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The Independent Crossword December 23 2024 Answers

Monday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword December 23 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#
Son meets resistance during embracing showing lack of care perhapsSHRUGGING9Across1 TavernINN3Across1 Group of secret agentsSPYRING7Across3 Shred half of the lettersATOM4Across6 OffhandFLIPPANT8Across7 Bar cricketers who get out easily?SNICKERS8Across8 RemainSTAY4Across8 EntrailsINNARDS7Across9 Steady girlfriend who may be a LondonerSEDATE6Across9 Upset stomach - onset of headache's gone - that's luckyMASCOT6Across10 StartBEGIN5Across11 Poor terminology, lacking beginning, middle and end, is not so brightGLOOMIER8Across11 Bombs go down breaking ship apartSPEEDS6Across12 Dried grapeCURRANT7Across13 Element of doubt expressed in a fool having first made a comebackTITANIUM8Across15 It’s located through the rear right exits from flatPROSTATE8Across16 DefameLIBEL5Across16 PerpetualETERNAL7Across17 Weakening digital connection cuts off WestEBBING6Across19 CraftyWILY4Across19 Climbing plantCLEMATIS8Across20 Reaction in disorder is suffering from loss of appetiteANORETIC8Across21 Book about Tesla is gossipTITTLE6Across22 IneffectualUSELESS7Across22 BashfulCOY3Across23 City artist inspired by TurnerTIRANA6Across24 He’s still alive, extraordinarily over virus without using drugSURVIVOR8Across25 Product from, for example, both sides of gonadsEGGS4Across26 Separates as a result of princess's wild spreesDISPERSES9Across27

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Ticking overIDLING6Down1 Dancer pulls him for one frenetic night when the magic happensSANTA5Down1 Short sleepNAP3Down2 Green’s advice on how to get from Kyoto to Tokyo?RECYCLE7Down2 FlagSTANDARD8Down3 Company is regressively part of fascist’s eugenicsGUEST5Down3 Stimulate auditory perceptionINSIGHT7Down4 Abominable snowmanYETI4Down4 What might raise temperature at garden party? Chatter and spirit!GASBOTTLE9Down5 Police rankINSPECTOR9Down5 Guts churning - bad signABDOMEN7Down6 Free of chargeGRATIS6Down6 Remix of our tenth number is no longer freshONTHETURN9Down7 Typical exampleARCHETYPE9Down10 IndelicateTACTLESS8Down12 Raising the issue about being choked by breathlessnessPARENTING9Down13 SettingMILIEU6Down14 Following sting, eccentric means to paySMARTCARD9Down14 HoleCAVITY6Down15 Start to roast stuffing, cuts of meat and shoots without dressingSTREAKS7Down17 Skin disorderACNE4Down18 Apologies if endless indulgence consumes usEXCUSES7Down18 Buns (sandwiches, that is)BUTTIES7Down20 Section of a circleARC3Down21 Cardinal pride in national emblemTHREELIONS10Down22

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