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The Independent Crossword February 29 2024 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 60 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword February 29 2024 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 60 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#
Editing ad, rethink location of hopeless shot?INTHEDARK9Across1 TaxiCAB3Across1 Impressive displayARRAY5Across3 Area of France that's near Luxembourg and GermanyFIELD5Across6 ActiveONTHEGO7Across8 Out of datePASSE5Across9 50% off sparkling wines - that's a winner!CHAMP5Across9 It's cold west of Montana, wetter east of MontanaMTRAINIER9Across10 Distinctive spiritETHOS5Across10 Fans of one-day cricket format?LOVERS6Across11 Watered downDILUTED7Across11 Kitchen implementWOODENSPOON11Across12 Coaches groups of 25?SCHOOLS7Across12 Selling wingless nuts and bolts, possibly to drill associationRETAILING9Across14 February 29LEAPDAY7Across16 Ancient implement, hoe, revamped with bits of duck tapeDOETH5Across16 I caught detached iceberg turning back diverGREBE5Across18 Bog plantSEDGE5Across18 Seeking enjoyment in grand old city: 'Coot's Touring Society'EPICURISM9Across20 Relax (Informal)CHILL5Across21 Make use ofUTILISE7Across22 Important question and answer session, finally, with corporationQUANTUM7Across22 Seeing thatSINCE5Across23 Last sectionEND3Across24 Small nut, mostly pinkSALMON6Across25 Worried about fabricated denial? The opposite is conveyedALIENATED9Across27 16 down in NiceSEIZE5Across28 You must record this match?LIGHT5Across29 Show contempt for Michelle Mone, maybe calling out 'get lost!'DISAPPEAR9Across30

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
South American in London area leaving 'as a precaution'INCA4Down1 SnagCATCH5Down1 ConsecratedBLESSED7Down2 Melt what?THAWOUT7Down2 DismayAPPAL5Down3 Former partner abandoned pet, evil 'xxxx'!EXPLETIVE9Down3 Intermission in war film stops Erica fidgetingARMISTICE9Down4 Italian rice dishRISOTTO7Down4 King tees off in hallowed Scottish venuesKIRKS5Down5 Returns from investmentsYIELDS6Down5 Belief in those running football damaged top to bottomFAITH5Down6 SnoozeDOZE4Down6 Sanctimonious chap probing both sides of emotive affairEPISODE7Down7 Pale treacleGOLDENSYRUP11Down7 Day perhaps to see to teacher's retirementDORIS5Down8 SpeechORATION7Down13 Water lover going back in: swimming or fishing?FROG4Down13 HobbyPASTIME7Down14 Casual trousersSLACKS6Down15 GI less sad after training manoeuvres on mountainGLISSADES9Down15 Crumpled blouse found during party for couplesDOUBLESUP9Down16 Bulge throbbing softlyHUMP4Down17 Inquire deeplyDELVE5Down17 DesiccatedDRIED5Down19 Thrilling night out: husband wasted after knocking back boozeELATING7Down19 Fencing swordEPEE4Down20 Vow one's kept in university, finding loveIDOLISE7Down21 Get cold feet in gameQUAIL5Down22 Contribution to co-written ethical opinionTENET5Down23 Subdued Greek character heads for the emergency departmentMUTED5Down24 Beloved daughter departs for an unknown periodYEAR4Down26

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, February 29, 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.