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The Independent Crossword August 21 2024 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 55 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 55 clues from the The Independent Crossword for August 21 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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70's surfing film that's famous today121 AcrossReveal answer → Window shelf41 AcrossReveal answer → Wharf43 AcrossReveal answer → Group of geese67 AcrossReveal answer → Rouse68 AcrossReveal answer → Greek cheese49 AcrossReveal answer → Can it divide an onion?79 AcrossReveal answer → New member posted but initially deleted tirade710 AcrossReveal answer → Obliged810 AcrossReveal answer → Sport-based lotteries1111 AcrossReveal answer → Small account sent over Henry means to pay411 AcrossReveal answer → Bump into fellow seal hunter back in canteen1012 AcrossReveal answer → Perfect814 AcrossReveal answer → Son who cooked before daughter washed814 AcrossReveal answer → Amazon v Inland Revenue, in the past?615 AcrossReveal answer → Simple417 AcrossReveal answer → The more expensive turkey, perhaps animal that eats right618 AcrossReveal answer → Italian motorway that is divided by its separate sections819 AcrossReveal answer → Identity documents619 AcrossReveal answer → Former partner traps bird outside1020 AcrossReveal answer → Five-cent coin620 AcrossReveal answer → Bird of prey421 AcrossReveal answer → Nimble422 AcrossReveal answer → Lift outfit so it twirls423 AcrossReveal answer → Terrible mistake started with massage726 AcrossReveal answer → Make lonely Conservative law lord date nurses727 AcrossReveal answer → Dry clothes Serena and Nick modelled - smashing kit!1228 AcrossReveal answer →

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Digging tool51 DownReveal answer → No-frills airline intentionally like that51 DownReveal answer → Old PM close to perfecting the sound of a younger man?92 DownReveal answer → Travel bags72 DownReveal answer → Macpherson report the first of lots43 DownReveal answer → Small game bird53 DownReveal answer → Gas from egg Seth considered funny84 DownReveal answer → Eternal74 DownReveal answer → Riddle one: who came second, with second first?55 DownReveal answer → Culinary plant45 DownReveal answer → Lack of fireworks in act sadly left one old lady cross106 DownReveal answer → Small envelope66 DownReveal answer → Gosh, look at that ring round the sun47 DownReveal answer → Shell-like probe in photos cop examined88 DownReveal answer → Dried grape711 DownReveal answer → Gratify612 DownReveal answer → Patella713 DownReveal answer → Riddle number two: set out at four?1013 DownReveal answer → Green bus, travelling lower class814 DownReveal answer → Marine mollusc515 DownReveal answer → Dispatch416 DownReveal answer → Astonished bridge player interrupts a brawl916 DownReveal answer → Phone sibling after years, clearing bad blood817 DownReveal answer → Shabby518 DownReveal answer → Squeeze it, before applying Clearasil, perhaps421 DownReveal answer → Haggard woman in article is very pale522 DownReveal answer → Result of hard exercise, with bench presses?524 DownReveal answer → Seconds in Japanese sci-fi story last minutes425 DownReveal answer →

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