xWord
Cracking Clues, Finding Answers!
Thursday, August 27, 2026
Advertisements

The Independent Crossword December 12 2024 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 55 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword December 12 2024 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 55 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

Also solved on December 12
Daily Themed Crossword   Eugene Sheffer Crossword   Evening Standard Crossword  

Across

Click a clue for every answer it has ever had
ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Compelling chap to eat rice crackersCOERCIVE8Across1 Three, in cardsTREY4Across1 Leg jointsKNEES5Across4 Young father's letter to GrecianLAMBDA6Across6 Clothes cupboardWARDROBE8Across8 Bird disease restricts rookCORVID6Across9 CrustaceanCRAB4Across9 ProgressHEADWAY7Across10 Publican lying about payment to host organised raveTAVERNER8Across10 Journalist ringing alien is cut offESTRANGED9Across11 UmbilicusNAVEL5Across12 Family doctor on TVHOUSE5Across13 VigorousENERGETIC9Across14 Build up A-Team in speechACCRUE6Across15 Tea inspiring memory for quality of colourCHROMA6Across17 Very keenEAGER5Across17 Both sides in dispute right to show angerDANDER6Across18 Refer toMENTION7Across18 Band from way back - nemesis of Pan's People?DRHOOK6Across19 Small carMINI4Across20 ColourBRICKRED8Across21 Chasing some secret fantasies in retirementAFTER5Across21 Tailors struggling with the belly of Neil DiamondSOLITAIRE9Across22 TautTENSE5Across23 NoblewomanLADY4Across24 Weapons fail to hit Martinique and Guadeloupe?MISSILES8Across25 Over in Big Bash final for Mitch MarshSLOUGH6Across26 Marvin was one disheartened android in programmeSHADOW6Across28 Boy, she's playing with the heart of Peter SellersSOTHEBYS8Across29

Down

ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
StickROD3Down2 Social media company invested in O2 stockOXO3Down2 Body of freeholdersYEOMANRY8Down3 Maybe Trent Alexander-Arnold finally leaving clubRIVER5Down3 Boat partKEEL4Down4 Nick Knowles ultimately accepting 3 contractsINDENTURES10Down4 English supporter infiltrating empty stadium gets respectESTEEM6Down5 Christian sacramentEUCHARIST9Down5 Last golf tour on EarthLIVE4Down6 FrightenedSCARED6Down6 Fill up tyre on VW travellerMARCOPOLO9Down7 Chairman's hammerGAVEL5Down7 Animal could be Cat in the Hat?DEERSTALKER11Down8 Yellow-flowered weedDANDELION9Down11 No.10 is hot and coldSTANDOFFISH11Down12 CurativeREMEDIAL8Down13 Perhaps the mat for the cat is the place to be?WHEREITSAT10Down14 LassoLARIAT6Down15 Talked about poetry in digital formatCONVERSED9Down16 Small flock of partridgeCOVEY5Down16 Woodwind instrumentOBOE4Down19 She's mad about men and animalsHORSES6Down20 Young goatKID3Down22 Love for Charlie in series of letters homeABODE5Down23 Late fruit picked upSLOW4Down24 Make fun of blokeGUY3Down27

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, December 12, 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.