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The Independent Crossword January 1 2024 Answers

Monday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 56 clues from the The Independent Crossword for January 1 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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Largely dishonest idiot from USA entering further presidential address?131 AcrossReveal answer → Tall grass stalk41 AcrossReveal answer → Floating platform43 AcrossReveal answer → Appreciation society78 AcrossReveal answer → Lizard59 AcrossReveal answer → Backbone510 AcrossReveal answer → Where you might get pearls reset, body having changed910 AcrossReveal answer → I'm not impressed by technology backing everyone to score511 AcrossReveal answer → Entertainer711 AcrossReveal answer → Team in claret, say, was at home712 AcrossReveal answer → January 11112 AcrossReveal answer → Help child king to return ancient city713 AcrossReveal answer → Rescues tortured soul in temptation814 AcrossReveal answer → In proportion716 AcrossReveal answer → Paper from Time magazine?616 AcrossReveal answer → Small ruff518 AcrossReveal answer → Throw away a regrettably void type of code619 AcrossReveal answer → Some notes to hold down in confusion820 AcrossReveal answer → Piquant520 AcrossReveal answer → Bitterness721 AcrossReveal answer → Burden422 AcrossReveal answer → Try each drunken sailor722 AcrossReveal answer → Sediment423 AcrossReveal answer → Cheek turned by stern religious adherent724 AcrossReveal answer → Part of good restaurant recalled527 AcrossReveal answer → Breaking rule with one TV participant?928 AcrossReveal answer → Solver flying our helicopter1329 AcrossReveal answer →

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Rubbish61 DownReveal answer → Boredom52 DownReveal answer → Focus outside broadcast on hearing92 DownReveal answer → Sign agreement to save space significantly53 DownReveal answer → Correct53 DownReveal answer → Element of hillbilly language overheard84 DownReveal answer → Flowering shrub74 DownReveal answer → Puzzle party hosted by retired British/American65 DownReveal answer → Somnolent65 DownReveal answer → Christian lyric-writer led by spirit, mostly96 DownReveal answer → Magician's word116 DownReveal answer → Topless priest ruined weddings, perhaps57 DownReveal answer → Snooze47 DownReveal answer → Backing over University square48 DownReveal answer → Passage of prose in Steinbeck shows genius89 DownReveal answer → Sentiment713 DownReveal answer → Run fast614 DownReveal answer → Singer distressed by old band missing final note814 DownReveal answer → Rubble615 DownReveal answer → Planned redesign of cigarettes abandoned by one European915 DownReveal answer → Nuisance416 DownReveal answer → Chasm517 DownReveal answer → One powerful star mostly supported by a woman's love917 DownReveal answer → Change line of footwear818 DownReveal answer → Shut519 DownReveal answer → Encourage liberal nonsense621 DownReveal answer → Individual after carbon copy523 DownReveal answer → Indian cloth I found under organ525 DownReveal answer → Writing possibly penned by top philosopher426 DownReveal answer →

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