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The Independent Crossword July 18 2024 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword July 18 2024 answers. The Thursday 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#
Labour beginning to examine provocateur's white paperTOILETROLL10Across1 Eyelid inflammationSTYE4Across1 Hungarian composerLISZT5Across4 One way to run a mile without problemsAMOK4Across6 Very coldFREEZING8Across8 AskewAWRY4Across9 AntennaAERIAL6Across10 Blokes taking lead from damsel in distressMALES5Across10 Fake suffering's called out - Methuselah's full of itCHAMPAGNE9Across11 ThreesomeTRIO4Across11 Illicit recordings of Welsh Greens broadcastLEAKS5Across12 Museum regularly checked old issues for damageVANDALISE9Across13 BlameworthyREPREHENSIBLE13Across13 Sailor transports hot American fellow to dateTHUSFAR7Across14 DeitiesGODS4Across16 Accomplished director playing character in Romeo and JulietDONE4Across16 FoulPUTRID6Across18 Opening sections of Howards End lots like Where Angels Fear to TreadHELL4Across19 JustFAIR4Across20 QueryQUESTION8Across21 Downright discontented setter's punching worker's lights outBEDTIME7Across21 Bird of preyEAGLE5Across22 Ready moneyCASH4Across23 Service revolverLAZYSUSAN9Across24 What might make you say "don't mention it!" and "less of that!"TABOO5Across25 Figure Jung's half-cut when going into Electra complexRECTANGLE9Across26 Top journalist ringing gong in lodgeEMBED5Across27 Some retired commandos ostensibly not up to muchSOSO4Across28 Saint taking on new and unexciting line of workPENTAMETER10Across29

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Low-ranking office worker behind incomplete workTEMPLATE8Down1 Working together like many a football teamINLEAGUE8Down2 SourTART4Down2 Glasses, goggles, etcEYEWEAR7Down3 Relaxes with cups and saucers, repeatedly taking time outEASES5Down3 LawfulLEGAL5Down4 Engineers do their own version of Get BackRECOVER7Down4 Wise poet - Homer's neighbourLEARNED7Down5 Scarcely sufficientSCANT5Down5 Mexican pancakeTORTILLA8Down6 Thief supposedly cleaned up image to win powerMAGPIE6Down7 Bring to an endFINISH6Down7 One member of team upset exercise group, I'm afraidKEEPER6Down8 Wiggling ends, pair did twistSPRAINED8Down9 ForlornDESOLATE8Down12 SpiceNUTMEG6Down14 Very foolishIDIOTIC7Down15 Self-governing Welshwoman's wanting national flowersFREESIAS8Down15 Short jacketSHRUG5Down17 Gradually got teeth into Times pieceBITBYBIT8Down17 ResentmentPIQUE5Down18 Getting round copyright, provide new arrangement for instrumentRECORDER8Down18 Common sense (Informal)NOUS4Down19 Krypton possibly brought up halfway through a certain Lois's mealLASAGNE7Down20 Perhaps the lightest jockey is bet onBONIEST7Down21 Sirens in the way of shipALARMS6Down22 Reportedly looks for mistakes in Kafka, Kundera, etcCZECHS6Down23 A bit of heat delineated by weather mapTHERM5Down25

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, July 18, 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.