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The Independent Crossword August 8 2024 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 55 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword August 8 2024 answers. The Thursday 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#
Culinary herbTHYME5Across1 Skilful answer, right?ADROIT6Across1 Absence of warPEACE5Across4 Go over the limit, regularly being first to rant aboard busENCROACH8Across5 Well-likedPOPULAR7Across8 FoldPLEAT5Across9 Urgency shown by media certain to lose facePRESSURE8Across9 Welsh dogCORGI5Across10 Fancy -- exhausted Romeo gets firm twice!ROCOCO6Across10 Busy MEP, strong but no Liberal, able to share feelingsEMPATHETIC10Across11 Out of controlHAYWIRE7Across11 Possibly lead away from front and elsewhereETAL4Across12 Fragrant shrubHONEYSUCKLE11Across13 Again, finance house primarily converts monetary unitAFGHANI7Across13 This offers digital access to other functions on boardALTKEY6Across15 SlimSLENDER7Across17 Painfully cold beerBITTER6Across17 Redesign bridleways after ignoring clear local rulesBYELAWS7Across18 Love deeplyADORE5Across19 Negative push Hugh ignored intermittentlyUHUH4Across19 Sea duckEIDER5Across20 Train hard by river where transport was kept?COACHHOUSE10Across21 ChirpTWITTER7Across22 Glasses (Informal)SPECS5Across23 Radiation in live broadcast affected actorLUVVIE6Across24 Small coinPENNY5Across24 Our kid, at first wavering, recognised American filmmakerKUROSAWA8Across25 Introduction of lending rate changed fixed transfer systemLETRASET8Across26 Second cross held in palm maybe about to protrudeEXSERT6Across27

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Barrel containing not quite the last bit of bulgur wheatDURUM5Down2 Deliberate exaggerationHYPERBOLE9Down2 Attack official UK statisticians, chuckling with no sign of hesitationONSLAUGHT9Down3 Feeling of uneaseMALAISE7Down3 Suffering loss of first husband, however unluckyTOUGH5Down4 Young dogPUPPY5Down4 Domestic appliance for keeping kippers warmELECTRICBLANKET15Down5 Grow oldAGE3Down5 Rail caught, breaking my new toolCORNCRAKE9Down6 High regardESTEEM6Down6 Former university cuts, not a moment too soonONCUE5Down7 ArrangeORCHESTRATE11Down7 Cancels my reordered plantsCYCLAMENS9Down8 SpeedPACE4Down8 Illegally-obtainedILLGOTTEN9Down12 Extremely anaemic hideous canned musicACIDHOUSE9Down13 PoisonCYANIDE7Down14 Pilots and navigators perhaps packing small items for flight?AIRSCREWS9Down14 Valuable thingsASSETS6Down15 ExpensiveDEAR4Down16 Northumbrian village given new frontage for shopsTEAHOUSES9Down16 Pub gameDARTS5Down18 One who keeps razors uncoveredHAVER5Down20 OwingDUE3Down21 Hack, for one, runs in tightsHORSE5Down22 Water carrier underneath opening of storm drainSEWER5Down23

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, August 8, 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.