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The Independent Crossword August 15 2024 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 54 clues from the The Independent Crossword for August 15 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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Transgressed61 AcrossReveal answer → Wander44 AcrossReveal answer → Spartan77 AcrossReveal answer → Woody plant58 AcrossReveal answer → Youngster wanting good story book tucked into treat and drink118 AcrossReveal answer → Triumphant exclamation upright character ignored in US state39 AcrossReveal answer → Story410 AcrossReveal answer → Nabokov - a tease, somewhat elliptical510 AcrossReveal answer → Can-opening feature811 AcrossReveal answer → That lady cooks cakes, given hot tip911 AcrossReveal answer → Gently drilling metal base for tall structure712 AcrossReveal answer → Burnt sugar713 AcrossReveal answer → Sweet Polish-American bagging business qualification713 AcrossReveal answer → Times setter's seen cryptic crossword setter714 AcrossReveal answer → My acceleration due to gravity checked by device used when driving train716 AcrossReveal answer → Bit of a joint model rolled inhaled by utopian writer718 AcrossReveal answer → Old-fashioned818 AcrossReveal answer → Overtake419 AcrossReveal answer → Old magistrates awfully idle, in the main, after retiring721 AcrossReveal answer → Accumulate521 AcrossReveal answer → Revere greatly722 AcrossReveal answer → Nobleman423 AcrossReveal answer → Supplier of eggs and mushrooms receiving a confirmation request from abroad923 AcrossReveal answer → Leader of pack seen in two lakes side by side524 AcrossReveal answer → Indented area624 AcrossReveal answer → Prohibit cycling league in America325 AcrossReveal answer → Perhaps the creative force behind Tango and Sprite changed job1126 AcrossReveal answer →

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Sparse61 DownReveal answer → Wear diamonds, entering a bank in Glasgow61 DownReveal answer → Snuggle62 DownReveal answer → Noble god, over time, displaying eternal youth82 DownReveal answer → At any time43 DownReveal answer → People like Thomas Cook used to blather vacuously83 DownReveal answer → Calmly submissive84 DownReveal answer → One tends to fire small person smoking marijuana, say64 DownReveal answer → Area by border invaded by servicemen in WWII battle65 DownReveal answer → Central hall65 DownReveal answer → Zero added to fifty plus one for English mathematician86 DownReveal answer → Itinerant116 DownReveal answer → Give me strength and energy to shelter in oases in desert147 DownReveal answer → Without rumpy-pumpy, romancing is possibly a brief activity?148 DownReveal answer → Hairless49 DownReveal answer → Merry-go-round812 DownReveal answer → Couch414 DownReveal answer → Above isle, spots shooting star?815 DownReveal answer → Layers615 DownReveal answer → E.g. Mary Beard gives away one First from Cambridge for discriminating type816 DownReveal answer → Gorge616 DownReveal answer → Evaluate617 DownReveal answer → Brilliant quality of artist, one inspired by art817 DownReveal answer → Encourage coitus, wearing nice pants619 DownReveal answer → Foot part420 DownReveal answer → Product that's often shipped from Ostia Antica or Canopus, say?620 DownReveal answer → This person wears coat of Leatherette, sound like a cow hide622 DownReveal answer →

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