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The Independent Crossword January 26 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 56 clues from the The Independent Crossword for January 26 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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Force meeting with defeat - it’s a very thin line?51 AcrossReveal answer → Tricycle, in short51 AcrossReveal answer → Unhappy Reginald, worried, losing head94 AcrossReveal answer → Outgrowth44 AcrossReveal answer → Firearm58 AcrossReveal answer → Abundant supply reduced and … what did you say?159 AcrossReveal answer → Type of number79 AcrossReveal answer → Excel710 AcrossReveal answer → Quality of oil? Blasting of US county will secure it1010 AcrossReveal answer → Eat away511 AcrossReveal answer → Andromeda’s heart perhaps is for Perseus?411 AcrossReveal answer → Academic cap1112 AcrossReveal answer → Declining, not fine, sick613 AcrossReveal answer → European and American openness not initially progressed814 AcrossReveal answer → Lawyer recalled cheers with university abandoning contest816 AcrossReveal answer → Skilled517 AcrossReveal answer → Finished going through spoils, returning in intoxicated state618 AcrossReveal answer → Regret719 AcrossReveal answer → Reject721 AcrossReveal answer → Entertaining event: concert with piano at end421 AcrossReveal answer → Strainer522 AcrossReveal answer → Cockney making suggestions about doctor, Unionist, having an affair1022 AcrossReveal answer → Stink423 AcrossReveal answer → Attire524 AcrossReveal answer → Complains wood also filled with dull fruit1525 AcrossReveal answer → University publisher family gathering about lecturer926 AcrossReveal answer → Notorious logical figure having change of heart? Just a bit527 AcrossReveal answer →

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Decorative cape provided by some terrific husband51 DownReveal answer → Songbird61 DownReveal answer → Old friend stuck with nervous response of the eye72 DownReveal answer → Deduce52 DownReveal answer → Stylish73 DownReveal answer → Startled, saying “Run” after incursion by Australian, bloodthirsty103 DownReveal answer → Barrier of shrubs54 DownReveal answer → Little space to hide, say, between manure and cesspit?64 DownReveal answer → Target of jewellery raid left holding broken stem85 DownReveal answer → Spite75 DownReveal answer → Pungent root116 DownReveal answer → Upset the writer receiving a poor mark in test46 DownReveal answer → Parisian idler displaying expensive coat around alley77 DownReveal answer → Change57 DownReveal answer → Computer arrangement a depressing affair for person of property98 DownReveal answer → Likely to spread too, causing boils1012 DownReveal answer → Not using oxygen? Possibly be a con with air provided913 DownReveal answer → Supervise713 DownReveal answer → Not in favour714 DownReveal answer → Garish515 DownReveal answer → US comedian almost positioned close to the batter? Not I815 DownReveal answer → Gems616 DownReveal answer → Time without permanent employees captured in paint717 DownReveal answer → Deceive518 DownReveal answer → Makes enquiries mostly about tax relating to personal affairs719 DownReveal answer → Knowledge added to collection of animals after hauling up sea-monster620 DownReveal answer → Corpulent520 DownReveal answer → Pistol exhibiting good safety mechanism523 DownReveal answer → Plenty of water round here - I fish, saving nothing424 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, January 26, 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.