5 Central partCORE4Down5 Change wet clothes left for rides in the countryALLTERRAIN10Down6 Slice of baconRASHER6Down6 Communist radical picked up as requestedTOORDER7Down7 Alternative to a 'sorry' which penitent might say?ROSARY6Down8 Local gumshoe that's heard of a poetBARDIC6Down9 TrialHEARING7Down12 RepugnantODIOUS6Down13 Sweet pepperPAPRIKA7Down14 MA cleared out Turkish auctioneer's galleryTHEBAYSTATE11Down14 Waste littered road in which seaside town?WESTWARDHO10Down15 TarnishTAINT5Down16 NubGIST4Down17 Dull Conservative retains seatCOARSEN7Down19 Jousting weaponLANCE5Down19 Will it make one within orbit run?TEARGAS7Down21 Con escaped bottom firstDELUDE6Down22 Exaggerate about medium dog that's really smallCAMPUP6Down23 American orchestra in London tooALSO4Down26 X installed by techieCHI3Down28

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Monday, August 12, 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.