The Independent Crossword February 20 2024 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 55 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword February 20 2024 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 55 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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ConcealHIDE4Across1 Clip from rubbish trailer?BULLDOG7Across1 ConcurAGREE5Across3 From six rambling claims, overturned basis for socialist ideologyMARXISM7Across5 Pale purpleMAUVE5Across8 Car's frameCHASSIS7Across9 Huge soldiersGIANT5Across9 SportNETBALL7Across10 One initiating attack runs in, dagger unsheathed, two seconds before other ranksAGGRESSOR9Across10 ProclamationEDICT5Across11 Lily Allen discovered US fried bananasFLEURDELIS10Across11 Large shopSUPERMARKET11Across12 Sample of maternal genetic materialRNA3Across12 Be just about OK drug-smuggling on Uzbekistan’s borders - amazing!UNBELIEVABLE12Across14 Golf courseLINKS5Across17 What one hopes to earn from chocolate cake tip?BROWNIEPOINT12Across18 Tropical stormTYPHOON7Across19 Make a catch in cricket practiceNET3Across21 Surgical pincersFORCEPS7Across21 European fashion designer returns to fetch skirts with vintage stitchingBROIDERING10Across22 BullockSTEER5Across22 Dirty markSMEAR5Across23 BarrelCASK4Across24 Cramped housing area with bad illumination at the back end of Lincoln?TAILLIGHT9Across25 Big American tennis star is not ever ranked in leading positionsISNER5Across26 A person I have forgotten sadly is close to deathONEFOOTINTHEGRAVE17Across27 Producer of 2 metre long English pants?ELMTREE7Across28

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Impolitely go away with frequency following promotionBOGOFF6Down1 CompassionateHUMANE6Down1 Earl Grey possibly sets out permissionsLEAVES6Down2 IntimidateDAUNT5Down2 Heartless end for one in pressing for removal of the KingDETHRONING10Down3 SayingADAGE5Down3 See 27 AcrossONEFOOTINTHEGRAVE17Down4 BreatheRESPIRE7Down4 Noble Italian sprayed foam icingMAGNIFICO9Down5 ArtificialERSATZ6Down5 Bank's free cyclingREEF4Down6 DiscussionDEBATE6Down6 Mark is entertained by Pontins crib eveningINSCRIBE8Down7 Adapt to a new settingACCLIMATISE11Down7 Thatcher, for instance, lifted very heavy weightMARGARET8Down8 Is money chasing investor propping up Tesla, perhaps spreading good news?EVANGELISM10Down13 DisconcertUNNERVE7Down13 RestREPOSE6Down14 Steep high rock facesCLIFFS6Down15 Setter picked up vivid plantEYEBRIGHT9Down15 Waterproof jacketANORAK6Down16 Are small book stores in on it from the beginning?ABINITIO8Down16 Reptile found in wrong river in FranceTORTOISE8Down17 CurseSWEAR5Down18 Victor Meldrew finally put in the ground after heart transplantWINNER6Down19 Musical dramaOPERA5Down20 Old marketplaces in lagoon's prime locations are chaoticAGORAE6Down20 Voice note exposed the French revolutionaryALTO4Down24

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, February 20, 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.