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The Independent Crossword December 20 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 58 clues from the The Independent Crossword for December 20 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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Turned up carrying a bit of food amid havoc, offering assistance71 AcrossReveal answer → Lavatory (Informal)31 AcrossReveal answer → Mongrel33 AcrossReveal answer → Item of church furniture and other things brought back, secured by the French navy75 AcrossReveal answer → Run away47 AcrossReveal answer → Intrinsic88 AcrossReveal answer → Holidaymaker losing money in scam?59 AcrossReveal answer → Dock worker99 AcrossReveal answer → Decent leg breaks not deployed910 AcrossReveal answer → Premiere ignoring latest top performer411 AcrossReveal answer → Invented611 AcrossReveal answer → Quarrelling about it, dismissing rule as contrived1013 AcrossReveal answer → Throwing event613 AcrossReveal answer → Unalterable915 AcrossReveal answer → Location for personal decoration displaying British honourees716 AcrossReveal answer → Depressing sound from electronic network going over517 AcrossReveal answer → Compassion and passion may be about right519 AcrossReveal answer → Plot together819 AcrossReveal answer → Special valour, ousting a tyrant720 AcrossReveal answer → Dull420 AcrossReveal answer → 24-hour period321 AcrossReveal answer → Beam of light322 AcrossReveal answer → Showed pain after modern version criticised1022 AcrossReveal answer → Some seen kerb-crawling around joint424 AcrossReveal answer → Good sporting outcome: cricketer getting runs amidst a defeat926 AcrossReveal answer → Silver band not in prominent position, causing difficulties528 AcrossReveal answer → Mistake linked to area in output of Cornish mining country730 AcrossReveal answer → Number of broadcasts? Pair arranged bet731 AcrossReveal answer →

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Travelling salesman: he works with trucks81 DownReveal answer → Jaunty rhythm41 DownReveal answer → Drink mate overturned32 DownReveal answer → Supervise72 DownReveal answer → Tree’s end of life? Axe43 DownReveal answer → Freight53 DownReveal answer → Student name included in revival of matinee feature94 DownReveal answer → Second-placed competitor84 DownReveal answer → Minor difficulty with power cut55 DownReveal answer → Toy flown in the wind45 DownReveal answer → English writer’s trunk initially received in English school106 DownReveal answer → Astute66 DownReveal answer → Consume fuel without pressure37 DownReveal answer → One day in tabloid elevated male page 3 behaviour?68 DownReveal answer → Multiple810 DownReveal answer → Foul612 DownReveal answer → Dirigible excellent? A tear? Keeping quiet712 DownReveal answer → Slim714 DownReveal answer → Surplus quantity? Broadcasting including extremely reduced sport714 DownReveal answer → Criminal organisation represented in cartoons about South America1015 DownReveal answer → Untidy516 DownReveal answer → Disorder in internal plumbing? Start to develop repairs to pipes, say917 DownReveal answer → Electronic sound417 DownReveal answer → Rock group in church regarding unknown service818 DownReveal answer → Indolent418 DownReveal answer → Book getting support after admitting a boob?621 DownReveal answer → Sound triumphant over new coin523 DownReveal answer → Mostly difficult for one to enter - locks?425 DownReveal answer → Excluding lawyers?327 DownReveal answer → Set on rising329 DownReveal answer →

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