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The Independent Crossword February 23 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 53 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword February 23 2024 answers. The Friday puzzle has 53 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#
FactualTRUE4Across1 Relative’s name inscribed in gold bandAUNTIE6Across1 Cat's soundPURR4Across3 Where files are kept concerning matter linked to railwayREGISTRY8Across5 Curry soupMULLIGATAWNY12Across7 Eye’s taking in historical period of musical theatreOPERATIC8Across9 FriendshipAMITY5Across9 Underwater missileTORPEDO7Across10 I sprint, keeping on? I wishIFONLY6Across10 HosieryTIGHTS6Across11 European woman’s daughter dodging conmanFRAU4Across11 Programme one element of education to lure traineeAPPRENTICE10Across12 Begin a round of golfTEEOFF6Across13 Remains of fire I’m returning in anger, after setback regarding Indic peopleKASHMIRI8Across13 Suffolk village supplying men for DukeORFORD6Across14 ConfidentASSURED7Across15 Monster is seen at seaNESSIE6Across16 Note freedom of movement initially denied the peerageNOBILITY8Across18 ResidueDREGS5Across18 Small changeMODIFICATION12Across19 Eat, having free time and moneyBREAKBREAD10Across20 AdhesiveGLUE4Across20 Pull sharplyJERK4Across21 Broadcast about launch of canal boatSCOW4Across23 Islamic ritual beginning to laud God of Islam, on reflectionHALLAL6Across24 Casual worker using voice? About timeTEMPORAL8Across25 Was number 4 in Portugal and Spain after song was devastatingLAYWASTE8Across26 Relatives I depicted in unpleasant sceneNIECES6Across27

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
RevealingTELLING7Down1 Drug prosecution is the stuff of headlines?UPPERCASE9Down2 Make oneUNIFY5Down2 Difficulty for golfer, say, without hole finally completedTHROUGH7Down3 Grassy plainPRAIRIE7Down3 Wash outRINSE5Down4 Unexpectedly retain use of tidal regionESTUARINE9Down4 UnbiasedIMPARTIAL9Down5 Creepier content given a twist where victims are gathered?RECEPTIONCENTRE15Down5 Dirt the writer has got on Hanoverian kingGRIME5Down6 RolePART4Down6 Henry’s coming in kinda lackingSHORTOF7Down7 Item from past apparel I carefully will concealRELIC5Down8 PuzzlingCONFUSING9Down8 White antTERMITE7Down12 Government official imprisoning millions with germs in Arab stateOMBUDSMAN9Down14 Tapering pillarOBELISK7Down14 Thinking lead role in Asia will be seized by some form of OrientalRATIONALE9Down15 MarSPOIL5Down16 Accept reason for pig being found outside border of sty?SWALLOW7Down17 Fall in dropsDRIP4Down17 Male duckDRAKE5Down18 Flexible story covering rise in growth (not complex)LISSOME7Down19 Rising atmosphere and cheers for feature of rodeoRIATA5Down21 Start to gibber, running from goblins in tree trunksBOLES5Down22

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, February 23, 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.