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The Independent Crossword February 16 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword February 16 2024 answers. The Friday 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#
AppearSEEM4Across1 Divided Croatian city with a role to playSPLITAPART10Across1 The second personYOU3Across3 Stop small object losing its frontSTEM4Across6 DisastrousRUINOUS7Across8 Bass stringed instruments not initially tried in music genreBLUES5Across9 Vast crowdHORDE5Across9 Damage from punch? Count is on, unfortunatelyCONTUSION9Across10 School subject, in shortMATHS5Across10 Non-attendanceABSENCE7Across11 Short musketBLUNDERBUSS11Across12 Border commitment having no placeEDGE4Across12 Praising a quarter of European supply systems? Not entirelyEULOGISTIC10Across13 Covering quiet few drinks (number not given)SHROUD6Across15 Benefactor adopting student struggleFLOUNDER8Across16 LovingADORING7Across17 Dead brewery revitalised with fruitDEWBERRY8Across18 Main arteryAORTA5Across19 United backed excellent source of funding to achieve ideal stateUTOPIA6Across20 PreciseEXACT5Across21 ImpartialNEUTRAL7Across22 UnhappySAD3Across23 PleasedGLAD4Across24 Large tunnel blasted with ammoMONUMENTAL10Across24 Significant moment displayed in vintage TimesCRUX4Across25 Everybody left in pursuit of half a pair of footwear, having lost secondONEANDALL9Across27 Dread keeping a king tossing and turning?AWAKE5Across28 Despairing son overwhelmed by fateLOST4Across29 Admen cynic represented as beggingMENDICANCY10Across30

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Be economicalSCRIMP6Down1 Regular payment allows further rental arrangementsSUBLETS7Down1 You finally invested in more extended seat by the pool?LOUNGER7Down2 LiveEXIST5Down2 Trial defendant finally fixed upTEST4Down3 UnderpantsYFRONTS7Down3 Hear sound of truck?PICKUP6Down4 JaggedUNEVEN6Down4 Many interacting with Lord on no regular basisRANDOMLY8Down5 RelativeCOUSIN6Down5 Property negotiatorESTATEAGENT11Down6 Perverse edition of Dickens classic?TWISTED7Down7 In this wayTHUS4Down7 I’m going uphill, mostly in contest with climbing little vehicleMINICAR7Down8 Comment from frustrated employee in university, through being all over the placeUBIQUITY8Down11 PantherLEOPARD7Down13 Film franchise star is welcoming for each old womanSUPERMAN8Down14 DilapidatedBEATUP6Down14 Identity documentsPAPERS6Down15 Handled roughlyMAULED6Down16 French individual about to graffiti foremost part of buildingFRONTAGE8Down17 Both sexes love to get stuck into rising amount of work? That’s stupidDAMFOOL7Down18 JotIOTA4Down18 Secure conditions, saving money in times of cold weatherWINTERS7Down19 RusticRURAL5Down20 Relate point about revised ratePERTAIN7Down21 Worrying area I observed in review of next yearANXIETY7Down22 Song with something wrong about a couple of linesBALLAD6Down23 A quantity of brutal chilli powderTALC4Down26

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, February 16, 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.