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The Independent Crossword December 16 2024 Answers

Monday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword December 16 2024 answers. The Monday 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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Police unit will be involved in action for certainDECIDED7Across1 Beast of burdenASS3Across1 BeerALE3Across3 Religious basket case?MOSES5Across5 Terribly solemn pair might be frigidIMPERSONAL10Across8 DependableSTAUNCH7Across8 DizzyGIDDY5Across9 Hoskins must tuck into a shot for a feeAGIO4Across9 Company emblemLOGO4Across10 One who purposely wrecks boat sure must changeSABOTEUR8Across10 Well-beingWELFARE7Across11 Flips out, inhaling fourth of puffs from this?SPLIFF6Across12 American husband hugged by short relative is a dishSUSHI5Across13 ImportantSIGNIFICANT11Across13 Gloomy and down about female being beastly!GREYWOLF8Across15 FineryREGALIA7Across15 PlaythingsTOYS4Across16 Returned mutt with odd flaw that's bitten you? Terrible!GODAWFUL8Across17 Desert plantsCACTI5Across18 Those starting on good religious evangelists seem monstersOGRES5Across19 ProtectionDEFENCE7Across20 Old Republican leader with inflated self-worth ultimately in stateOREGON6Across21 LadBOY3Across21 Mischievous spriteELF3Across22 Liqueur excessive queen and a mother knocked backAMARETTO8Across23 Bolt double? That's what one might be aiming for!DART4Across25 Make neat gin hatter will mix with drop of sodaSTRAIGHTEN10Across26 Operative retreating around soldiers in battleYPRES5Across28 Perhaps pine to get to end of a popular racecourseAINTREE7Across29

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TooALSO4Down1 Beer with dirt tossed on top is well stupidDUMBASS7Down1 FlavouringSEASONING9Down2 Socialist that's firm about statement of principlesCREDO5Down2 Pure and lovelyANGELIC7Down3 Insult 51 in complaint is 'an inability to accept the truth'DISBELIEF9Down3 Oxbridge professor is a gentleman from SpainDON3Down4 Last sectionEND3Down4 Maiden getting beers for blokesMALES5Down5 Reverse the effects ofUNDO4Down5 One who'd accept everything was well or fantasticSWALLOWER9Down6 Simple voteSHOWOFHANDS11Down6 SortTYPE4Down7 Enough drink to get drunk is wrong in God's eyes, king heldSKINFUL7Down7 Special gear and excellent beer from the rearREGALIA7Down11 IrritationANNOYANCE9Down12 Totally demolish small Snickers?SLAUGHTER9Down14 Cancel outNULLIFY7Down14 BoulderROCK4Down15 Online career for life in inductionEVOCATION9Down16 Petty quarrelTIFF4Down16 Plant partLEAF4Down17 Your lad cycling as the Virgin MaryOURLADY7Down18 Round loaf of breadCOB3Down19 Drunk now and you can't do anything about it!SOTHERE7Down20 Ultimate of owl-haters in People Against HootersNOSES5Down22 Old head of state will cuddle tense man? Heavens!ETHER5Down24 Coastal inlet found in Cagliari areaRIA3Down27

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Monday, December 16, 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.