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The Independent Crossword December 23 2024 Answers

Monday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 54 clues from the The Independent Crossword for December 23 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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Across

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Son meets resistance during embracing showing lack of care perhaps91 AcrossReveal answer → Tavern31 AcrossReveal answer → Group of secret agents73 AcrossReveal answer → Shred half of the letters46 AcrossReveal answer → Offhand87 AcrossReveal answer → Bar cricketers who get out easily?88 AcrossReveal answer → Remain48 AcrossReveal answer → Entrails79 AcrossReveal answer → Steady girlfriend who may be a Londoner69 AcrossReveal answer → Upset stomach - onset of headache's gone - that's lucky610 AcrossReveal answer → Start511 AcrossReveal answer → Poor terminology, lacking beginning, middle and end, is not so bright811 AcrossReveal answer → Bombs go down breaking ship apart612 AcrossReveal answer → Dried grape713 AcrossReveal answer → Element of doubt expressed in a fool having first made a comeback815 AcrossReveal answer → It’s located through the rear right exits from flat816 AcrossReveal answer → Defame516 AcrossReveal answer → Perpetual717 AcrossReveal answer → Weakening digital connection cuts off West619 AcrossReveal answer → Crafty419 AcrossReveal answer → Climbing plant820 AcrossReveal answer → Reaction in disorder is suffering from loss of appetite821 AcrossReveal answer → Book about Tesla is gossip622 AcrossReveal answer → Ineffectual722 AcrossReveal answer → Bashful323 AcrossReveal answer → City artist inspired by Turner624 AcrossReveal answer → He’s still alive, extraordinarily over virus without using drug825 AcrossReveal answer → Product from, for example, both sides of gonads426 AcrossReveal answer → Separates as a result of princess's wild sprees927 AcrossReveal answer →

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Ticking over61 DownReveal answer → Dancer pulls him for one frenetic night when the magic happens51 DownReveal answer → Short sleep32 DownReveal answer → Green’s advice on how to get from Kyoto to Tokyo?72 DownReveal answer → Flag83 DownReveal answer → Company is regressively part of fascist’s eugenics53 DownReveal answer → Stimulate auditory perception74 DownReveal answer → Abominable snowman44 DownReveal answer → What might raise temperature at garden party? Chatter and spirit!95 DownReveal answer → Police rank95 DownReveal answer → Guts churning - bad sign76 DownReveal answer → Free of charge66 DownReveal answer → Remix of our tenth number is no longer fresh97 DownReveal answer → Typical example910 DownReveal answer → Indelicate812 DownReveal answer → Raising the issue about being choked by breathlessness913 DownReveal answer → Setting614 DownReveal answer → Following sting, eccentric means to pay914 DownReveal answer → Hole615 DownReveal answer → Start to roast stuffing, cuts of meat and shoots without dressing717 DownReveal answer → Skin disorder418 DownReveal answer → Apologies if endless indulgence consumes us718 DownReveal answer → Buns (sandwiches, that is)720 DownReveal answer → Section of a circle321 DownReveal answer → Cardinal pride in national emblem1022 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Monday, December 23, 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.