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The Independent Crossword December 5 2024 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 58 clues from the The Independent Crossword for December 5 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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Paper tossed around Church Times newspaper, following brief talk81 AcrossReveal answer → Purchase31 AcrossReveal answer → Buzzed73 AcrossReveal answer → Feast that might accompany toast?65 AcrossReveal answer → Speak badly of78 AcrossReveal answer → Archery target ring59 AcrossReveal answer → Tool turned fruit into bread710 AcrossReveal answer → Snow leopard510 AcrossReveal answer → Very crisp, black, straight lines711 AcrossReveal answer → Traditional stories711 AcrossReveal answer → Call up First Lady without consent512 AcrossReveal answer → Device in petrol engines1112 AcrossReveal answer → Discover comedian's middle eight moved significantly813 AcrossReveal answer → T-shirt design represented Eastern deity615 AcrossReveal answer → What seals second team appearance816 AcrossReveal answer → Relieve717 AcrossReveal answer → Part of a step519 AcrossReveal answer → Oxen trod precariously close819 AcrossReveal answer → Fruit521 AcrossReveal answer → Legendary winger is engaging about sport621 AcrossReveal answer → Survive722 AcrossReveal answer → Type of lager723 AcrossReveal answer → Before (Poetic)324 AcrossReveal answer → Australian site may make a typo, e.g. in fliers824 AcrossReveal answer → Conan Doyle character's superlative conclusion leaving Lestrade confused526 AcrossReveal answer → Gunners locate treadmill728 AcrossReveal answer → Slowing down quietly during dance music from the 90s729 AcrossReveal answer → A university grant630 AcrossReveal answer → Art lover hates high summer in Paris831 AcrossReveal answer →

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Player needing racket before match with six-footer101 DownReveal answer → Lowest part61 DownReveal answer → Long52 DownReveal answer → Unpleasant feeling rising, changing side of street72 DownReveal answer → Shrewd operator (Informal)133 DownReveal answer → 'Great score of course - I'd sounded sharp93 DownReveal answer → Mickey Mouse beat Dumbo up64 DownReveal answer → Cake decoration54 DownReveal answer → Accidentally meet75 DownReveal answer → Force constituent to accept an island state56 DownReveal answer → Coercion66 DownReveal answer → Medicine struggles to eliminate one?77 DownReveal answer → Excellent67 DownReveal answer → Kinks's Ray or Dave losing fight for unknown song of theirs?48 DownReveal answer → Want beans cooked this time79 DownReveal answer → Weapons store713 DownReveal answer → Beat soundly614 DownReveal answer → I'm avoiding outside excursion1014 DownReveal answer → Gently heat615 DownReveal answer → Squirm616 DownReveal answer → Ceremony of religious leader touring America after several other countries917 DownReveal answer → Student article that's cutting edge718 DownReveal answer → Oak fruit518 DownReveal answer → Vote in favour of keeping Move It720 DownReveal answer → Push roughly520 DownReveal answer → Degenerate left church area after religious teaching722 DownReveal answer → Rock and roll's first book penned by Jack or Tom?623 DownReveal answer → S African gathering support over Grok, say525 DownReveal answer → Bag of chopped beef427 DownReveal answer →

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