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The Independent Crossword January 16 2024 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 59 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword January 16 2024 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 59 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#
Stimulate with hot filmWHET4Across1 SpoolREEL4Across1 SkilledABLE4Across4 Foolishly queries tip as fringe benefitPERQUISITE10Across4 ScandalousDISGRACEFUL11Across7 Craving the last bit of stretchy nettingYEARNING8Across9 Ornamental carpKOI3Across9 Later on interrupted by large blast of hot airBELLOW6Across10 DiscolouredTARNISHED9Across10 What attracts spy chief? Agent whose hidden opponents flipMAGNET6Across11 Carefully considerPONDER6Across12 Site not without oxygen, a biological supplier of nutrientsPLACENTA8Across13 ConniveSCHEME6Across13 See 22 DownPRIMARYCOLOUR13Across15 AmuseENTERTAIN9Across16 Rudely yawn, overwhelming otherwise laid-back Christian typeWESLEYAN8Across16 TeaseRIB3Across18 Dirty old man possibly put inside by StormyBLUSTERY8Across19 DoubtUNCERTAINTY11Across19 DryARID4Across21 EveryEACH4Across22 Be so good as to place conclusions of committee and referee in speechPLEASE6Across22 Big booby's little birdGREATTIT8Across23 Cool chaps could be killers in BrooklynICEMEN6Across27 Sat on extremely noncompliant capybara?RODENT6Across28 Surprised prostitute in vehicle with runnersSTARTLED8Across29 Where the font is waffled at by priestBAPTISTERY10Across31 You previously turned back, abandoning obsequious servant in needLACK4Across32

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Shade in haunted house where the symbols matchHUE3Down2 IssueEDITION7Down2 Botching run, stay on like a despotTYRANNOUS9Down3 Astronomical unit of distanceLIGHTYEAR9Down3 BeerALE3Down4 Portion at heart oddly peripheralPRINTER7Down4 Assemble kit in a good moodRIGUP5Down5 Irish lakeLOUGH5Down5 Cheerful small gestures from the conductorUPBEATS7Down6 HirsuteHAIRY5Down6 Doctor loves what you doSOLVE5Down7 Old bag from Turkey available for purchaseTROUT5Down8 Part of speechADVERB6Down8 Smoked herringKIPPER6Down9 StimulusINCENTIVE9Down11 Bikini maybe excessively abbreviated all aroundATOLL5Down12 InconsistentERRATIC7Down14 "No" irrelevant before "yes"NAY3Down14 Milky coffeeLATTE5Down15 Two whiskeys, one not completely dryWRY3Down16 Male singerTENOR5Down17 Basic report of three successive letters on time for each pupilELEMENTAL9Down17 Man perhaps going after a bride might be hereAISLE5Down18 Milk consumptionUSE3Down20 ConclusionEND3Down20 Distributions by those willing to supply carsESTATES7Down21 Chromatic element of my prior ocular failing (fragmentary lights in rows)PRIMARYCOLOUR13Down22 Port in Germany? Why not wine?RIOJA5Down24 Something hopped right on your toesALERT5Down25 Nibble at a steak, you won't want it allTASTE5Down26 Starts to enter the chamber, it's obvious what comes nextETC3Down30

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, January 16, 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.