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The Independent Crossword December 24 2024 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 53 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 53 clues from the The Independent Crossword for December 24 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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Be in want of41 AcrossReveal answer → Pile43 AcrossReveal answer → Essential57 AcrossReveal answer → Worn-out horse in some gym for Mary after Eve?88 AcrossReveal answer → Taking time off work78 AcrossReveal answer → See 11229 AcrossReveal answer → Month810 AcrossReveal answer → War poet at work we must interrupt410 AcrossReveal answer → Assistance411 AcrossReveal answer → Getting creative with 'lemon entry' — and a wee dram! — stay for words ascribed to 22A?2211 AcrossReveal answer → Duncan or 'The Royal Novel Writer'1612 AcrossReveal answer → Weird713 AcrossReveal answer → Male model, topless, backing undue favouritism814 AcrossReveal answer → Lord who ran to embrace murderer — and 22A's addiction?715 AcrossReveal answer → Make matters worse? One left out most important thing!717 AcrossReveal answer → Sullen418 AcrossReveal answer → Burning torch819 AcrossReveal answer → One counting down minutes until soldiers go in?820 AcrossReveal answer → Follower721 AcrossReveal answer → See 261422 AcrossReveal answer → Undergrowth522 AcrossReveal answer → Christmas period423 AcrossReveal answer → See 121623 AcrossReveal answer → Style worn by new Danish king424 AcrossReveal answer → Sort424 AcrossReveal answer → Scholarly American leaves for BBC workplace?625 AcrossReveal answer → Solver's female, right to secure houses around lake1426 AcrossReveal answer →

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Have as name a name, recalling 'Old Tartan Trousers'?81 DownReveal answer → US state61 DownReveal answer → Is it MacCool in loud hostelry?42 DownReveal answer → Tempt62 DownReveal answer → Sacred43 DownReveal answer → Knowledge drawing in female brought to a hellish place74 DownReveal answer → Rouse64 DownReveal answer → Climber in the main having to carry little teepee?85 DownReveal answer → Card game75 DownReveal answer → Big case: let it stand outside by raised earth106 DownReveal answer → Athlete116 DownReveal answer → Victorian craftsman married The Florentine67 DownReveal answer → Catch sight of49 DownReveal answer → Pledge712 DownReveal answer → Courage wins in vitally important area1013 DownReveal answer → Notion414 DownReveal answer → Number puzzle615 DownReveal answer → Substantial616 DownReveal answer → Possibly pardon me, and say you know 2, 7, 9, 10, 12, 21, 22A, 23, 24A, or 24D?816 DownReveal answer → Lowly617 DownReveal answer → What does?818 DownReveal answer → Most white, former monarch looks tense719 DownReveal answer → Cattle shed420 DownReveal answer → Bondone! Try going round ten times!621 DownReveal answer → What about two editors having listened?622 DownReveal answer → Welsh muso John about to get on the beer424 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, December 24, 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.