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The Independent Crossword August 23 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword August 23 2024 answers. The Friday puzzle has 57 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#
Monarch working to get in style over a long timeCHRONIC7Across1 Turkish military leaderAGA3Across1 ZeroNOUGHT6Across3 Competition set to take a different direction in Durham townCONTEST7Across5 DeceiveDUPE4Across7 Refrain from givingWITHHOLD8Across8 NeedleworkSEWING6Across9 Moon’s changing? Granted - feeling sleepy?SOMNOLENT9Across9 A dull business redirected Irish policeGARDA5Across10 CuttingBARBED6Across10 SkewerBROCHETTE9Across11 Exiled poet? The sod all but returnedOVID4Across11 Religious figure with work after major error?ARCHBISHOP10Across12 Fine to move, avoiding black stuffFUDGE5Across14 Confused us with details in tirednessLASSITUDE9Across15 AspectsFACETS6Across16 ShamelessBRAZEN6Across18 Find fault with one in competition for building workCARPENTRY9Across18 Type of spectaclesBIFOCALS8Across19 Continue to be lecherous, abandoning South English townLUTON5Across19 Turn overFLIP4Across20 MeanINTEND6Across21 Song that gets mighty Thor dancingIGOTRHYTHM10Across21 Snooker stickCUE3Across22 Increase threatening sound, scaring off LiberalGROW4Across24 Artist giving tense exploit a going-overKLIMT5Across26 Impudence to steal part of skeletonCHEEKBONE9Across27 Institute backtracked without thought and without wanting to cause offenceTIMIDLY7Across28 Name bird seen in central part of regatta venueENTITLE7Across29

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
EntertainedAMUSED6Down1 Dismiss consequence of ‘exeunt omnes’?CASTOFF7Down1 Prompt to secure a restREMAINDER9Down2 Artist's studioATELIER7Down2 Endless sex – turned on, right? – in cornerNOOK4Down3 RemarkableNOTABLE7Down3 Car crashed in the cloverCHEVROLET9Down4 Wedding attendantUSHER5Down4 Pick up what hasn’t been dropped?CATCH5Down5 YellHOLLER6Down5 Trivial information turned up, readable but with one misprintNEGLIGIBLE10Down6 LootSWAG4Down6 Soil shortage, lacking depthEARTH5Down7 Trail tours, catching a source of entertainmentTRAIPSE7Down8 Sweet sauceCUSTARD7Down12 Vehicles coming and goingTRAFFIC7Down13 Famous, mostly preferred, on the rise? In the second rankCELEBRATED10Down13 CountryNATION6Down14 Bad-mouthREVILE6Down15 Preliminary to photography for one quark?SAYCHEESE9Down16 Extreme to attempt a filibuster, perhapsUTTERMOST9Down17 Run away to marryELOPE5Down17 Head-and-shoulders sculptureBUST4Down18 Insect flying etc around stack of hayCRICKET7Down18 Last in exam? Currently woman’s first in examNOWHERE7Down20 Drug featured in musical item the writer’s set around universityOPIUM5Down22 Unpleasant letters often asterisked among unknown charactersYUCKY5Down23 Sketch second team’s coloursSKIT4Down25

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, August 23, 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.