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The Independent Crossword December 22 2024 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 54 clues from the The Independent Crossword for December 22 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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Knot in net unravelled by fish81 AcrossReveal answer → See note101 AcrossReveal answer → Prudish editor ready for 12 to work on?65 AcrossReveal answer → Able to be read78 AcrossReveal answer → ?49 AcrossReveal answer → Deal a heavy blow to Conservative boor510 AcrossReveal answer → Savage610 AcrossReveal answer → Spooner's bench closes rat runs911 AcrossReveal answer → Numeral511 AcrossReveal answer → Supplier of commemorative mugs?1512 AcrossReveal answer → Yearly records613 AcrossReveal answer → Fresh, popular part of the English Channel814 AcrossReveal answer → ?614 AcrossReveal answer → Meaning there's no difference between gin and tonic?416 AcrossReveal answer → Extemporise516 AcrossReveal answer → Pandemonium618 AcrossReveal answer → Before church, after running419 AcrossReveal answer → Sea perch419 AcrossReveal answer → Wife aboard scooter turning forty820 AcrossReveal answer → Ancient war galley721 AcrossReveal answer → Sodium bicarbonate1022 AcrossReveal answer → Paired blocks I see, record price for a British sculptor1523 AcrossReveal answer → Coach went right to the house925 AcrossReveal answer → Jamaican choked eating Mexican chilli526 AcrossReveal answer → Be a dick, hustle vagrant628 AcrossReveal answer → Stop the heaviest rugby players? I can829 AcrossReveal answer →

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Henry leaves rotten peaches in bunk61 DownReveal answer → "What's one plus one?" read out in addition32 DownReveal answer → Wing flap72 DownReveal answer → Authenticate, as opposed to issue83 DownReveal answer → Dusk93 DownReveal answer → Drink locked up by Cinderella's sisters54 DownReveal answer → Small snacks74 DownReveal answer → System of beliefs55 DownReveal answer → Keep shower curtains outside for event66 DownReveal answer → Conifer36 DownReveal answer → Undiluted47 DownReveal answer → En route heading for Nepal, am I excited?117 DownReveal answer → Separate daughters can be found on island88 DownReveal answer → Jump on insects, getting tons inside shorts89 DownReveal answer → Female teacher in a private household912 DownReveal answer → Trainer with acne rocks back with a new body1113 DownReveal answer → ?714 DownReveal answer → Over715 DownReveal answer → Start of flood eventually surrounding old hollow willow815 DownReveal answer → Slightly open416 DownReveal answer → The price of litigation about bum crackers goes up817 DownReveal answer → Dyeing process517 DownReveal answer → Two murders, the highest price paid818 DownReveal answer → ?320 DownReveal answer → Gift of story books621 DownReveal answer → Cast wanting seat for Lear in the audience?622 DownReveal answer → More sculpture, perhaps by European from the south524 DownReveal answer → Nick's pretty short of energy327 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Sunday, December 22, 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.