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The Independent Crossword January 5 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 57 clues from the The Independent Crossword for January 5 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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Expression of surprise after Catholic’s brought in a drink51 AcrossReveal answer → Colourant31 AcrossReveal answer → Swag43 AcrossReveal answer → Founding Father, fellow causing annoyance mostly84 AcrossReveal answer → Forbid87 AcrossReveal answer → Melt48 AcrossReveal answer → Underground129 AcrossReveal answer → Excellent, having moved on from other forms of tobacco?99 AcrossReveal answer → Difficult to dismiss source of regret in a draw510 AcrossReveal answer → Chanted word610 AcrossReveal answer → Foster popular suggestion about cricketer811 AcrossReveal answer → Magician pretended to take a name613 AcrossReveal answer → Dropped rubbish613 AcrossReveal answer → TV presenter from part of London blocking mature response715 AcrossReveal answer → Branch of dentistry1215 AcrossReveal answer → Clamour to include lively tune in collection of one hundred716 AcrossReveal answer → Working to turn around hospital drama318 AcrossReveal answer → Arm or leg419 AcrossReveal answer → What tailor provides: good skill around chaps719 AcrossReveal answer → Cheated on (Informal)820 AcrossReveal answer → I’m collecting free iodine, uranium and another element720 AcrossReveal answer → Celebrity421 AcrossReveal answer → Still322 AcrossReveal answer → Do well dividing four into three? Not entirely622 AcrossReveal answer → Popular music genre’s comfortable for American artist824 AcrossReveal answer → A delightful experience? Wrong to pen diary without content526 AcrossReveal answer → Tight dress flaunted in chosen mag?927 AcrossReveal answer → Spirits after cold beer befuddled the brain829 AcrossReveal answer → Supporter of lines partly gutted - no line put back530 AcrossReveal answer →

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Pub game51 DownReveal answer → Palace attendant having no time for messenger71 DownReveal answer → Dance is more attractive when carrying a hat92 DownReveal answer → Display72 DownReveal answer → Word-for-word73 DownReveal answer → Idiot singer missing introduction33 DownReveal answer → The fortune possibly revealed in day associated with lovers?104 DownReveal answer → Frequently54 DownReveal answer → Grass found in local farms45 DownReveal answer → Woodwind instrument45 DownReveal answer → Percussion section to become quieter? It’s generally kept out of everything116 DownReveal answer → Front of a building66 DownReveal answer → One unclear about love language?57 DownReveal answer → Account incorporating information on company’s latest operation68 DownReveal answer → Dexterous611 DownReveal answer → One enjoying the sun, getting nasty about lake, threatened landowner1112 DownReveal answer → Inspector of accounts712 DownReveal answer → Group of three714 DownReveal answer → Heroic men at sea bringing in dead marine creature1014 DownReveal answer → Nun's costume516 DownReveal answer → Narrow recess417 DownReveal answer → Ruins veal after cooking without exception917 DownReveal answer → Dessert518 DownReveal answer → Acquired guy from the country, not entirely romantic619 DownReveal answer → Drink supplier’s exploit having a lot of people running short721 DownReveal answer → Feature of many a poem? "Hard to fill lines" - the writer523 DownReveal answer → Panic mostly produces evidence of trauma425 DownReveal answer → Leg up offered in hurry328 DownReveal answer →

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