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The Independent Crossword July 31 2024 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword July 31 2024 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 54 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#
Steamship with room to change, for a changeMETAMORPHOSIS13Across1 Scottish riverTAY3Across1 Male bovineBULL4Across3 Come outEMERGE6Across7 ShrewdASTUTE6Across8 Cassowary's back to collect bonesOSSA4Across8 Mickey taking hit over working nearby at regular intervalsLAMPOONERY10Across9 CouchSOFA4Across9 Casual footwearTRAINERS8Across10 Prohibit headwear for chickenBANTAM6Across10 CalmIMPERTURBABLE13Across11 Liven up green pants with one small bit of embellishmentENERGISE8Across11 Fix marathon's start and finishMEND4Across12 Frank abandoning house and homeNEST4Across14 Pass for one is in BayeuxEGEST5Across15 HolidayVACATION8Across15 Mean bit of sorcerySPELL5Across16 A fewSOME4Across18 Draw rupees in bankTIER4Across18 Skipping German, be successful in schoolETON4Across20 Arm muscleBICEPS6Across20 NearlyALMOST6Across21 OldAGED4Across22 Close pit to break one million northern lefties, essentiallyIMMINENT8Across23 AridDRY3Across23 Discredited, got rid of guards in the morningSHAMED6Across24 Fake metal bust encapsulating king may be bought here?FLEAMARKET10Across26 Female suppressing Welsh nationOMAN4Across27 Ring roads tend to fit long-term directiveSTANDINGORDER13Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Rub American uncle up the wrong way with authorityMASSAGE7Down1 Musical speedTEMPO5Down1 Characteristic of eternalist oddly ignoredTRAIT5Down2 Golf course lengthYARDAGE7Down2 One who delivers middle class mother's children, at lastMILKMAN7Down3 Conductor's stickBATON5Down3 Liquor kept in stills blended for impish characterRUMPELSTILTSKIN15Down4 Word-for-wordLITERAL7Down4 Clean hotel over and overHOOVER6Down5 Religious subdivisionSECT4Down5 Reportedly excited after misdemeanour in place of worshipSYNAGOGUE9Down6 Oriental marketBAZAAR6Down6 Billionaire philanthropist is procuring fleshy fruitSOROSIS7Down7 ImportMEANING7Down12 Boy upset, upset by a master, a spiritual masterDALAILAMA9Down13 Eager longingTHIRST6Down13 SupposedASSUMED7Down14 In frontAHEAD5Down16 Only cleaning equipment that climbs tropical treesPOMELOS7Down17 UndilutedNEAT4Down17 Most of tortoise cooked in dishRISOTTO7Down19 Mouldy-smellingMUSTY5Down19 Writer in row about Iraqi leader being outsideOPENAIR7Down21 Left-winger eats fish to get respectREGARD6Down22 Very keen to conceal hole for escapeAVOID5Down25

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, July 31, 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.