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The Independent Crossword January 17 2024 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 53 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 53 clues from the The Independent Crossword for January 17 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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Across

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ClueLetters#Answer
Nice fat person looking to buy a small jumper111 AcrossReveal answer → Compel51 AcrossReveal answer → Reverence34 AcrossReveal answer → Make fun of87 AcrossReveal answer → Lion's cry48 AcrossReveal answer → Gold and diamonds outside empty shop a promising sign79 AcrossReveal answer → Hint49 AcrossReveal answer → Gratify710 AcrossReveal answer → Divorcee may go elsewhere, marrying a foreigner710 AcrossReveal answer → Canvas bag911 AcrossReveal answer → Heavenly secretary spoke about the end of faxes911 AcrossReveal answer → Tomorrow's show kept rewound by drive-in, naturally513 AcrossReveal answer → Pesky kid torments politician for a joke1414 AcrossReveal answer → Shorten (text)716 AcrossReveal answer → Part of Houdini's act involved hat trick with gas jet1417 AcrossReveal answer → Precipitation418 AcrossReveal answer → Optical device419 AcrossReveal answer → Old currency unit820 AcrossReveal answer → Joke books about getting to 100520 AcrossReveal answer → Nocturnal bird321 AcrossReveal answer → Bad behaviour once I'd mixed spirits921 AcrossReveal answer → Stratum522 AcrossReveal answer → Country's flag reflected on side of arena723 AcrossReveal answer → Fly with Irish airline, finally one offering exciting descent724 AcrossReveal answer → Working as a test pilot's a big leveller1126 AcrossReveal answer →

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Moderately61 DownReveal answer → Try job that involves most of all woodwork81 DownReveal answer → Nana married to leave service32 DownReveal answer → Lift up52 DownReveal answer → Do laborious Hindi grammatical cases73 DownReveal answer → Learned73 DownReveal answer → First column of figures higher than second54 DownReveal answer → Man-made fibre74 DownReveal answer → Match official in trouble before leaving the ground95 DownReveal answer → Cock-a-hoop65 DownReveal answer → Brazilian diplomacy which prevents violence76 DownReveal answer → Kept in custody46 DownReveal answer → Man beginning to retail sandwiches without bread, shopkeeper not giving full value?107 DownReveal answer → Eight bits are gripping to listen to48 DownReveal answer → Number during criminal trial seen making unusual use of court1012 DownReveal answer → Type of spray712 DownReveal answer → Exceptional713 DownReveal answer → Summerhouse614 DownReveal answer → Good egg chops log for VIP915 DownReveal answer → Woodworker615 DownReveal answer → Officially approved scheme ultimately run by mob816 DownReveal answer → Twilight417 DownReveal answer → Spread out518 DownReveal answer → Communist machinery applying short shock to traitor718 DownReveal answer → Cool app tailored product to young person's taste?719 DownReveal answer → Depth falling in say, flood level420 DownReveal answer → Drop off new deliveries of 2x4?522 DownReveal answer → Credit card company that hasn't opened bank account325 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, January 17, 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.