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The Independent Crossword December 11 2024 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 57 clues from the The Independent Crossword for December 11 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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Save shellfish when temperature is lowered61 AcrossReveal answer → Sheltered side31 AcrossReveal answer → Charge for services33 AcrossReveal answer → Perhaps runner beside winding road could be animal killer74 AcrossReveal answer → Meddle67 AcrossReveal answer → Curt68 AcrossReveal answer → Fronded plant49 AcrossReveal answer → Oberon has right to replace Puck at last, but gets fungal growth99 AcrossReveal answer → Eccles briefly disorientated in Greek island510 AcrossReveal answer → Working animal810 AcrossReveal answer → Medical instrument1111 AcrossReveal answer → Cry about Republican fight511 AcrossReveal answer → Fancy tea parties outside Bostonian industry end in trouble912 AcrossReveal answer → Rejects James, perhaps, after overturning snowmobile?713 AcrossReveal answer → Urgent814 AcrossReveal answer → When visiting Camino de Santiago, the pilgrim returns as prophet615 AcrossReveal answer → Dress bishop with new mitre617 AcrossReveal answer → Barrel417 AcrossReveal answer → Conduct oneself619 AcrossReveal answer → Animal welfare group appeal for assistance is old hat719 AcrossReveal answer → Rouse620 AcrossReveal answer → Untruth321 AcrossReveal answer → Barrier across a river322 AcrossReveal answer → Former Prime Minister: "I am rubbish at Chinese"922 AcrossReveal answer → Hang out with American in part of West Africa524 AcrossReveal answer → Man claiming European is inferior526 AcrossReveal answer → Trick Chicago airport's pilot officer about cloak927 AcrossReveal answer → Gerald Ford's introduction aroused warning signal728 AcrossReveal answer → Marxist leaders in Ethiopia ensured Mengistu free from blame629 AcrossReveal answer →

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Rental contract51 DownReveal answer → Extremely wonderful editor provides temporary place to stay71 DownReveal answer → Regularly break into an Indian side52 DownReveal answer → Delete72 DownReveal answer → Ship might sink following drills93 DownReveal answer → Strong point53 DownReveal answer → Businessman runs away from electronic puzzle, upset74 DownReveal answer → Investigate74 DownReveal answer → Speed must empower nurses55 DownReveal answer → Pull45 DownReveal answer → Days later, supply energetic particles96 DownReveal answer → Hydrophobia66 DownReveal answer → Pretty soprano replaces tenor? That's more imprudent67 DownReveal answer → Reportedly trade mushrooms for guns68 DownReveal answer → Dreamlike711 DownReveal answer → Young cow612 DownReveal answer → Fruit tree plantation713 DownReveal answer → Lead phased out, which receives attention914 DownReveal answer → Ignominy515 DownReveal answer → Join in with objective, reversing committee's conclusion916 DownReveal answer → Unit of weight416 DownReveal answer → Water vapour518 DownReveal answer → Henry Sopel, for example, included in publication for game718 DownReveal answer → Pureed nut boxed by a customer619 DownReveal answer → Group of defenders bother stuck up celebrity720 DownReveal answer → One who longs to eat crab's head or claw621 DownReveal answer → Single friend wanting love in foreign land523 DownReveal answer → Nothing inserted in bottom moved upwards525 DownReveal answer →

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