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The Independent Crossword August 21 2024 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 55 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword August 21 2024 answers. The Wednesday 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#
70's surfing film that's famous todayBIGWEDNESDAY12Across1 Window shelfSILL4Across1 WharfQUAY4Across3 Group of geeseGAGGLE6Across7 RouseAWAKEN6Across8 Greek cheeseFETA4Across9 Can it divide an onion?SHALLOT7Across9 New member posted but initially deleted tiradeENTRANT7Across10 ObligedBEHOLDEN8Across10 Sport-based lotteriesSWEEPSTAKES11Across11 Small account sent over Henry means to payCASH4Across11 Bump into fellow seal hunter back in canteenCOMEACROSS10Across12 PerfectFLAWLESS8Across14 Son who cooked before daughter washedSHOWERED8Across14 Amazon v Inland Revenue, in the past?VIRAGO6Across15 SimpleEASY4Across17 The more expensive turkey, perhaps animal that eats rightBREAST6Across18 Italian motorway that is divided by its separate sectionsMILANESE8Across19 Identity documentsPAPERS6Across19 Former partner traps bird outsideEXTERNALLY10Across20 Five-cent coinNICKEL6Across20 Bird of preyHAWK4Across21 NimbleSPRY4Across22 Lift outfit so it twirlsOTIS4Across23 Terrible mistake started with massageRUBBISH7Across26 Make lonely Conservative law lord date nursesSECLUDE7Across27 Dry clothes Serena and Nick modelled - smashing kit!TENNISRACKET12Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Digging toolSPADE5Down1 No-frills airline intentionally like thatBASIC5Down1 Old PM close to perfecting the sound of a younger man?GLADSTONE9Down2 Travel bagsLUGGAGE7Down2 Macpherson report the first of lotsELLE4Down3 Small game birdQUAIL5Down3 Gas from egg Seth considered funnyNITROGEN8Down4 EternalAGELESS7Down4 Riddle one: who came second, with second first?SIEVE5Down5 Culinary plantHERB4Down5 Lack of fireworks in act sadly left one old lady crossANTICLIMAX10Down6 Small envelopeSACHET6Down6 Gosh, look at that ring round the sunHALO4Down7 Shell-like probe in photos cop examinedOTOSCOPE8Down8 Dried grapeSULTANA7Down11 GratifyPLEASE6Down12 PatellaKNEECAP7Down13 Riddle number two: set out at four?TEASERVICE10Down13 Green bus, travelling lower classSUBGENRE8Down14 Marine molluscWHELK5Down15 DispatchSEND4Down16 Astonished bridge player interrupts a brawlAWESTRUCK9Down16 Phone sibling after years, clearing bad bloodDIALYSIS8Down17 ShabbySEEDY5Down18 Squeeze it, before applying Clearasil, perhapsTUBE4Down21 Haggard woman in article is very paleASHEN5Down22 Result of hard exercise, with bench presses?SWEAT5Down24 Seconds in Japanese sci-fi story last minutesACTA4Down25

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, August 21, 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.