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The Independent Crossword January 5 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword January 5 2024 answers. The Friday puzzle has 57 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#
Expression of surprise after Catholic’s brought in a drinkCOCOA5Across1 ColourantDYE3Across1 SwagLOOT4Across3 Founding Father, fellow causing annoyance mostlyFRANKLIN8Across4 ForbidPROHIBIT8Across7 MeltTHAW4Across8 UndergroundSUBTERRANEAN12Across9 Excellent, having moved on from other forms of tobacco?UPTOSNUFF9Across9 Difficult to dismiss source of regret in a drawTYING5Across10 Chanted wordMANTRA6Across10 Foster popular suggestion about cricketerINCUBATE8Across11 Magician pretended to take a nameSHAMAN6Across13 Dropped rubbishLITTER6Across13 TV presenter from part of London blocking mature responseRIPOSTE7Across15 Branch of dentistryORTHODONTICS12Across15 Clamour to include lively tune in collection of one hundredCENTURY7Across16 Working to turn around hospital dramaNOH3Across18 Arm or legLIMB4Across19 What tailor provides: good skill around chapsGARMENT7Across19 Cheated on (Informal)TWOTIMED8Across20 I’m collecting free iodine, uranium and another elementIRIDIUM7Across20 CelebritySTAR4Across21 StillYET3Across22 Do well dividing four into three? Not entirelyTHRIVE6Across22 Popular music genre’s comfortable for American artistROCKWELL8Across24 A delightful experience? Wrong to pen diary without contentIDYLL5Across26 Tight dress flaunted in chosen mag?CHEONGSAM9Across27 Spirits after cold beer befuddled the brainCEREBRUM8Across29 Supporter of lines partly gutted - no line put backPYLON5Across30

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Pub gameDARTS5Down1 Palace attendant having no time for messengerCOURIER7Down1 Dance is more attractive when carrying a hatCUTACAPER9Down2 DisplayEXHIBIT7Down2 Word-for-wordLITERAL7Down3 Idiot singer missing introductionASS3Down3 The fortune possibly revealed in day associated with lovers?FOURTEENTH10Down4 FrequentlyOFTEN5Down4 Grass found in local farmsALFA4Down5 Woodwind instrumentOBOE4Down5 Percussion section to become quieter? It’s generally kept out of everythingKITCHENSINK11Down6 Front of a buildingFACADE6Down6 One unclear about love language?IDIOM5Down7 Account incorporating information on company’s latest operationAGENCY6Down8 DexterousADROIT6Down11 One enjoying the sun, getting nasty about lake, threatened landownerBASKERVILLE11Down12 Inspector of accountsAUDITOR7Down12 Group of threeTRINITY7Down14 Heroic men at sea bringing in dead marine creatureECHINODERM10Down14 Nun's costumeHABIT5Down16 Narrow recessNOOK4Down17 Ruins veal after cooking without exceptionUNIVERSAL9Down17 DessertSWEET5Down18 Acquired guy from the country, not entirely romanticGOTHIC6Down19 Drink supplier’s exploit having a lot of people running shortMILKMAN7Down21 Feature of many a poem? "Hard to fill lines" - the writerRHYME5Down23 Panic mostly produces evidence of traumaSCAR4Down25 Leg up offered in hurryNIP3Down28

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, January 5, 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.