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The Independent Crossword December 27 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 57 clues from the The Independent Crossword for December 27 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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Stop51 AcrossReveal answer → Metal spike for fastening44 AcrossReveal answer → Shiver78 AcrossReveal answer → Cuban dance59 AcrossReveal answer → Places to go and feel bad about America allowing free movement of paperwork?99 AcrossReveal answer → Surpass510 AcrossReveal answer → Put down lines quite rejecting it at first510 AcrossReveal answer → French coast is setting for new story from France511 AcrossReveal answer → Breastbone711 AcrossReveal answer → Debased1112 AcrossReveal answer → Islander’s home, protected by some munition912 AcrossReveal answer → Had effect around hard marine rock again and again?913 AcrossReveal answer → Bad lie mostly broadcast without forethought514 AcrossReveal answer → Dubious716 AcrossReveal answer → Witch’s trick eliminating Knight316 AcrossReveal answer → Employee prepared to accommodate right vehicle718 AcrossReveal answer → Zodiac sign518 AcrossReveal answer → Cognisant520 AcrossReveal answer → Agreed terms in very strange business320 AcrossReveal answer → Tramp721 AcrossReveal answer → Choice of clothes, perhaps Northern in fashion521 AcrossReveal answer → Quarry422 AcrossReveal answer → Prison Board offering something for those flying the coop?922 AcrossReveal answer → Palm tree fruit523 AcrossReveal answer → Small point linked to best performer’s nominated victim925 AcrossReveal answer → Settle some time to be invaded by soldiers526 AcrossReveal answer → Turned up over small part in film?527 AcrossReveal answer → One offering choice words misrepresented large nose928 AcrossReveal answer →

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Natural fibre61 DownReveal answer → Bird leaflet containing concealed problem101 DownReveal answer → Skilled52 DownReveal answer → Control part of soccer pitch62 DownReveal answer → Involve73 DownReveal answer → Photographer’s problem regarding colour requiring electronic input63 DownReveal answer → Courage54 DownReveal answer → Margaret carrying one black French item for the boudoir84 DownReveal answer → Upset originating from daughter going round marsh65 DownReveal answer → Massive75 DownReveal answer → Swimmer with gold, clothed by a fashion designer86 DownReveal answer → Viewpoint116 DownReveal answer → I join in pursuit of information with good humour87 DownReveal answer → Tranquil47 DownReveal answer → Stick getting a bit of tension out of muscle48 DownReveal answer → Lose hope713 DownReveal answer → Claimed714 DownReveal answer → Spiny plant615 DownReveal answer → Hunting dog mostly misjudged in island capital1015 DownReveal answer → Hitch416 DownReveal answer → Foe517 DownReveal answer → Crooked German, covering Germany, meeting English policeman from elsewhere817 DownReveal answer → Australian abandoning cause to reveal framework818 DownReveal answer → Bubbling’s dodgy in aortae819 DownReveal answer → Brag519 DownReveal answer → Pass time in bookshop, adding energy to book arguments622 DownReveal answer → Label put around each botanist’s initial collection of leaves623 DownReveal answer → Tavern with relative amount of beer624 DownReveal answer → Hard to avoid surprise blow425 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, December 27, 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.