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The Independent Crossword January 9 2024 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword January 9 2024 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 56 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#
US convicts collapsing, is dry bread not providing energy?YARDBIRDS9Across1 TransgressionSIN3Across1 Boat's steering leverTILLER6Across3 Leaves summonsPAGES5Across6 PictureILLUSTRATION12Across7 BeverageTEA3Across8 PerceptionAWARENESS9Across9 What Wogan jocularly recalled as "river from hell"LETHE5Across9 Violet Elizabeth reading out last three pieces from Keats for anniversary?EIGHTIETH9Across10 Treated thus, get partner Peter GrantANAGRAMMED10Across11 Pitch error Lulu occasionally makesROLL4Across12 Glacial periodICEAGE6Across12 Warming deviceHEATER6Across13 Stay in central Crimea in the same placeIBIDEM6Across14 Deserter, one retreating behind curt Guy Gibson, perhapsGUITAR6Across15 Seaside walkwayESPLANADE9Across16 Called singer that fronts ZeppelinTITLED6Across17 RodentRAT3Across18 Tight bassist at the end of SynchronicitySTINGY6Across18 London fish marketBILLINGSGATE12Across19 Church caretakerSEXTON6Across21 Retro funk's back -- my kind of musicROCK4Across21 DioceseSEE3Across22 The German roar going around pub is a sign food's readyDINNERBELL10Across23 Bury explosive Tory talesLAYTOREST9Across26 Prince on an hour after midnight? Legend! He ruledPRIAM5Across27 Babyish solver no goodYOUNG5Across28 Stewed hare bones and vegetableHORSEBEAN9Across29

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
RetrieveSALVAGE7Down1 Almost agreed for Sloane Ranger to tour key Black Sea resortYALTA5Down1 Yearning for the pastNOSTALGIA9Down2 No lead 15? Strange record for Priest, maybeRITUALIST9Down2 Clan designTARTAN6Down3 Appearing sleepless, British LSD advocate Observer finally featuredBLEARYEYED10Down3 Masses heard in French cathedral cityRHEIMS6Down4 Auction itemLOT3Down4 Dropped painter outside front of gallery after liftSAGGED6Down5 Wear awayERODE5Down5 For PM under pressure, computer work takes timePITT4Down6 DenunciationDIATRIBE8Down6 Old composer upset scruffy heavy metal fanGREBO5Down7 Learned secret about husband wearing coral pantsSCHOLARLY9Down8 Mid-morning snackELEVENSES9Down10 Wine and soda drinkSPRITZER8Down11 Script due a daft comic deviceCUSTARDPIE10Down13 Row of housesTERRACE7Down14 Plant and Page song shows teamworkINTERPLAY9Down14 Large calibre gunCANNON6Down15 Function film star Richard hosts at home, serving fruitTANGERINE9Down16 Group of lionsPRIDE5Down17 Electronic snag besets sophisticated scientific equipmentHITECH6Down19 Trendy A-lister finding stage for ScorpionsINSTAR6Down20 IlluminatedLIT3Down20 A little decoy puzzled rodentCOYPU5Down22 Heartless Beatle describing McCartney's first as dudLEMON5Down24 Perhaps Stairway to Heaven second last for Apollo Zeppelin gigSONG4Down25

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, January 9, 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.