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The Independent Crossword December 11 2024 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword December 11 2024 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 57 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#
Save shellfish when temperature is loweredSCRIMP6Across1 Sheltered sideLEE3Across1 Charge for servicesFEE3Across3 Perhaps runner beside winding road could be animal killerMATADOR7Across4 MeddleTAMPER6Across7 CurtABRUPT6Across8 Fronded plantFERN4Across9 Oberon has right to replace Puck at last, but gets fungal growthFAIRYRING9Across9 Eccles briefly disorientated in Greek islandMELOS5Across10 Working animalGUIDEDOG8Across10 Medical instrumentSTETHOSCOPE11Across11 Cry about Republican fightBRAWL5Across11 Fancy tea parties outside Bostonian industry end in troubleELABORATE9Across12 Rejects James, perhaps, after overturning snowmobile?DISOWNS7Across13 UrgentPRESSING8Across14 When visiting Camino de Santiago, the pilgrim returns as prophetELIJAH6Across15 Dress bishop with new mitreBETRIM6Across17 BarrelCASK4Across17 Conduct oneselfBEHAVE6Across19 Animal welfare group appeal for assistance is old hatPETASOS7Across19 RouseAWAKEN6Across20 UntruthLIE3Across21 Barrier across a riverDAM3Across22 Former Prime Minister: "I am rubbish at Chinese"IMRANKHAN9Across22 Hang out with American in part of West AfricaGHANA5Across24 Man claiming European is inferiorCHEAP5Across26 Trick Chicago airport's pilot officer about cloakOPERAHOOD9Across27 Gerald Ford's introduction aroused warning signalREDFLAG7Across28 Marxist leaders in Ethiopia ensured Mengistu free from blameREDEEM6Across29

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Rental contractLEASE5Down1 Extremely wonderful editor provides temporary place to staySOFABED7Down1 Regularly break into an Indian sideRAITA5Down2 DeleteEXPUNGE7Down2 Ship might sink following drillsMAYFLOWER9Down3 Strong pointFORTE5Down3 Businessman runs away from electronic puzzle, upsetMAGNATE7Down4 InvestigateEXPLORE7Down4 Speed must empower nursesTEMPO5Down5 PullDRAG4Down5 Days later, supply energetic particlesDELTARAYS9Down6 HydrophobiaRABIES6Down6 Pretty soprano replaces tenor? That's more imprudentRASHER6Down7 Reportedly trade mushrooms for gunsBICEPS6Down8 DreamlikeSURREAL7Down11 Young cowHEIFER6Down12 Fruit tree plantationORCHARD7Down13 Lead phased out, which receives attentionSPEARHEAD9Down14 IgnominySHAME5Down15 Join in with objective, reversing committee's conclusionINTEGRATE9Down16 Unit of weightGRAM4Down16 Water vapourSTEAM5Down18 Henry Sopel, for example, included in publication for gameMAHJONG7Down18 Pureed nut boxed by a customerPUNTER6Down19 Group of defenders bother stuck up celebritySTARDOM7Down20 One who longs to eat crab's head or clawPINCER6Down21 Single friend wanting love in foreign landNEPAL5Down23 Nothing inserted in bottom moved upwardsAROSE5Down25

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, December 11, 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.