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The Independent Crossword December 5 2024 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword December 5 2024 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 58 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#
Paper tossed around Church Times newspaper, following brief talkCONFETTI8Across1 PurchaseBUY3Across1 BuzzedWHIRRED7Across3 Feast that might accompany toast?SPREAD6Across5 Speak badly ofTRADUCE7Across8 Archery target ringINNER5Across9 Tool turned fruit into breadNAILGUN7Across10 Snow leopardOUNCE5Across10 Very crisp, black, straight linesBONEDRY7Across11 Traditional storiesLEGENDS7Across11 Call up First Lady without consentEVOKE5Across12 Device in petrol enginesCARBURETTOR11Across12 Discover comedian's middle eight moved significantlyOVERCOME8Across13 T-shirt design represented Eastern deityTIEDYE6Across15 What seals second team appearanceSCREWCAP8Across16 RelieveASSUAGE7Across17 Part of a stepRISER5Across19 Oxen trod precariously closeNEXTDOOR8Across19 FruitMANGO5Across21 Legendary winger is engaging about sportICARUS6Across21 SurviveLASTOUT7Across22 Type of lagerPILSNER7Across23 Before (Poetic)ERE3Across24 Australian site may make a typo, e.g. in fliersCANBERRA8Across24 Conan Doyle character's superlative conclusion leaving Lestrade confusedADLER5Across26 Gunners locate treadmillRATRACE7Across28 Slowing down quietly during dance music from the 90sBRITPOP7Across29 A university grantPERMIT6Across30 Art lover hates high summer in ParisAESTHETE8Across31

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Player needing racket before match with six-footerCONTESTANT10Down1 Lowest partBOTTOM6Down1 LongYEARN5Down2 Unpleasant feeling rising, changing side of streetNOISOME7Down2 Shrewd operator (Informal)WHEELERDEALER13Down3 'Great score of course - I'd sounded sharpEAGLEEYED9Down3 Mickey Mouse beat Dumbo upTINPOT6Down4 Cake decorationICING5Down4 Accidentally meetRUNINTO7Down5 Force constituent to accept an island statePANIC5Down6 CoercionDURESS6Down6 Medicine struggles to eliminate one?ENDEMIC7Down7 ExcellentSUPERB6Down7 Kinks's Ray or Dave losing fight for unknown song of theirs?DAYS4Down8 Want beans cooked this timeABSENCE7Down9 Weapons storeARSENAL7Down13 Beat soundlyTHRASH6Down14 I'm avoiding outside excursionAPOSTROPHE10Down14 Gently heatWARMUP6Down15 SquirmWRITHE6Down16 Ceremony of religious leader touring America after several other countriesEUCHARIST9Down17 Student article that's cutting edgeBOARDER7Down18 Oak fruitACORN5Down18 Vote in favour of keeping Move ItXFACTOR7Down20 Push roughlySHOVE5Down20 Degenerate left church area after religious teachingRELAPSE7Down22 Rock and roll's first book penned by Jack or Tom?MARBLE6Down23 S African gathering support over Grok, sayBRAAI5Down25 Bag of chopped beefGRIP4Down27

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, December 5, 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.