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The Independent Crossword February 9 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword February 9 2024 answers. The Friday 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#
Bishop to survive explosionBLAST5Across1 Used bad languageSWORE5Across1 You (Archaic)THEE4Across4 Description of special treatment favoured by Yorkshire resortREDCARPET9Across4 Group of stars round California primarily having renown in HollywoodGLOBULARCLUSTER15Across9 DisconcertUNNERVE7Across9 Fertile area in a desertOASIS5Across10 Tutor skipping one month to see part of churchTRANSEPT8Across10 UprightERECT5Across11 Station with rodent penetrating layersSTRATA6Across11 Camp toiletLATRINE7Across12 CulpableBLAMEWORTHY11Across13 Frenchmen, I allow, will pursue one person new to the country?IMMIGRANT9Across13 Recalled row about detective’s callRADIO5Across16 AssociateCOMRADE7Across17 Stimulate American to import eggs? On the contraryROUSE5Across17 Power seen in sun over a cataclysmic stellar explosionSUPERNOVA9Across18 TreeMAPLE5Across19 Work involving payments recalled as shamPSEUDO6Across20 TransactionsDEALS5Across21 A doctor is among company backing support for Asian countryCAMBODIA8Across21 Perfect exampleEPITOME7Across22 At any timeEVER4Across23 Grimly seriousSTERN5Across24 Encourage toil and all but destroy relaxation? Many reports shedding light hereFIREWORKDISPLAY15Across25 Country in South America having little hesitation getting control of systemSUPERUSER9Across26 What angler will do, catching nothing in seaside areaCOAST5Across27

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Crockery itemSAUCER6Down1 Italian engineer having problem with mindset? Not halfBUGATTI7Down1 Unit of weightOUNCE5Down2 A love for Ancient Rome reflected peculiar charmAROMA5Down2 Printing errorERRATUM7Down3 Support hospital governance arrangements later time will abandonTRUSS5Down3 Gain power and more money in reviewREAPPRAISE10Down4 Avoid ‘upper-class’ in description of current KingDUCK4Down5 CannabisHASHISH7Down5 My breeding activity’s frowned upon, possibly producing ultra-deer?ADULTERER9Down6 Come nextENSUE5Down6 Audit top person’s initially scupperedPUTPAIDTO9Down7 Tropical diseaseYELLOWFEVER11Down7 Nasty sort collaring navy over threat to shipping?TORNADO7Down8 Boxing contestBOUT4Down8 Less happy about cat, say, climbing large item in tool shed?STEPLADDER10Down12 Way of working to exploit actor’s role turning up in play-within-a-playMOUSETRAP9Down14 Soft drinkLIMEADE7Down14 ResidueREMAINS7Down15 Welsh hero’s fierce expression about deathGLENDOWER9Down15 HumbleDEMEAN6Down16 Things improvised to restrict Post Office swindlesRIPOFFS7Down17 Core of servicemenCADRE5Down17 Church recessAPSE4Down18 One engaged in breaking down or treating breakdownsANALYST7Down19 InvestigatePROBE5Down20 Standard article, and second, written in penBASIC5Down22 Tense, absorbed in endless waiting for fourth in line?DELTA5Down23 God is loving, ignoring CatholicARES4Down24

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, February 9, 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.