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The Independent Crossword January 12 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword January 12 2024 answers. The Friday puzzle has 54 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#
Take legal action againstSUE3Across1 Large black birdsCROWS5Across3 Seaman not entirely kind about troubleSAILOR6Across5 ConfrontTACKLE6Across7 Catching leaders in head office agreeingHOOKING7Across7 A dozenTWELVE6Across8 FrothFOAM4Across9 Old busybody, left-winger, holding text for youTROUT5Across10 Former lover in charge amongst women active in US stateNEWMEXICO9Across11 Art formPAINTING8Across11 Fool with no work accepting reduction in revenue, perhaps at firstNINCOMPOOP10Across12 SuffocateSMOTHER7Across12 Mate carrying one component of wishing well?PAIL4Across14 Cut back, limiting transactions a bit moreEXTRA5Across16 AuthorisedOFFICIAL8Across16 BelovedDEAR4Across18 Team to go downSET3Across18 Breed of sheepMERINO6Across19 Toilet getting dry internally? It’s something of a gambleLOTTO5Across19 ChannelSTRAIT6Across20 Dahl character, not the full pair? The very thingTWIT4Across20 High clouds: I start getting perturbed after a lot at seaALTOSTRATI10Across21 ZestGUSTO5Across22 SpoilMAR3Across23 Coffer artist depicted with golden bandORCHESTRA9Across24 First couple heading off assessing cost of decorationICING5Across26 Spot, or half-spot, porter’s officeSPLODGE7Across27 Skin disease: woman’s source of annoyance, mostlyHERPES6Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Division of the yearSEASON6Down1 Islander’s son with a complaintSAMOAN6Down1 Large deerELK3Down2 Parson last to be moved in change in orderTRANSPOSAL10Down2 InexpensiveCHEAP5Down3 That man interrupts canine with a doggy treat?CHEW4Down3 Hissing excuses upset conservation groupSIBILANT8Down4 Flightless birdOSTRICH7Down4 ProtectedSHELTERED9Down5 Target of coastal erosion? Absolutely true, as heard on the radioLITTORAL8Down6 HappeningEVENT5Down6 Finished half of Beatles LP, getting upOVER4Down8 Attractive opportunity opening finally after merchandise running shortGOODLOOKING11Down9 Notes United fans as biasedTENDENTIOUS11Down10 QualmMISGIVING9Down10 Foreboding evilOMINOUS7Down13 Hope to stay limber - using this?OSTEOPATHY10Down13 In the manner ofAFTER5Down14 Fashion supplier, one not so clever yesterday in ParisCLOTHIER8Down15 Less difficultEASIER6Down15 LariatLASSO5Down17 New cryptic clue, not last one among three, for Shakespearean drunkTRINCULO8Down17 Male sheepRAM3Down21 Experts securing very good high pointsAPICES6Down22 Film’s star to support a cause, though not at firstLEAD4Down23 Source of wood, support for golfer crossing riverTREE4Down25

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, January 12, 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.