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The Independent Crossword February 9 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 56 clues from the The Independent Crossword for February 9 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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Bishop to survive explosion51 AcrossReveal answer → Used bad language51 AcrossReveal answer → You (Archaic)44 AcrossReveal answer → Description of special treatment favoured by Yorkshire resort94 AcrossReveal answer → Group of stars round California primarily having renown in Hollywood159 AcrossReveal answer → Disconcert79 AcrossReveal answer → Fertile area in a desert510 AcrossReveal answer → Tutor skipping one month to see part of church810 AcrossReveal answer → Upright511 AcrossReveal answer → Station with rodent penetrating layers611 AcrossReveal answer → Camp toilet712 AcrossReveal answer → Culpable1113 AcrossReveal answer → Frenchmen, I allow, will pursue one person new to the country?913 AcrossReveal answer → Recalled row about detective’s call516 AcrossReveal answer → Associate717 AcrossReveal answer → Stimulate American to import eggs? On the contrary517 AcrossReveal answer → Power seen in sun over a cataclysmic stellar explosion918 AcrossReveal answer → Tree519 AcrossReveal answer → Work involving payments recalled as sham620 AcrossReveal answer → Transactions521 AcrossReveal answer → A doctor is among company backing support for Asian country821 AcrossReveal answer → Perfect example722 AcrossReveal answer → At any time423 AcrossReveal answer → Grimly serious524 AcrossReveal answer → Encourage toil and all but destroy relaxation? Many reports shedding light here1525 AcrossReveal answer → Country in South America having little hesitation getting control of system926 AcrossReveal answer → What angler will do, catching nothing in seaside area527 AcrossReveal answer →

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Crockery item61 DownReveal answer → Italian engineer having problem with mindset? Not half71 DownReveal answer → Unit of weight52 DownReveal answer → A love for Ancient Rome reflected peculiar charm52 DownReveal answer → Printing error73 DownReveal answer → Support hospital governance arrangements later time will abandon53 DownReveal answer → Gain power and more money in review104 DownReveal answer → Avoid ‘upper-class’ in description of current King45 DownReveal answer → Cannabis75 DownReveal answer → My breeding activity’s frowned upon, possibly producing ultra-deer?96 DownReveal answer → Come next56 DownReveal answer → Audit top person’s initially scuppered97 DownReveal answer → Tropical disease117 DownReveal answer → Nasty sort collaring navy over threat to shipping?78 DownReveal answer → Boxing contest48 DownReveal answer → Less happy about cat, say, climbing large item in tool shed?1012 DownReveal answer → Way of working to exploit actor’s role turning up in play-within-a-play914 DownReveal answer → Soft drink714 DownReveal answer → Residue715 DownReveal answer → Welsh hero’s fierce expression about death915 DownReveal answer → Humble616 DownReveal answer → Things improvised to restrict Post Office swindles717 DownReveal answer → Core of servicemen517 DownReveal answer → Church recess418 DownReveal answer → One engaged in breaking down or treating breakdowns719 DownReveal answer → Investigate520 DownReveal answer → Standard article, and second, written in pen522 DownReveal answer → Tense, absorbed in endless waiting for fourth in line?523 DownReveal answer → God is loving, ignoring Catholic424 DownReveal answer →

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