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The Independent Crossword August 7 2024 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 55 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword August 7 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#
Sally Bowles missing start of stage musical – it's hard workELBOWGREASE11Across1 Trigonometric functionSINE4Across1 Fed upBORED5Across3 Draw outPROTRACT8Across7 Short song expectedDUE3Across7 PortionPART4Across8 Column about Norway's unused substituteLOCUM5Across9 TransitoryPASSING7Across9 Board, once Apple's CEO reveals dishonest schemesPUTUPJOBS9Across10 VerboseWORDY5Across11 Pitch perfect opera singer by all conclusionsTAR3Across11 Loss of memoryAMNESIA7Across12 Regularly claim free offers – I'll deny carefree existenceLIFEOFRILEY11Across12 What's more in Belgium, Germany is in view on the way backBESIDES7Across13 Pays court hearing to provide lower settlements if name is withheldKOWTOWS7Across14 Club singer to cast after bum noteARSENAL7Across16 Cut offSEVER5Across16 Drunk (Slang)PIEEYED7Across17 Accountant discontented with announced percentage of income taken by government chargesATTACKS7Across18 American trunks are large to cover swimmer's rear – most vendors here are out of gearCARBOOTSALE11Across19 Travel permitVISA4Across19 FragrantAROMATIC8Across20 Wood sprite requiring gender re-assignmentELM3Across21 Farm animalSHEEP5Across22 Perhaps Hermes boxes might need initially to go on home insuranceINDEMNITY9Across23 Charitable donationsALMS4Across23 Modelled fashionable materialSATIN5Across24 Happy Lineker's ignoring tip from ShearerGAY3Across25 Building began with summer house for exampleNUMBERSGAME11Across26

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ExtendSPREAD6Down1 Drug, uplifting white powder's striking effectECLAT5Down1 Supports stern on ship carrying tonsBACKRESTS9Down2 Openwork fabricNET3Down2 New BMW I took for a ride – public park here?WIMBLEDONCOMMON15Down3 Each of twoBOTH4Down3 Finally sub-postmaster is taking on Post Office and head of Fujitsu following exploitative situationsRIPOFFS7Down4 Roguish personREPROBATE9Down4 Nighthawks – possibly a right pair – drink beer – bottoms up!ARTWORK7Down5 MockDERIDE6Down5 Pundit to pause wanting answer – ultimately can these tennis balls inspire grass court specialists?EXPERTWITNESSES15Down6 Large calibre gunCANNON6Down6 Judge say recalled locking up old slaverDROOL5Down7 Having seconds for every line, somehow I'll yell at writers?ESSAYISTS9Down8 ImpasseSTALEMATE9Down10 WooerSUITOR6Down13 Turning pale when aunt oddly caught husband wearing flashy jewelleryBLANCHING9Down13 NegligentREMISS6Down14 Commendable qualitiesMERITS6Down15 Cycle lights with rain in short – one needs a conductorORCHESTRA9Down15 Blitz this dump - knocking all walls out as part of battery?LITHIUM7Down17 Break down when dashing 16 yard run to escapeANALYSE7Down18 Freshwater fishCARP4Down18 Game day and case of dysentery is flushedRUDDY5Down20 Piercing toolAWL3Down21 Bluth's eating cold cutMINCE5Down22

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, August 7, 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.