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The Independent Crossword July 17 2024 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 55 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword July 17 2024 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 55 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#
Perhaps equerry of dictator provides defencePALISADE8Across1 Animal's footPAW3Across1 StringTWINE5Across3 Adapts igloos with bamboo, essentially, to give stabilityAPLOMB6Across5 Eye partCORNEA6Across7 Dried grapeRAISIN6Across8 ImpartialNEUTRAL7Across9 Make-up of ship?LINER5Across10 AdageMAXIM5Across11 Add colour to refereeing scandal that is boring?VARIEGATE9Across11 Stationery itemPAPERCLIP9Across12 Unable to see balls directly, soon affected by BO possibly returningSNOOKERED9Across12 Trump beginning to be rejected by America over collected writingsSUTRA5Across13 Being looked after on the off-chance Republican kicks out Senate's leaderINCARE6Across14 Mother's hiding from Nazis, according to Hitler, in adjoining housesTERRACE7Across15 CompareLIKEN5Across16 Very hot chamberFURNACE7Across17 Spread around ailment on vacation in seaside resortMARGATE7Across18 Moral valuesETHICS6Across19 Canoe or ski raceSLALOM6Across20 Puts back bullock rolling round fields at lastRESETS6Across20 Criminal act of penniless priestARSON5Across22 Church councilSYNOD5Across22 SpeckDOT3Across23 Dog eats a large dead birdBALDEAGLE9Across24 This'll catch offenders in fine art crimeRADARTRAP9Across25 Miss Jamaica oddly ignored important religious figureISAAC5Across26 Someone who makes a loud noise in meal?DINNER6Across27 Novelist fried eight onion ringsDEIGHTON8Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
AppropriatePROPER6Down1 Perfect finish from Szczecin?POLISH6Down1 Street vendor ultimately protects miserable proprietorLANDOWNER9Down2 PallidWAN3Down2 Labour admitting "We are rank" stirred upsetSTRIKEARAWNERVE15Down3 Stage actTURN4Down3 Term of endearment?DIVORCE7Down4 FakeIMITATION9Down4 Alchemical preparationELIXIR6Down5 Taking a look around fields and river close to Hawes, being hedonisticPLEASURESEEKING15Down6 Public processionPARADE6Down6 Love, then break up? It's likely to be an illusionOPART5Down7 Guard in London not following birdBEEEATER8Down8 Caught online communities half-heartedly giving complimentCREDIT6Down9 Type of actorTRAGEDIAN9Down10 Pleasure trip on waterCRUISE6Down13 Break in continuityHIATUS6Down14 WaylayACCOST6Down15 Auditor's signed tissue used in transferAUTOGRAFT9Down16 Spoiled current broadcast about politicianIMPAIRED8Down17 Second-handUSED4Down18 Diver recalled welcoming Dutch Wimbledon championEDBERG6Down19 Slip back, as kinky pleasure not suitable for everyoneRELAPSE7Down20 Warning of request from the Tories?BEACON6Down21 AssistAID3Down21 Drunk Nads downing last drop of absinthe in American saloonSEDAN5Down23

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, July 17, 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.