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The Independent Crossword August 15 2024 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword August 15 2024 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 54 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#
TransgressedSINNED6Across1 WanderROAM4Across4 SpartanAUSTERE7Across7 Woody plantSHRUB5Across8 Youngster wanting good story book tucked into treat and drinkCUBREPORTER11Across8 Triumphant exclamation upright character ignored in US stateOHO3Across9 StoryTALE4Across10 Nabokov - a tease, somewhat ellipticalOVATE5Across10 Can-opening featureRINGPULL8Across11 That lady cooks cakes, given hot tipBAKSHEESH9Across11 Gently drilling metal base for tall structureSTEEPLE7Across12 Burnt sugarCARAMEL7Across13 Sweet Polish-American bagging business qualificationRUMBABA7Across13 Times setter's seen cryptic crossword setterXIMENES7Across14 My acceleration due to gravity checked by device used when driving trainCORTEGE7Across16 Bit of a joint model rolled inhaled by utopian writerMORTISE7Across18 Old-fashionedOUTMODED8Across18 OvertakePASS4Across19 Old magistrates awfully idle, in the main, after retiringAEDILES7Across21 AccumulateAMASS5Across21 Revere greatlyIDOLISE7Across22 NoblemanEARL4Across23 Supplier of eggs and mushrooms receiving a confirmation request from abroadNESTCEPAS9Across23 Leader of pack seen in two lakes side by sideAKELA5Across24 Indented areaRECESS6Across24 Prohibit cycling league in AmericaNBA3Across25 Perhaps the creative force behind Tango and Sprite changed jobTERPSICHORE11Across26

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
SparseSCANTY6Down1 Wear diamonds, entering a bank in GlasgowABRADE6Down1 SnuggleNESTLE6Down2 Noble god, over time, displaying eternal youthPETERPAN8Down2 At any timeEVER4Down3 People like Thomas Cook used to blather vacuouslyDOUBTERS8Down3 Calmly submissiveRESIGNED8Down4 One tends to fire small person smoking marijuana, saySTOKER6Down4 Area by border invaded by servicemen in WWII battleARNHEM6Down5 Central hallATRIUM6Down5 Zero added to fifty plus one for English mathematicianLOVELACE8Down6 ItinerantPERIPATETIC11Down6 Give me strength and energy to shelter in oases in desertFORHEAVENSSAKE14Down7 Without rumpy-pumpy, romancing is possibly a brief activity?CROSSEXAMINING14Down8 HairlessBALD4Down9 Merry-go-roundCAROUSEL8Down12 CouchSOFA4Down14 Above isle, spots shooting star?MARKSMAN8Down15 LayersSTRATA6Down15 E.g. Mary Beard gives away one First from Cambridge for discriminating typeCLASSIST8Down16 GorgeRAVINE6Down16 EvaluateASSESS6Down17 Brilliant quality of artist, one inspired by artRADIANCE8Down17 Encourage coitus, wearing nice pantsINCITE6Down19 Foot partSOLE4Down20 Product that's often shipped from Ostia Antica or Canopus, say?EXPORT6Down20 This person wears coat of Leatherette, sound like a cow hideLIELOW6Down22

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, August 15, 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.