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The Independent Crossword December 2 2024 Answers

Monday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword December 2 2024 answers. The Monday puzzle has 54 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#
In charge of manifest, brieflyOVER4Across1 Sporting fixtureMATCH5Across1 Time to question staff about flipping tough bossTASKMASTER10Across4 Be in debtOWE3Across4 Nonmetallic elementCARBON6Across7 ToolCHISEL6Across8 ‘Banks of tomorrow’ impress Treasury? Not trueTWISTY6Across9 UtopianIDEALIST8Across9 Betting systemTOTE4Across10 High-speed hand-walking contest is a very dangerous competitionARMSRACE8Across10 Taken backREPOSSESSED11Across11 Dependent on drugs, did cadet collapse?ADDICTED8Across11 This shows pressure is zero impedimentISOBAR6Across13 There are three in there, four in that one and six in my pocketCONSONANTS10Across14 TroublesILLS4Across15 Fellow worried about cheeseFETA4Across16 List of namesREGISTER8Across17 Fourth in Nicolas Cage’s golf tournamentOPEN4Across17 Old footballer’s right to devour fashion mag and Bridget Jones’s Diary?BESTSELLER10Across18 Co-operation in Parkrun is one-sidedUNISON6Across20 Evil in natureMALIGN6Across20 Spooner’s instruction to amphibious car driver to take a break and check the vehicleROADTEST8Across21 SavourRELISH6Across21 PrimateAPE3Across22 City endlessly pay tribute to American/Scottish singerHONOLULU8Across23 Very steepSHEER5Across23 Put your foot down in second and firstINSIST6Across24 Decaf lefty stirred in an unnatural wayAFFECTEDLY10Across26 Cycling brand to make listening devicesEARS4Across27

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Follow a winding courseMEANDER7Down1 Swear there’s nothing in carVOW3Down2 Leg boneTIBIA5Down2 He stepped down as 25 turned up - ciao!RISHI5Down3 Vietnamese capitalHANOI5Down3 Take a chance, or rather don’t when clothes shoppingTRYITON7Down4 Narcotic drugsOPIATES7Down4 Ollie’s partner almost finished composing rude song “stay firm”STANDONESGROUND15Down5 Vote inELECT5Down5 Autobiographical book from Bard in English and French: Raconteurs en vacance?MEMOIRS7Down6 Grass-cutting implementSCYTHE6Down6 Miserable soul broken by clergyman - that hurts frightfully at firstSORROWFUL9Down7 Speller considered ‘nefarious’ - “N … repeat the word? Right … ends with S”ENCHANTRESS11Down8 Dwindling workplace doing this to make something coolDROPPINGOFF11Down12 HobbyPASTIME7Down12 Run fastSPRINT6Down13 Furniture itemDRESSER7Down14 Soft rock from 5?SANDSTONE9Down15 Tropical climbing plantLIANA5Down16 Forbid one to leave peaceful mealBANQUET7Down18 Young femalesGIRLS5Down18 Unlikely to 5 thus unexpectedly hails King Henry’s rearguardSHAKILY7Down19 OintmentSALVE5Down19 Take a spoonful to eat, primarilyTASTE5Down22 Teacher is tripping over end of rulerSIR3Down25

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Monday, December 2, 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.