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The Independent Crossword February 14 2024 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword February 14 2024 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 54 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#
Violins playing, but no love at first sightVISION6Across1 BrookRILL4Across1 Guitar (Slang)AXE3Across3 Rods securing frame in dormitoryBARRACKS8Across4 SmallLITTLE6Across7 SeemAPPEAR6Across8 Slapstick comedy propCUSTARDPIE10Across9 Sycophant, wanting a larger love, devastatedGROVELLER9Across10 Get excited and fall in love? The reverse, on both countsDROOP5Across11 Funny Valentine, our poor half-hearted ... who?RELATIVEPRONOUN15Across12 DefameMALIGN6Across12 Appeared and endlessly vented, having spent too long on the sunbedENTERED7Across13 AgreeCONCUR6Across13 Insolent boldnessEFFRONTERY10Across14 Covertly insult another polygamistSULTAN6Across15 RudimentsBASICS6Across17 Feel bitter atRESENT6Across18 Crosses and gently touchesKISSES6Across18 SkillART3Across20 Melania perhaps serene before getting knocked out by loveSLOVENE7Across20 InfluenceSWAY4Across21 What I resolutely composed is a love songTILLTHEREWASYOU15Across22 Regularly overlooked groomsmen, so making spectacular bloomersROSES5Across25 He's forced to deliver but surprisingly he regainsGARNISHEE9Across26 See about green colour at last for deckDECORATE8Across27 Sweetheart rejected? Time for rebellionREVOLT6Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Waterproof garmentRAINCOAT8Down1 Viagra's reformulated around another drug to produce ups and downsVAGARIES8Down1 Auction itemLOT3Down2 Seat in small plane?STOOL5Down2 Electrical deviceAPPLIANCE9Down3 Propositions: obvious temptations? Not initiallyOVERTURES9Down3 And others (Latin)ETAL4Down4 Detailed suggestion promoting a materialAPROPOS7Down5 StayREMAIN6Down5 The middle of throng split by lines for show featuring temporary seatingRODEO5Down6 DifficultHARD4Down6 After opening of container, adjust heat and cool to make aphrodisiacCHOCOLATE9Down7 Lying that's done during functionSUPINE6Down8 Less likely to leave incriminating traces in government - and worshipped?GLOVED6Down9 MiserSKINFLINT9Down10 Ability to floatBUOYANCY8Down11 Yellow birdCANARY6Down13 Three ticks for liqueurTRIPLESEC9Down14 ImpetuousRASH4Down15 Spanish sparkling wineCAVA4Down16 Perhaps glimpse a sin arising and step on itLOOKALIVE9Down16 Modest in the extreme, show reluctance to share recipe with othersDEMUREST8Down17 Lacking substance, accepting base trickerySLEIGHT7Down19 Female pigSOW3Down19 Drink, being hesitant to admit mistakeSHERRY6Down20 Adjusted balance after skating originally looked hardSTARED6Down21 Head over heels, tried again to make the grade - it's shocking!TASER5Down23 Oaf, I understand, enthralled by the sound of youYAHOO5Down24

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, February 14, 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.