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The Independent Crossword December 29 2024 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 53 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword December 29 2024 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 53 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#
?HOSTILITIES11Across1 Policeman having a threesome beginning to titillate fellow citizenCOPATRIOT9Across1 Perhaps something in miniscule fragment of pretty potteryTYPO4Across6 Austria hit by disorder returning in killers' domainABATTOIR8Across8 ElasticSTRETCHY8Across8 Journalist's stream over, over, over at lastEDITOR6Across9 PareTRIM4Across9 Conductor's stickBATON5Across10 Get back American trapped in African country undergoing revolutionREGAIN6Across10 Concentrates, being caught going in 3 directions, some more than onceESSENCES8Across11 Soup dishTUREEN6Across11 Confused tot supervisedADDLED6Across12 ?ARMEDCONFLICT13Across12 Overwhelm single lady with vow of chastity at romantic encounterINUNDATE8Across15 Calm-naturedPLACID6Across15 Chinese right-wing politician initially regrets the result of over-indulgingHANGOVER8Across16 BeneathUNDER5Across17 Horse's gaitTROT4Across19 Favourite pupil welcoming and unusually academicPEDANT6Across19 See noteWARCRIME8Across20 Constituent of popular Tory leader with substantial backingINTEGRAL8Across21 Rich, like lamb sauce?MINTED6Across22 Miscellaneous itemsODDSANDENDS11Across22 He's too drunk to be calmSOOTHE6Across24 Eccles printed out gameINTREPID8Across25 Broadcaster with radical cultureSKYR4Across26 Solitude: year wasted in a boring mannerTEDIOUSLY9Across27

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Message bishop wearing lace pantsCABLE5Down1 Spooner's sexy apostle is in difficultyPITFALL7Down2 ElectOPT3Down2 God, Norse, shows spineTHORN5Down3 ?THEFT5Down3 Begin perhaps boosting current king? Yes, in MadridISRAELI7Down4 TerseLACONIC7Down4 Setter confused over Unionist politician's memorial for the fallen?TREESTUMP9Down5 Secret rendezvousTRYST5Down5 Combined, like some soup containing whiskey?TWINNED7Down6 CaptivateENTHRAL7Down6 Pregnancy hormone for good developing isn't blocked by drugPROGESTIN9Down7 Gun attachmentSILENCER8Down7 ?BURGLARY8Down10 Haggard book, perhaps, is something from the sewer?DRAWNWORK9Down13 ArousedEXCITED7Down13 Elementary particleNEUTRON7Down14 Maybe loon meets chap following a different pathDIVERGENT9Down14 Rolling uplandDOWNS5Down16 More magnificent kitchen implement picked upGREATER7Down17 Got better recipe combinedRALLIED7Down18 Mourning songDIRGE5Down18 Beasts of burden put on islandsDONKEYS7Down20 InsaneMAD3Down21 Slogan of TV comedy originally ignored, then taken upMOTTO5Down22 Delighted if your hosts strengthen spirituallyEDIFY5Down23

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Sunday, December 29, 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.