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The Independent Crossword August 9 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 54 clues from the The Independent Crossword for August 9 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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Serbian scientist fully prepared to ditch a student on returning51 AcrossReveal answer → For what reason?31 AcrossReveal answer → Meadow33 AcrossReveal answer → Traditional girl, one attending college in California94 AcrossReveal answer → Beneficence87 AcrossReveal answer → Provoke48 AcrossReveal answer → Branch of mathematics129 AcrossReveal answer → One choosing to be more obese?79 AcrossReveal answer → Fried food recipe is fish710 AcrossReveal answer → Abstain from610 AcrossReveal answer → Recalled correction about line in diacritical mark511 AcrossReveal answer → Map feature in Nepal came misrepresented912 AcrossReveal answer → Type of dance music613 AcrossReveal answer → Servant carrying silverware? One’s stoked1214 AcrossReveal answer → Spanish conqueror1215 AcrossReveal answer → Lust she isn’t distributing - just a bit of slovenly debauchery?1218 AcrossReveal answer → Greek cheese419 AcrossReveal answer → Oatmeal dish820 AcrossReveal answer → Spoil321 AcrossReveal answer → Assessor of accounts backed excellent performance spaces921 AcrossReveal answer → Final part322 AcrossReveal answer → Love in the morning for us522 AcrossReveal answer → Deliveries dispatched overlooking new disorder723 AcrossReveal answer → Fictional detective: a married investigator probing swindle725 AcrossReveal answer → Flannel enclosing cold flower926 AcrossReveal answer → Returned surprised comment, captivated by the flavouring527 AcrossReveal answer →

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Officer giving suggestion to senior officer’s group81 DownReveal answer → Card game51 DownReveal answer → Nasty character putting oar in about love82 DownReveal answer → Jewish vernacular language72 DownReveal answer → Survive73 DownReveal answer → Tree area rising, becoming adequate53 DownReveal answer → Treatment for unwanted growth repaired torn carpels114 DownReveal answer → Standpoint54 DownReveal answer → Atmosphere in flight shunned by holy man35 DownReveal answer → Principal male character45 DownReveal answer → Unproductive66 DownReveal answer → Twirling sticks carried by band from England96 DownReveal answer → Large part of work - nearly the entirety - requiring singers67 DownReveal answer → Songs? Prominent violinist is what’s heard68 DownReveal answer → Short period of rain611 DownReveal answer → Cry feebly712 DownReveal answer → I’m USA caper, possibly, around cold water? But NZ are the holders!1113 DownReveal answer → Painkiller714 DownReveal answer → Poet’s lies reinterpreted as a matter of good manners915 DownReveal answer → Scruple516 DownReveal answer → Official upset over urban savagery816 DownReveal answer → Stage act417 DownReveal answer → Is French movement set apart?817 DownReveal answer → Stiff518 DownReveal answer → Disgusted comments on the rise in sandstorm619 DownReveal answer → Foil wrapping tail of bird in TV promotion620 DownReveal answer → Allow a daughter to attend US institute522 DownReveal answer → Response in an instant on the radio324 DownReveal answer →

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