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The Independent Crossword December 26 2024 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 52 clues from the The Independent Crossword for December 26 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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Nancy's very amorous advance gives offence81 AcrossReveal answer → Abandons71 AcrossReveal answer → Godsend45 AcrossReveal answer → Two scams a realtor's offering?56 AcrossReveal answer → Military tribunal127 AcrossReveal answer → Consume38 AcrossReveal answer → Billions, when you shouldn't have enough!59 AcrossReveal answer → Perverse89 AcrossReveal answer → Order of Service is one for mass910 AcrossReveal answer → European adjusted Kane's wage for very hard work1311 AcrossReveal answer → Tranquil612 AcrossReveal answer → Drink on account, opening two litres of milk713 AcrossReveal answer → Hard rock613 AcrossReveal answer → Libertine taking no unearned share of proceeds715 AcrossReveal answer → Shredded cabbage dish815 AcrossReveal answer → Group of five in Narnia? That's wrong716 AcrossReveal answer → Hair product318 AcrossReveal answer → Language models love (needless) brackets718 AcrossReveal answer → Emotionally rewarding1219 AcrossReveal answer → Your decision left leading rowers completely immersed1319 AcrossReveal answer → Smear421 AcrossReveal answer → Esteem722 AcrossReveal answer → Kent town goes crazy after good goal922 AcrossReveal answer → Start course to make your position more secure523 AcrossReveal answer → Up before court524 AcrossReveal answer → Copper turned green as mint, in the end825 AcrossReveal answer →

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Reduction81 DownReveal answer → Camera part72 DownReveal answer → Gradient Newton proved52 DownReveal answer → US public servants observed alien eating some people153 DownReveal answer → Taciturnity93 DownReveal answer → Spread out, running laps around green74 DownReveal answer → Killed54 DownReveal answer → Godparent quietly breaks child's soldiers75 DownReveal answer → Flying mammal35 DownReveal answer → Rogue wed Angolan clerk for sex156 DownReveal answer → Broadcasting56 DownReveal answer → Boss less sensitive dealing with termination of workforce97 DownReveal answer → Duck, swan, not decided yet?48 DownReveal answer → Bishop wittering on, forgetting Welsh is incomprehensible89 DownReveal answer → Source of traffic disruption910 DownReveal answer → Stop signal811 DownReveal answer → Moisturiser Nosferatu applied, with nothing to lose?812 DownReveal answer → Charm714 DownReveal answer → Crease my carpet had914 DownReveal answer → Musical drama516 DownReveal answer → Not as high517 DownReveal answer → Simple vessel trawler nets capsized717 DownReveal answer → Criminal who's too quick touching bottoms up718 DownReveal answer → Newspaper Stanley's partner hasn't opened520 DownReveal answer → Steal from320 DownReveal answer → Terrible being so upset421 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, December 26, 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.