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The Independent Crossword December 13 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 53 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword December 13 2024 answers. The Friday puzzle has 53 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#
HawthornMAY3Across1 Golf pegTEE3Across3 InjuryTRAUMA6Across7 Share tasks (Informal)MUCKIN6Across8 BogQUAGMIRE8Across9 Leader of Italy? Legendary King’s backing one Mediterranean residentISRAELI7Across9 Student’s attention engaged by historic railwayLEARNER7Across10 ConceptIDEA4Across10 Location of fire initially suppressed with soilEARTH5Across11 ClairvoyanceSECONDSIGHT11Across11 Plutonium included in revised plan too? Extra funding requiredTOPUPLOAN9Across12 Had too much, swallowing booze I abandonedOWNED5Across13 USA talent re-engineered Gulf region?SULTANATE9Across14 Eyelid inflammationSTYE4Across15 Snuff excessively probed by British accountTOBACCO7Across17 Boring and irritatingTIRESOME8Across17 Wife drawn to man’s person and tone of voiceWHISPER7Across19 PointlessFUTILE6Across20 Corrupt company mostly to regret ignoring a registrationENROLMENT9Across20 IntelligentCLEVER6Across21 Daughters tucking into beer becoming confusedADDLE5Across21 Contemptuous exclamationBAH3Across22 RodentRAT3Across23 Boxer embraced by man, popular Russian singerCHALIAPIN9Across23 Pick up source of tremendous courageHEART5Across26 Formally qualified in Government appointmentMEETING7Across27 One guy receiving honour after backing winter transportICEBOAT7Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
European noblemanMARQUIS7Down1 Excellent binge in New York he had with groom - here’s something to help searchFINETOOTHEDCOMB15Down1 OffspringYOUNG5Down2 Doctor, one from France, seen around railway testDRYRUN6Down2 Fabric used for mattress and pillow coversTICKING7Down3 Systematic check-up securing most of the oxygenMETHODICAL10Down3 Perhaps ruby breast finally seen amongst the robins flyingBIRTHSTONE10Down4 BanishEXILE5Down4 Panic following part of raceFLAP4Down5 CabTAXI4Down5 Affected millions restricted by upper limitCAMP4Down6 Glowing coalsEMBERS6Down6 Death - with 50% of fish, it’s a fruit stoneENDOCARP8Down7 Disruption of regatta foreseen in historic African zoneORANGEFREESTATE15Down8 TreasureCHERISH7Down12 SpiceNUTMEG6Down13 StormTEMPEST7Down14 Jurisprudence, note, upheld wrong feature of court in court activityLAWNTENNIS10Down15 Hand digitTHUMB5Down16 Articles about border and the area around a Biblical regionARIMATHAEA10Down16 Deprived, before a volume is secured by qualified teacherBEREAVED8Down18 WealthyRICH4Down18 CurseSWEAR5Down19 University event interrupting academic, an intimidating figureDRAGON6Down22 Component of lens is supporting infraredIRIS4Down24 Farm animals put in green spaces at firstPIGS4Down25

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, December 13, 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.