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The Independent Crossword January 4 2024 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 54 clues from the The Independent Crossword for January 4 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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ClueLetters#Answer
Switching sides in main event between England and France?141 AcrossReveal answer → West Country river31 AcrossReveal answer → Followed73 AcrossReveal answer → Book a seat on-line58 AcrossReveal answer → Plant part58 AcrossReveal answer → It's a trigger to thrash judge, according to Spooner89 AcrossReveal answer → Picture79 AcrossReveal answer → Bewilder810 AcrossReveal answer → Item of footwear411 AcrossReveal answer → Surge in cost for hill dwellers?711 AcrossReveal answer → Heavens! Food price to go up?712 AcrossReveal answer → You shouldn't have breast reduction! It's forbidden513 AcrossReveal answer → Very slight713 AcrossReveal answer → Labour MP replacing Rishi initially - that's a relief915 AcrossReveal answer → One guarding striker receiving back pay917 AcrossReveal answer → Portent418 AcrossReveal answer → African animal819 AcrossReveal answer → Close to arrest after balls shown in public520 AcrossReveal answer → Winning's apt when holding high card721 AcrossReveal answer → Destructive wave721 AcrossReveal answer → Proclamation522 AcrossReveal answer → Thug723 AcrossReveal answer → Coach has one period cut short in Canadian game723 AcrossReveal answer → Cigarette debris324 AcrossReveal answer → Replacing tip on cue that's dull825 AcrossReveal answer → Worth coming back from retirement?526 AcrossReveal answer → The Boy Who Cried Wolf ... Stuart perhaps?1427 AcrossReveal answer →

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ClueLetters#Answer
Anticipate61 DownReveal answer → Bum itchy? With tablets, one can prevent it121 DownReveal answer → Stretch62 DownReveal answer → Flashing beam - the middle of three?52 DownReveal answer → Surveying method133 DownReveal answer → Record keeper?93 DownReveal answer → Stop messing with that tie and belt buckle74 DownReveal answer → Regrettably44 DownReveal answer → Perform 3 from Queen covered by drunk auntie75 DownReveal answer → Chesspiece65 DownReveal answer → Fuel66 DownReveal answer → It's sometimes confused with less fine vessel56 DownReveal answer → Type of loaf77 DownReveal answer → Rant and rave freely about newspaper story97 DownReveal answer → Spread bet? A true punt that's placed randomly1210 DownReveal answer → Confused712 DownReveal answer → List of names614 DownReveal answer → Having energy in bedroom like Rob914 DownReveal answer → Knock back615 DownReveal answer → Spittle616 DownReveal answer → Rugby player briefly put on weight to make line-up916 DownReveal answer → Brief outline617 DownReveal answer → Harry Potter taking drug getting high here?718 DownReveal answer → Area without motorists around, bike in use again719 DownReveal answer → Indian dress420 DownReveal answer → Blackburn Rovers initially have 4 points on the table?522 DownReveal answer → Drilled military men occupying base524 DownReveal answer →

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