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The Independent Crossword December 8 2024 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 52 clues from the The Independent Crossword for December 8 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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See note111 AcrossReveal answer → Someone very good before Haaland?81 AcrossReveal answer → Deny responsibility for noise masking broadcast66 AcrossReveal answer → ?88 AcrossReveal answer → Danish care about litter109 AcrossReveal answer → Caprine animal49 AcrossReveal answer → Colony of bees410 AcrossReveal answer → Notice American's ancestor in the church410 AcrossReveal answer → Heartfelt711 AcrossReveal answer → Parent given further information after signing off child's illness511 AcrossReveal answer → Heart operation612 AcrossReveal answer → Move along stand, seats at the end812 AcrossReveal answer → Managing loan debt, sell valuable sporting trophy1213 AcrossReveal answer → Informal614 AcrossReveal answer → Hotel room feature716 AcrossReveal answer → Back pass?1217 AcrossReveal answer → ?418 AcrossReveal answer → Church service419 AcrossReveal answer → Nearly bald? Covering it with mud is ineffective cure820 AcrossReveal answer → Goodbye (Japanese)820 AcrossReveal answer → Reason for existence (French)1121 AcrossReveal answer → Transplant set heavy drinker back522 AcrossReveal answer → Lose everything, apparently drunk424 AcrossReveal answer → Maybe copyright pictures, dividing stock in three1025 AcrossReveal answer → Church attendant attacked holding cross626 AcrossReveal answer → Grip both sides of high antique827 AcrossReveal answer →

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Hot emission in her MOT failing82 DownReveal answer → Sum payable at intervals72 DownReveal answer → Concrete last of farm's land53 DownReveal answer → Dodge53 DownReveal answer → Eternal74 DownReveal answer → 24-hour tailor's opening after senior royal drops braces outside94 DownReveal answer → Archery target ring55 DownReveal answer → Relative at Christmas skimmed a bit of gravy, perhaps75 DownReveal answer → ?76 DownReveal answer → 'Sport' finally timetabled with music, drama, etc56 DownReveal answer → Angry tirade47 DownReveal answer → French director's Tesla stops as intended, in fact97 DownReveal answer → Eccentric who keeps everything in sacks68 DownReveal answer → Loss of memory713 DownReveal answer → ?714 DownReveal answer → Resolute nurses Keir ordered to be dismissed914 DownReveal answer → Fan715 DownReveal answer → Please register thanks, having been elected915 DownReveal answer → Blue-green blankets to lift up on the wagon816 DownReveal answer → Stingy416 DownReveal answer → Fundamental principle517 DownReveal answer → Queen's favourite new hair gel718 DownReveal answer → Jousting weapon518 DownReveal answer → Egg on lecturer's visible619 DownReveal answer → Newspaper even on the outside carries nothing much521 DownReveal answer → Line of walkers crossing cold ground that's familiar523 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Sunday, December 8, 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.