The Independent Crossword December 28 2024 Answers

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Below are all 112 clues from the The Independent Crossword for December 28 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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Aphrodisiac making old artist unsteady71 AcrossReveal answer → Pack (of cards)41 AcrossReveal answer → Speeches83 AcrossReveal answer → Jump leads to start all Leyland cars – that follows75 AcrossReveal answer → Fair provision of internet service provider and phone company used by aristocrat?119 AcrossReveal answer → V-shaped stripe79 AcrossReveal answer → Spoil drive back310 AcrossReveal answer → Lariat510 AcrossReveal answer → Comedy partner of Stan Laurel1111 AcrossReveal answer → Manufactured in large numbers1211 AcrossReveal answer → Leaned on print media journalist after you are caught911 AcrossReveal answer → Secret store512 AcrossReveal answer → The ___, nickname of Tottenham Hotspur FC1013 AcrossReveal answer → Glib patter514 AcrossReveal answer → Loathed pitching the ad514 AcrossReveal answer → Rock band founded by Peter Green in 19671214 AcrossReveal answer → Meeting place with solemnity providing focus for mass1515 AcrossReveal answer → Former world heavyweight boxing champion whose nickname was 'The Fighting Marine'1015 AcrossReveal answer → Tropical evergreen tree, ‘Indian date’ in Arabic, bearing yellow flowers and brown seedpods816 AcrossReveal answer → Non-alcoholic drink1217 AcrossReveal answer → Single by The Beautiful South that reached number two in the UK in 19891417 AcrossReveal answer → Stable reliable sort in AA – perhaps owing to resolution1518 AcrossReveal answer → Small market town in the Craven district of North Yorkshire619 AcrossReveal answer → Caribbean dance520 AcrossReveal answer → Jazz pianist nicknamed "Fatha"920 AcrossReveal answer → Sidestep in rally round about 15 love520 AcrossReveal answer → Pine leaves721 AcrossReveal answer → Glue822 AcrossReveal answer → In the US and Canada, a wild or partially tamed pony or mustang of the western plains622 AcrossReveal answer → How's your father, mother, uncle and aunt?922 AcrossReveal answer → Nimble423 AcrossReveal answer → Number-one hit single for Lord Rockingham's XI in 1958824 AcrossReveal answer → Source of green energy set to be unlimited – wow!324 AcrossReveal answer → Source of green energy wired in but not initially working1125 AcrossReveal answer → 2000 film starring Brenda Blethyn and Craig Ferguson1126 AcrossReveal answer → Indecisive writing journal – change article to be definite728 AcrossReveal answer → American Marvel Comics writer who died in 2018728 AcrossReveal answer → Bill Nighy's opening door729 AcrossReveal answer → The capital of Jordan530 AcrossReveal answer → Hat with a broad brim and high crown, worn mainly by cowboys, named after its American designer731 AcrossReveal answer → The first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree1135 AcrossReveal answer → The fourth son of King David according to the book of Samuel837 AcrossReveal answer → Pavel ___, midfielder who won 91 caps for the Czech Republic639 AcrossReveal answer → Slang name for the drug PCP940 AcrossReveal answer → An aromatic compound derived from phenol found in coal tar and creosote643 AcrossReveal answer → Horse that won the 1987 Derby1444 AcrossReveal answer → A large vein that conveys oxygen-depleted blood to the heart848 AcrossReveal answer → Horse that won the 2003 Grand National1049 AcrossReveal answer → Archbishop of Canterbury from 1980 to 19911251 AcrossReveal answer → Pen name of Charlotte Brontë1052 AcrossReveal answer → English actress who won Oscars for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and California Suite1153 AcrossReveal answer →

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Very busy wanting hospital to hold operation in abnormal place71 DownReveal answer → English rock band who had top ten hits with Achilles Heel and Dancing in the Moonlight91 DownReveal answer → Abscond61 DownReveal answer → Prisoner ultimately given sentence – possibly raised in case of firearm52 DownReveal answer → Winner of the 1958 Formula One World Championship122 DownReveal answer → Board game52 DownReveal answer → At the end Alistair Darling introduces finance officer93 DownReveal answer → Defender who joined Arsenal from Brighton & Hove Albion in 202183 DownReveal answer → Haphazard64 DownReveal answer → Tea dance, 50% off34 DownReveal answer → In the Scottish Episcopal Church, the presiding bishop in the Synod64 DownReveal answer → Member of a genus of bulbous flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae85 DownReveal answer → Toiletry125 DownReveal answer → Detectives turned up for drink35 DownReveal answer → Name for the conspicuously marked tail of a deer46 DownReveal answer → Disgusting76 DownReveal answer → Shelter beside church drain56 DownReveal answer → Precipitation47 DownReveal answer → Welsh town that is the home of the Royal Mint117 DownReveal answer → Actor on series gets hamper97 DownReveal answer → Cast Lloyd Bridges right after western knowing ...78 DownReveal answer → Debit card introduced in the UK in 1988 that merged with Maestro in 200268 DownReveal answer → Absurd128 DownReveal answer → The 1994 Grand National winner, ridden by Richard Dunwoody109 DownReveal answer → The Greek goddess of the moon, whose Roman counterpart is Luna610 DownReveal answer → 1994 documentary film following would-be professional basketball players William Gates and Arthur Agee1012 DownReveal answer → ... direction spoken by pro will get support712 DownReveal answer → Great success713 DownReveal answer → Despicable sort's boring phone having numbered display713 DownReveal answer → Route-finding system615 DownReveal answer → Cold and unfriendly616 DownReveal answer → National park in N-Nottingham?916 DownReveal answer → Extremely deficient paper breaks up leaving holes917 DownReveal answer → Organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals318 DownReveal answer → Wanted to play with guitar at the top – plucked string?718 DownReveal answer → Spring flower518 DownReveal answer → Somebody once discovered Chase buzzer's broken at the base719 DownReveal answer → Forearm bone419 DownReveal answer → Derek ___, former England cricketer nicknamed "Arkle"721 DownReveal answer → Divine party with someone on vacation521 DownReveal answer → Manufacturer of high-performance cars founded in Molsheim, Alsace, in 1909722 DownReveal answer → A statement of a person's beliefs or aims523 DownReveal answer → Cow maybe dropping head like a sheep523 DownReveal answer → British rock band founded in 1975 by Robert John Godfrey, Stephen Stewart and Francis Lickerish725 DownReveal answer → Civilisation and historical region in southern Mesopotamia during the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age526 DownReveal answer → Vote of American in New York326 DownReveal answer → Island nation in the South Pacific whose capital is Port Vila727 DownReveal answer → Best pan on the counter327 DownReveal answer → Large freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada range of the United States529 DownReveal answer → Genus of perennial American plants in the family Commelinaceae also known as spiderwort1232 DownReveal answer → Farm worker, labour leader and civil rights activist whose birthday, March 31, is a federal holiday observed by several US states1133 DownReveal answer → Claudio ___, Italian composer who wrote one of the earliest operas, L'Orfeo1034 DownReveal answer → 1960 Michelangelo Antonioni film starring Monica Vitti and Gabriele Ferzetti1036 DownReveal answer → Best Actor Oscar-winner for Coming Home938 DownReveal answer → American clothing and accessories retailer founded in 1969 by Donald and Doris Fisher341 DownReveal answer → French international striker who played for Queens Park Rangers, Newcastle United, Chelsea and Crystal Palace in the Premier League842 DownReveal answer → The bicameral federal legislature of the US843 DownReveal answer → The second book of the Old Testament645 DownReveal answer → West Germanic spring goddess who is the namesake of the festival of Easter in some languages646 DownReveal answer → Caribbean island whose bays include Bloody Bay and Englishman's Bay647 DownReveal answer → BBC sitcom written by Carla Lane that starred Felicity Kendal as Gemma Palmer450 DownReveal answer →

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