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The Independent Crossword December 25 2024 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 59 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword December 25 2024 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 59 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#
Being shelled, company ultimately surrendered, utterly beatenTURTLE6Across1 Gift of the MagiMYRRH5Across1 Perceive with the eyesSEE3Across4 Reckoning opener's out, preparing to batADDINGUP8Across4 MisprintsERRATA6Across7 Floor coveringCARPET6Across8 University's invested in property attracting American capitalLUANDA6Across9 Cock-a-hoopECSTATIC8Across9 Snooze more than refreshed upset LeoOUTSLEEP8Across10 Banded gemstoneONYX4Across10 ApprobationENDORSEMENT11Across11 Greek goddess rejecting wings immediatelyTHEN4Across12 When podcasting, usual browser is appropriateCOMMANDEER10Across13 Passenger pigeon or dodo? Certainly no spring chicken!OLDBIRD7Across15 PlaythingsTOYS4Across15 Prolific poster heartlessly lying about plans againREMAPS6Across16 Brown colourCHESTNUT8Across17 Go without foodSTARVE6Across20 Daughter hiding inside to avoid noticeADVERT6Across20 Large prawnsSCAMPI6Across21 Pastry dishPIE3Across22 Troublemaker out of prison finally for impeccable behaviourSTIRRER7Across22 SlightestLEAST5Across23 Rugby forward caught naked in daily stripRUPERTBEAR10Across24 Cadet wanting adult in plane?TREE4Across27 Dine with head following name orderNEATNESS8Across29 Turn 50 with day at space fairGOLDEN6Across30 Hard base pilot's exploited as landing padHELISTOP8Across31 Note saints when checking church alcoveRECESS6Across32

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Inexplicable eventMIRACLE7Down1 Charity event on the tiles is cancelled unfortunatelyTELETHON8Down1 Paper finished with further editsREAMENDED9Down2 CookROAST5Down2 Bodily organHEART5Down3 Male variant of chromosome or female?LADY4Down3 Miserly personSCROOGE7Down4 One beating master in gruesome murderDRUMMER7Down5 Mournful poemELEGY5Down5 Identifier of books switching focus, collecting European playwrightIBSEN5Down6 Spear of frozen waterICICLE6Down6 They're a-laying Easter eggs, oddly from the bottomGEESE5Down7 Scottish drone operators?PIPERS6Down8 Ruler being lengthened at either endLORD4Down11 MeritDESERVE7Down12 WealthRICHES6Down13 Brass instrumentTRUMPET7Down14 Without 4 iron making longest par on courseFIVE4Down14 Readily availableONTAP5Down16 Dresser from Kentish Town discounted by nearly fifteen poundsMAID4Down17 Upright tripodEASEL5Down18 Game character atop Crib Goch?PARTRIDGE9Down18 Jewelled headdressTIARA5Down19 Cuckoo ensnared as source of patéARDENNES8Down19 Dressing easy as ABC to nursesTABASCO7Down21 Where dam's found scrubbing a pen?SWAN4Down22 Ditch foxtrot for tango from Paris, perhapsFRENCH6Down23 Small gem lettuce's beginning to bear fruitPEARL5Down25 New charging equipment introducing special tollsRINGS5Down26 One might want to settle in AndoverDOVE4Down28

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, December 25, 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.