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The Independent Crossword January 1 2024 Answers

Monday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword January 1 2024 answers. The Monday 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#
Largely dishonest idiot from USA entering further presidential address?MOUNTRUSHMORE13Across1 Tall grass stalkREED4Across1 Floating platformRAFT4Across3 Appreciation societyFANCLUB7Across8 LizardGECKO5Across9 BackboneSPINE5Across10 Where you might get pearls reset, body having changedOYSTERBED9Across10 I'm not impressed by technology backing everyone to scoreTUTTI5Across11 EntertainerARTISTE7Across11 Team in claret, say, was at homeRESIDED7Across12 January 1NEWYEARSDAY11Across12 Help child king to return ancient cityKNOSSOS7Across13 Rescues tortured soul in temptationBAILSOUT8Across14 In proportionPRORATA7Across16 Paper from Time magazine?TISSUE6Across16 Small ruffRUCHE5Across18 Throw away a regrettably void type of codeBINARY6Across19 Some notes to hold down in confusionFLATSPIN8Across20 PiquantSPICY5Across20 BitternessRANCOUR7Across21 BurdenONUS4Across22 Try each drunken sailorYACHTER7Across22 SedimentLEES4Across23 Cheek turned by stern religious adherentPILGRIM7Across24 Part of good restaurant recalledAMONG5Across27 Breaking rule with one TV participant?VOLUNTEER9Across28 Solver flying our helicopterHERCULEPOIROT13Across29

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
RubbishREFUSE6Down1 BoredomENNUI5Down2 Focus outside broadcast on hearingOBSESSION9Down2 Sign agreement to save space significantlyNOEND5Down3 CorrectRIGHT5Down3 Element of hillbilly language overheardRUBIDIUM8Down4 Flowering shrubFUCHSIA7Down4 Puzzle party hosted by retired British/AmericanSUDOKU6Down5 SomnolentSLEEPY6Down5 Christian lyric-writer led by spirit, mostlyMETHODIST9Down6 Magician's wordABRACADABRA11Down6 Topless priest ruined weddings, perhapsRITES5Down7 SnoozeDOZE4Down7 Backing over University squareFOUR4Down8 Passage of prose in Steinbeck shows geniusEINSTEIN8Down9 SentimentEMOTION7Down13 Run fastSPRINT6Down14 Singer distressed by old band missing final noteBOBDYLAN8Down14 RubbleDEBRIS6Down15 Planned redesign of cigarettes abandoned by one EuropeanSTRATEGIC9Down15 NuisancePEST4Down16 ChasmABYSS5Down17 One powerful star mostly supported by a woman's loveSUPERHERO9Down17 Change line of footwearFLIPFLOP8Down18 ShutCLOSE5Down19 Encourage liberal nonsenseDRIVEL6Down21 Individual after carbon copyCLONE5Down23 Indian cloth I found under organLUNGI5Down25 Writing possibly penned by top philosopherMARX4Down26

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Monday, January 1, 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.