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The Independent Crossword January 4 2024 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword January 4 2024 answers. The Thursday 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#
Switching sides in main event between England and France?CHANNELSURFING14Across1 West Country riverEXE3Across1 FollowedTRACKED7Across3 Book a seat on-lineALBUM5Across8 Plant partPETAL5Across8 It's a trigger to thrash judge, according to SpoonerTRIPWIRE8Across9 PictureIMAGINE7Across9 BewilderCONFOUND8Across10 Item of footwearSHOE4Across11 Surge in cost for hill dwellers?TORRENT7Across11 Heavens! Food price to go up?AIRFARE7Across12 You shouldn't have breast reduction! It's forbiddenTABOO5Across13 Very slightTENUOUS7Across13 Labour MP replacing Rishi initially - that's a reliefEXEMPTION9Across15 One guarding striker receiving back payBEEFEATER9Across17 PortentOMEN4Across18 African animalAARDVARK8Across19 Close to arrest after balls shown in publicOVERT5Across20 Winning's apt when holding high cardLIKABLE7Across21 Destructive waveTSUNAMI7Across21 ProclamationEDICT5Across22 ThugRUFFIAN7Across23 Coach has one period cut short in Canadian gameCARIBOU7Across23 Cigarette debrisASH3Across24 Replacing tip on cue that's dullUNPOETIC8Across25 Worth coming back from retirement?MERIT5Across26 The Boy Who Cried Wolf ... Stuart perhaps?YOUNGPRETENDER14Across27

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
AnticipateEXPECT6Down1 Bum itchy? With tablets, one can prevent itCHASTITYBELT12Down1 StretchEXTEND6Down2 Flashing beam - the middle of three?AMBER5Down2 Surveying methodTRIANGULATION13Down3 Record keeper?NUMBERONE9Down3 Stop messing with that tie and belt buckleLETITBE7Down4 RegrettablyALAS4Down4 Perform 3 from Queen covered by drunk auntieURINATE7Down5 ChesspieceKNIGHT6Down5 FuelDIESEL6Down6 It's sometimes confused with less fine vesselFEWER5Down6 Type of loafBLOOMER7Down7 Rant and rave freely about newspaper storyNARRATIVE9Down7 Spread bet? A true punt that's placed randomlyPEANUTBUTTER12Down10 ConfusedMUDDLED7Down12 List of namesROSTER6Down14 Having energy in bedroom like RobBREAKINTO9Down14 Knock backREBUFF6Down15 SpittleSALIVA6Down16 Rugby player briefly put on weight to make line-upPROGRAMME9Down16 Brief outlineSKETCH6Down17 Harry Potter taking drug getting high here?TREETOP7Down18 Area without motorists around, bike in use againRECYCLE7Down19 Indian dressSARI4Down20 Blackburn Rovers initially have 4 points on the table?BROWN5Down22 Drilled military men occupying baseBORED5Down24

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, January 4, 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.