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The Independent Crossword January 23 2024 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword January 23 2024 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 58 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#
Behold millions leaving fracas and movingLOCOMOTION10Across1 MeltTHAW4Across1 Leg jointKNEE4Across4 Is half of Tolstoy’s work distortion?WARP4Across6 UnusualSTRANGE7Across8 GrubLARVA5Across9 ResonationECHO4Across10 Mug holding seconds - it risks getting bustTWIST5Across10 Up is where bats may be found in the endINCREASED9Across11 Spiny creatureHEDGEHOG8Across11 Sits on the fence - tar leaves a markABSTAINS8Across12 Ramble stokes internet pestSTROLL6Across13 No-nonsenseDOWNTOEARTH11Across13 How Joe functions in a doodahGISMO5Across15 ParticularSPECIFIC8Across16 Poirot’s one act that keeps detectives in two mindsUNDECIDED9Across17 CounterfeitFAKE4Across17 CognisantAWARE5Across20 County go astray heading west, delayed for matchCORRELATE9Across20 Radioactive elementURANIUM7Across21 Soldiers beginning to march amid poles and standardsNORMS5Across21 SacredHOLY4Across22 Advances turned an old city aroundRUNUPS6Across22 EagerKEEN4Across23 Unsuitable shoe for rambling climb on walk, too much on way backSTILETTO8Across24 Maybe Melvyn with e.g. music and drama loudmouthsBRAGGARTS9Across27 The latest government u-turns on university education primarilyVOGUE5Across28 Item cast into spellTIME4Across29 Rubbings out including black mark over in window recessesEMBRASURES10Across30

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Teach girl to dance like a zombieLETHARGIC9Down1 SevereHARSH5Down2 Pinches cold food that might be spare?CRIBS5Down2 DecreaseWANE4Down3 Crosophile initially took (consumed) an ace drugMETHADONE9Down3 Unit of massKILOGRAM8Down4 Court case about loaded gun and a rule involving three partiesTRIANGULAR10Down4 Former head not the front-runnerONCE4Down5 Hearing rangeEARSHOT7Down5 Excessively formalCEREMONIOUS11Down6 A fly-by-night scam deviously based around randABSCONDER9Down7 Pointed toothFANG4Down7 Boy kept inside, brought up a soft one perhaps?PEDAL5Down8 ObservedSEEN4Down8 Immediately after Exodus in bible booksNEXT4Down9 ImprobableUNLIKELY8Down12 HerbOREGANO7Down14 He might make circular plug, trailer or fancy driver seatADVERTISER10Down14 AppearSEEM4Down15 Simple card gameSNAP4Down16 Forceful ballad about traveller on vacation and a vacant roomSTRONGARM9Down16 NimbleAGILE5Down18 Groups of cardinals: 100, close to 150, a 5, 8 and 6 for startersCONCLAVES9Down18 SupportBACK4Down19 Finds record sleeves Charlie missed onceDISCOVERS9Down19 Marvin for instance, born in foundationROBOT5Down22 The Republicans are up only at first, to move up and down but go nowherePOGO4Down23 It’s tense on mountain below summit - this animal is dangerousTIGER5Down25 Caught by farm animal in crushCRAM4Down26

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, January 23, 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.