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The Independent Crossword February 21 2024 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 56 clues from the The Independent Crossword for February 21 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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Unusual literary task reveals painful truth121 AcrossReveal answer → Attempt31 AcrossReveal answer → Quantity of paper43 AcrossReveal answer → Bristly growth78 AcrossReveal answer → Canal boat59 AcrossReveal answer → Stone in stream inspires English author99 AcrossReveal answer → Possibly Catholic, for the time being510 AcrossReveal answer → Bird of prey510 AcrossReveal answer → Descriptive name711 AcrossReveal answer → Bring on bird with no head and backside611 AcrossReveal answer → Certain to stop drink being quantified812 AcrossReveal answer → Medical instrument1112 AcrossReveal answer → Slovak statesman to name his neighbour on the radio613 AcrossReveal answer → Once evil is let loose, brutality results815 AcrossReveal answer → Liken716 AcrossReveal answer → Obnoxious waster fights about storing tools818 AcrossReveal answer → Leg joint518 AcrossReveal answer → Philosopher's financial backers are becoming charitable at last619 AcrossReveal answer → Devout520 AcrossReveal answer → Small house721 AcrossReveal answer → Prevent Poles getting arable land in Yorkshire town821 AcrossReveal answer → Agreement422 AcrossReveal answer → Young goat323 AcrossReveal answer → Native Americans' old son gets older623 AcrossReveal answer → Elicit fine, punching fruit-picker in 4526 AcrossReveal answer → Thus, a pontiff meets God in drama927 AcrossReveal answer → I persist with plan to rip fabric1228 AcrossReveal answer →

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Pass over American in bar71 DownReveal answer → Canopy61 DownReveal answer → Prevent Bill's daughter leaving52 DownReveal answer → Offspring52 DownReveal answer → Families regularly persist in perverted activity?93 DownReveal answer → Jewish leader53 DownReveal answer → Hazard, perhaps, of drug study44 DownReveal answer → Dirigible74 DownReveal answer → Body of water in city that is conversely smack in the middle85 DownReveal answer → Wretched65 DownReveal answer → Beer cask is found in North African city56 DownReveal answer → Charity116 DownReveal answer → Break in digit with end of flexor displaced87 DownReveal answer → SMS message47 DownReveal answer → Involve oneself in award from dictator68 DownReveal answer → Small-scale lottery713 DownReveal answer → Overly radical supporter beginning to blow up crop814 DownReveal answer → Cunning614 DownReveal answer → Rely615 DownReveal answer → Headland416 DownReveal answer → Wants to get host jiggling for outsiders916 DownReveal answer → Fruit tree is kids' favourite place to visit on high street (except Henry)817 DownReveal answer → Useful quality517 DownReveal answer → Bishop in brief broadcast to expose liar618 DownReveal answer → Particular talent519 DownReveal answer → Suffer small discolouration covering uniform720 DownReveal answer → Veronica's peed off? Great!522 DownReveal answer → Well-mannered man entertains women in Welsh county524 DownReveal answer → Cook unfinished kebab that's going off425 DownReveal answer →

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