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The Independent Crossword February 21 2024 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword February 21 2024 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 56 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#
Unusual literary task reveals painful truthSTARKREALITY12Across1 AttemptTRY3Across1 Quantity of paperREAM4Across3 Bristly growthSTUBBLE7Across8 Canal boatBARGE5Across9 Stone in stream inspires English authorSTEINBECK9Across9 Possibly Catholic, for the time beingNONCE5Across10 Bird of preyEAGLE5Across10 Descriptive nameEPITHET7Across11 Bring on bird with no head and backsideENTAIL6Across11 Certain to stop drink being quantifiedMEASURED8Across12 Medical instrumentSTETHOSCOPE11Across12 Slovak statesman to name his neighbour on the radioDUBCEK6Across13 Once evil is let loose, brutality resultsVIOLENCE8Across15 LikenCOMPARE7Across16 Obnoxious waster fights about storing toolsFRETSAWS8Across18 Leg jointANKLE5Across18 Philosopher's financial backers are becoming charitable at lastENGELS6Across19 DevoutPIOUS5Across20 Small houseCOTTAGE7Across21 Prevent Poles getting arable land in Yorkshire townBARNSLEY8Across21 AgreementPACT4Across22 Young goatKID3Across23 Native Americans' old son gets olderOSAGES6Across23 Elicit fine, punching fruit-picker in 4EVOKE5Across26 Thus, a pontiff meets God in dramaSOAPOPERA9Across27 I persist with plan to rip fabricSLIPPERSATIN12Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Pass over American in barSUSPEND7Down1 CanopyTESTER6Down1 Prevent Bill's daughter leavingAVERT5Down2 OffspringYOUNG5Down2 Families regularly persist in perverted activity?KINKINESS9Down3 Jewish leaderRABBI5Down3 Hazard, perhaps, of drug studyEDEN4Down4 DirigibleAIRSHIP7Down4 Body of water in city that is conversely smack in the middleLAKEERIE8Down5 WretchedABJECT6Down5 Beer cask is found in North African cityTUNIS5Down6 CharityBENEVOLENCE11Down6 Break in digit with end of flexor displacedINFRINGE8Down7 SMS messageTEXT4Down7 Involve oneself in award from dictatorMEDDLE6Down8 Small-scale lotteryTOMBOLA7Down13 Overly radical supporter beginning to blow up cropBEETROOT8Down14 CunningCRAFTY6Down14 RelyDEPEND6Down15 HeadlandCAPE4Down16 Wants to get host jiggling for outsidersLONGSHOTS9Down16 Fruit tree is kids' favourite place to visit on high street (except Henry)SWEETSOP8Down17 Useful qualityASSET5Down17 Bishop in brief broadcast to expose liarFIBBER6Down18 Particular talentKNACK5Down19 Suffer small discolouration covering uniformSUSTAIN7Down20 Veronica's peed off? Great!SWELL5Down22 Well-mannered man entertains women in Welsh countyGWENT5Down24 Cook unfinished kebab that's going offBAKE4Down25

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, February 21, 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.