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The Independent Crossword December 17 2024 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 58 clues from the The Independent Crossword for December 17 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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Wild bird Alfred claims caught crustacean111 AcrossReveal answer → Pit worker51 AcrossReveal answer → Wharf44 AcrossReveal answer → Strike from account upon reflection37 AcrossReveal answer → Pinch38 AcrossReveal answer → Pomegranate syrup99 AcrossReveal answer → French king welcoming black knight's comic sidekick59 AcrossReveal answer → Insane character possessed substance according to Spooner910 AcrossReveal answer → Coal container710 AcrossReveal answer → Fundamental right abolished in tribunal by German city911 AcrossReveal answer → Taking of property511 AcrossReveal answer → Underworld organisation's original address512 AcrossReveal answer → Earthquake recorder1112 AcrossReveal answer → Avian enclosure finally providing emu with home713 AcrossReveal answer → Hands round stimulant before start of exhausting dance415 AcrossReveal answer → Subject516 AcrossReveal answer → Film star adding line to marriage vow418 AcrossReveal answer → Crying718 AcrossReveal answer → Series of images Oscar found in container720 AcrossReveal answer → Military command921 AcrossReveal answer → Rocky hill322 AcrossReveal answer → Bring up423 AcrossReveal answer → Some children worried about person with pet?523 AcrossReveal answer → Green Spanish boy taken in by virgin in Mexico924 AcrossReveal answer → Bear524 AcrossReveal answer → Climber close to insanity following strange vision on river926 AcrossReveal answer → Colour of boot locker, some say527 AcrossReveal answer → Article written by married geezer328 AcrossReveal answer → Picked up seasonal acting work for starters1129 AcrossReveal answer →

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French retaining old castles in perpetuity81 DownReveal answer → Less51 DownReveal answer → Shameful young lady, for example, supported by government82 DownReveal answer → Planet72 DownReveal answer → Textile from mill in Enniskillen53 DownReveal answer → Correct53 DownReveal answer → Artist overlooks minute aphid regularly seen on flower74 DownReveal answer → Mercy74 DownReveal answer → One asks hard questions of horseman touring Donegal on vacation75 DownReveal answer → Nimble55 DownReveal answer → Every week Earl enters pub in revealing clothing96 DownReveal answer → Excessively formal116 DownReveal answer → Odd elements of Brontë tale laid bare her courage67 DownReveal answer → Unit of frequency57 DownReveal answer → King enthralled by quirky, retro horror68 DownReveal answer → Jumper713 DownReveal answer → Wall covering714 DownReveal answer → Don urged criminal to crush society's outsiders914 DownReveal answer → Book of maps515 DownReveal answer → Shorter son goes missing? Don't mention it!816 DownReveal answer → Wicked deeds within heartless Mafia factions817 DownReveal answer → Wear away517 DownReveal answer → Pure milk when endlessly churned becomes more clotted719 DownReveal answer → Pick-me-up519 DownReveal answer → Don't stop dupe ringing Henry in East end720 DownReveal answer → Jet of vapour520 DownReveal answer → Decoration Englishman in Australia is given twice621 DownReveal answer → Germany abandons plan to adopt new flag622 DownReveal answer → Judge fair queen to be fool525 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, December 17, 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.