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The Independent Crossword August 9 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword August 9 2024 answers. The Friday puzzle has 54 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#
Serbian scientist fully prepared to ditch a student on returningTESLA5Across1 For what reason?WHY3Across1 MeadowLEA3Across3 Traditional girl, one attending college in CaliforniaCLASSICAL9Across4 BeneficenceKINDNESS8Across7 ProvokeGOAD4Across8 Branch of mathematicsTRIGONOMETRY12Across9 One choosing to be more obese?PLUMPER7Across9 Fried food recipe is fishRISSOLE7Across10 Abstain fromESCHEW6Across10 Recalled correction about line in diacritical markTILDE5Across11 Map feature in Nepal came misrepresentedPLACENAME9Across12 Type of dance musicTECHNO6Across13 Servant carrying silverware? One’s stokedFOOTPLATEMAN12Across14 Spanish conquerorCONQUISTADOR12Across15 Lust she isn’t distributing - just a bit of slovenly debauchery?SLUTTISHNESS12Across18 Greek cheeseFETA4Across19 Oatmeal dishPORRIDGE8Across20 SpoilMAR3Across21 Assessor of accounts backed excellent performance spacesAUDITORIA9Across21 Final partEND3Across22 Love in the morning for usAMOUR5Across22 Deliveries dispatched overlooking new disorderOVERSET7Across23 Fictional detective: a married investigator probing swindleCAMPION7Across25 Flannel enclosing cold flowerBUTTERCUP9Across26 Returned surprised comment, captivated by the flavouringTHYME5Across27

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Officer giving suggestion to senior officer’s groupTIPSTAFF8Down1 Card gameWHIST5Down1 Nasty character putting oar in about loveSCULLION8Down2 Jewish vernacular languageYIDDISH7Down2 SurviveLASTOUT7Down3 Tree area rising, becoming adequateAMPLE5Down3 Treatment for unwanted growth repaired torn carpelsCORNPLASTER11Down4 StandpointANGLE5Down4 Atmosphere in flight shunned by holy manAIR3Down5 Principal male characterHERO4Down5 UnproductiveBARREN6Down6 Twirling sticks carried by band from EnglandSASSENACH9Down6 Large part of work - nearly the entirety - requiring singersCHORAL6Down7 Songs? Prominent violinist is what’s heardLIEDER6Down8 Short period of rainSHOWER6Down11 Cry feeblyWHIMPER7Down12 I’m USA caper, possibly, around cold water? But NZ are the holders!AMERICASCUP11Down13 PainkillerCODEINE7Down14 Poet’s lies reinterpreted as a matter of good mannersPOLITESSE9Down15 ScrupleQUALM5Down16 Official upset over urban savageryFEROCITY8Down16 Stage actTURN4Down17 Is French movement set apart?ESTRANGE8Down17 StiffRIGID5Down18 Disgusted comments on the rise in sandstormHABOOB6Down19 Foil wrapping tail of bird in TV promotionADVERT6Down20 Allow a daughter to attend US instituteADMIT5Down22 Response in an instant on the radioTIC3Down24

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, August 9, 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.