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The Independent Crossword July 2 2024 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 55 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword July 2 2024 answers. The Tuesday 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#
Campaign ad covers front of office in maroonCRUSADE7Across1 Low-lying marshy landFEN3Across1 Vocalise musicallySING4Across3 For leaves, Flora of South AfricaPROTEA6Across5 PareTRIM4Across7 T S Eliot disturbed retiree in bar with perfumeTOILETSOAP10Across8 GapOPENING7Across8 Mates Scott and Gerald divided by the sound of itFITS4Across9 Semolina dishCOUSCOUS8Across9 Dictator embraced by the French, after revolution - Napoleon, according to OrwellANIMAL6Across10 Ballet skirtTUTU4Across10 DiffuseDISSEMINATE11Across11 New visitor mad on crimeINCOMER7Across12 African leaves End of Watch by King, old volunteers taken abackKHAT4Across13 MeatBEEF4Across14 Greene and half of Brighton rock to 17's popGINGERBEER10Across15 Mexican hatSOMBRERO8Across16 Tiny blonde novel writer criticised for being dumbENIDBLYTON10Across17 Multiplied by itselfSQUARED7Across19 Part of France which Esio Trot's first name comes from?OISE4Across19 Das Boot typed with thumbs? It's not obvious to the readerSUBTEXT7Across20 HeapPILE4Across20 PokePROD4Across21 Person in a hurry read out scene of War and PeaceRUSSIA6Across22 For exampleSAY3Across22 One of Elements, and not one Through the Looking GlassIRON4Across24 Doctor Marlowe fashioned, leading character in devilish fantasyDREAMWORLD10Across25 Time to relax with reading/writing puzzleTEASER6Across27 Whip in The Secret Agent for showSPLASHY7Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Do withoutFORGO5Down1 Comic of little value new, cents topsCLOWN5Down1 Agency of retributionNEMESIS7Down2 One holding 26 up, edition not boundUNLIMITED9Down2 FastSWIFT5Down3 Some drama fellow misplaced in non-fictionACT3Down3 Feeling upset by large bestseller in 16?EMOTION7Down4 Item of sleepwearNIGHTIE7Down4 Dickensian lad starts to explain chimney-sweeping, thinner brush for narrow fluePIPECLEANER11Down5 Extinct birdDODO4Down5 Fantastic Mr Fox making robbery primarily a charitable enterpriseOXFAM5Down6 Fast water vehicleJETSKI6Down6 Carriage returns, queen collecting Notes From a Small IslandENTERKEYS9Down7 Furniture itemDRESSER7Down11 Pound for one Allende with a line crossed through, right moneyLEGALTENDER11Down11 Make certainENSURE6Down12 With reference toAPROPOS7Down13 Staff paid nothing worked safely without touchingHANDSFREE9Down14 EstablishFOUND5Down15 Some 6 outlets smell, certainly hot inside concessionsBOOKSHOPS9Down16 Current styleMODE4Down17 Second-hand dealer's wobbles when walkingTOTTERS7Down18 Exchange of tennis shotsRALLY5Down18 Security instruments of The Spy Who Loved MeBONDS5Down21 Island with butcher, Whisky Galore thereISLAY5Down23 A Brontë's inside small volumeMIL3Down26

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, July 2, 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.