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The Independent Crossword August 16 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 55 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 55 clues from the The Independent Crossword for August 16 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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What may be used to display alarm and conflict71 AcrossReveal answer → American whiskey31 AcrossReveal answer → Be aware of43 AcrossReveal answer → Potter character somewhat covered by that? Not entirely75 AcrossReveal answer → Precious metal67 AcrossReveal answer → Astonished68 AcrossReveal answer → Monarch’s retinue about to receive English vegetable99 AcrossReveal answer → Cure49 AcrossReveal answer → Political publication King used during diplomacy510 AcrossReveal answer → Porch710 AcrossReveal answer → Rapacious swaggering dandies avoiding losing head1211 AcrossReveal answer → Prompt1111 AcrossReveal answer → Male sibling714 AcrossReveal answer → Vehicle that would change hands for fan of the goldfield?915 AcrossReveal answer → Amphibian417 AcrossReveal answer → Kids taken aback about a villain in Wind in the Willows?517 AcrossReveal answer → Old note terminating military commission early518 AcrossReveal answer → Religious person’s money accepted by the best class of drivers?919 AcrossReveal answer → Pungent green paste619 AcrossReveal answer → Marine expert travelling to cooling sea1220 AcrossReveal answer → Free of charge620 AcrossReveal answer → Hind part421 AcrossReveal answer → Golf peg322 AcrossReveal answer → Roofing expert in row about line524 AcrossReveal answer → Arctic bird heading for Spitsbergen currently pursued by fool926 AcrossReveal answer → Greek goddess encountered in symbol of Diana?727 AcrossReveal answer → Fast dog - sudden move - about to return728 AcrossReveal answer →

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Lift up51 DownReveal answer → Composer having disgusted sound about contralto41 DownReveal answer → Dull, taking top off, becoming flashy42 DownReveal answer → Surround72 DownReveal answer → Pitcher? A vile urn, smashed where 11 might crop up113 DownReveal answer → Military fabric colour53 DownReveal answer → 25 allocated to satellite in comparative measurement54 DownReveal answer → Burdensome74 DownReveal answer → Finance expert curtailing indulgence? More likely95 DownReveal answer → Rugby forward45 DownReveal answer → Temptation to dismiss one MCC player?36 DownReveal answer → Tropical bird66 DownReveal answer → Thomas bottling smoke up, I see – seriously funny?107 DownReveal answer → Deep-voiced female singer: what’s she like as a whole?108 DownReveal answer → Hug711 DownReveal answer → Performers argue vaguely about limitations to roles? It’s sweet1112 DownReveal answer → Showy flowering plant612 DownReveal answer → Wildly flout code about book, like Lord Byron?1013 DownReveal answer → Pariah713 DownReveal answer → An absurd hairstyle, upswept, covering heads of Brits and Europeans before the war1014 DownReveal answer → Broadcasting515 DownReveal answer → Unusually social Minister turning up outside, one given to speechifying?916 DownReveal answer → Great anger416 DownReveal answer → In a similar way518 DownReveal answer → Morbid person to pull up outside house521 DownReveal answer → Insect turning up in cloth tomorrow422 DownReveal answer → Try, with courage running short423 DownReveal answer → Right about a treacherous sort325 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, August 16, 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.