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The Independent Crossword December 20 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword December 20 2024 answers. The Friday puzzle has 58 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#
Turned up carrying a bit of food amid havoc, offering assistanceHELPFUL7Across1 Lavatory (Informal)LOO3Across1 MongrelCUR3Across3 Item of church furniture and other things brought back, secured by the French navyLECTERN7Across5 Run awayFLEE4Across7 IntrinsicINHERENT8Across8 Holidaymaker losing money in scam?CAPER5Across9 Dock workerSTEVEDORE9Across9 Decent leg breaks not deployedNEGLECTED9Across10 Premiere ignoring latest top performerSTAR4Across11 InventedMADEUP6Across11 Quarrelling about it, dismissing rule as contrivedFACTITIOUS10Across13 Throwing eventDISCUS6Across13 UnalterableIMMUTABLE9Across15 Location for personal decoration displaying British honoureesEARLOBE7Across16 Depressing sound from electronic network going overDIRGE5Across17 Compassion and passion may be about rightHEART5Across19 Plot togetherCONSPIRE8Across19 Special valour, ousting a tyrantSCOURGE7Across20 DullDRAB4Across20 24-hour periodDAY3Across21 Beam of lightRAY3Across22 Showed pain after modern version criticisedREPROACHED10Across22 Some seen kerb-crawling around jointKNEE4Across24 Good sporting outcome: cricketer getting runs amidst a defeatALBATROSS9Across26 Silver band not in prominent position, causing difficultiesAGGRO5Across28 Mistake linked to area in output of Cornish mining countryTERRAIN7Across30 Number of broadcasts? Pair arranged betAIRPLAY7Across31

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Travelling salesman: he works with trucksHUCKSTER8Down1 Jaunty rhythmLILT4Down1 Drink mate overturnedLAP3Down2 SuperviseOVERSEE7Down2 Tree’s end of life? AxeFIRE4Down3 FreightCARGO5Down3 Student name included in revival of matinee featureLINEAMENT9Down4 Second-placed competitorRUNNERUP8Down4 Minor difficulty with power cutLIGHT5Down5 Toy flown in the windKITE4Down5 English writer’s trunk initially received in English schoolCHESTERTON10Down6 AstuteSHREWD6Down6 Consume fuel without pressureEAT3Down7 One day in tabloid elevated male page 3 behaviour?NUDISM6Down8 MultipleMANIFOLD8Down10 FoulPUTRID6Down12 Dirigible excellent? A tear? Keeping quietAIRSHIP7Down12 SlimSLENDER7Down14 Surplus quantity? Broadcasting including extremely reduced sportOVERRUN7Down14 Criminal organisation represented in cartoons about South AmericaCOSANOSTRA10Down15 UntidyMESSY5Down16 Disorder in internal plumbing? Start to develop repairs to pipes, sayDYSPEPSIA9Down17 Electronic soundBEEP4Down17 Rock group in church regarding unknown serviceCEREMONY8Down18 IndolentLAZY4Down18 Book getting support after admitting a boob?BREAST6Down21 Sound triumphant over new coinCROWN5Down23 Mostly difficult for one to enter - locks?HAIR4Down25 Excluding lawyers?BAR3Down27 Set on risingGEL3Down29

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, December 20, 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.