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The Independent Crossword December 10 2024 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword December 10 2024 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 58 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#
Bower is covering earl in shadeVIOLIST7Across1 Body of waterSEA3Across1 WeaponSWORD5Across3 Safe area for city's peculiar dialectCITADEL7Across5 Coarse gravelSHINGLE7Across8 On the moveASTIR5Across9 Engineering vehicle's original handle for George EliotEVANS5Across9 Ethnic region mostly Turkish - and fracturedKURDISTAN9Across10 Milky Indian drinkLASSI5Across10 Clubs bats?NIGHTLIFE9Across11 Large imposing houseMANSION7Across11 The oaf inside many a hoodlumYAHOO5Across12 StingyTIGHTFISTED11Across12 Bishop leaving Letters to the Corinthians for othersETAS4Across13 This is meant to arrest one returning from Mediterranean islandSICILIAN8Across15 Proof of paymentRECEIPT7Across17 Near Portsmouth, where fish could be freshINSOLENT8Across18 ConcedeADMIT5Across19 Occasionally admits husband's a lookerDISH4Across19 AscentCLIMB5Across21 Salad vegetableLETTUCE7Across22 Involved in prank levitating part of a pin over a footANKLE5Across22 Root vegetableSWEDE5Across23 According to legend, people originally lived outside Rome in catacombsFOLKLORIC9Across24 Play on wordsPUN3Across24 Musicians, becoming increasingly geriatric, wrapping upBANDAGING9Across26 One who'll perhaps fold - very feeble, losing pawn to gain tempoVALET5Across27 Fought ex-PM, ignoring resistance - she did this for 44 daysTUSSLED7Across28 Disregarded extremely mean Republican party harangueEARBASH7Across29

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Queen from the south supporting what Catullus wrote for sex capitalVIENNA6Down1 Cricket fieldersSLIPS5Down1 Most of fruit you reportedly bake in the sun for apeORANGUTAN9Down2 AgonyANGUISH7Down2 Place inside popular painted flats?INSET5Down3 BlemishSTAIN5Down3 Appropriate children disagreeTAKEISSUE9Down4 SurviveOUTLIVE7Down4 Hint to capture rook against deviating lineCURVE5Down5 BoldnessDARING6Down5 Used three wheels to move directly around the speed of lightTRICYCLED9Down6 Sacred songPSALM5Down6 Trouble and strife originating in AmsterdamDUTCH5Down7 Seductive woman (French)FEMMEFATALE11Down7 Check this out - new president-elect informally addressed cityLONDON6Down8 SlopeINCLINE7Down13 New companySTARTUP7Down14 Obstruct progress? As well not, perhapsSTONEWALL9Down14 SummaryPRECIS6Down15 About time to replace a knight in continuously changing listCATALOGUE9Down16 AlloySTEEL5Down16 Country motorists touring American trail - one left going the wrong wayAUSTRALIA9Down17 FillIMBUE5Down18 Grieve overMOURN5Down20 Golf range's risky moveGAMBIT6Down20 Islay still can make this stopSCOTCH6Down21 Rulers' reservations after expression of disapprovalKINGS5Down23 Sozzled American buddy forgetting nameFRIED5Down24 Organ player ultimately wrong to be upsetLIVER5Down25

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, December 10, 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.