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The Independent Crossword June 12 2024 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword June 12 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#
Mend with stitchesDARN4Across1 Policeman arresting Henry on crack quicklyCHOPCHOP8Across1 First king of IsraelSAUL4Across3 Assert sea-creature's in control of currentCLAIM5Across6 Very hot day (Informal)SCORCHER8Across7 Therefore (Latin)ERGO4Across8 CondescendingPATRONISING11Across9 Put out lewd message with opening censored in courtEXTINCT7Across10 Tropical birdTOUCAN6Across11 Three months you ultimately spent guarding Los Angeles prisonSLAMMER7Across11 Desire opening of poppies, primroses or pansies in gardenHOPE4Across12 Satisfied with small section of bookCONTENTS8Across13 Nutlike seedALMOND6Across13 Big catBENGALTIGER11Across14 Trap John on the way backGOB3Across16 JabPROD4Across17 A horse charging violently causing characters to relocateANAGRAMMING11Across18 Spacecraft's frontNOSECONE8Across18 NoblemanPEER4Across19 VerbalORAL4Across20 Something that needs discussing with king after OPEC obtain liquidABONETOPICK11Across20 Date's wild when strippingERA3Across21 Policemen stand around consuming a mince dishMEATLOAF8Across22 Go by front of orchard to get fruitPEPO4Across24 Criminal stuck without leader of cartel after trouble somewhere in RussiaIRKUTSK7Across28 Setter's beyond old painting techniqueIMPASTO7Across29 Men going after mink, say, causes outrageFUROR5Across30 Snoop around new senator's bunkNONSENSE8Across31

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Autocratic rulerDICTATOR8Down1 That male sheep is angryHETUP5Down2 More uncommonRARER5Down2 BreastboneSTERNUM7Down3 Long number that's secret and ending in three?PINE4Down3 Old ink in edited photo is matter of controversyHOTPOTATO9Down4 Strong impulseURGE4Down4 Statement I put in lettersPOSIT5Down5 Trickery (Informal)SHENANIGANS11Down5 Become definite and clearCRYSTALLISE11Down6 Light up repeatedly - man chokes terribly having inhaled oneCHAINSMOKE10Down6 A spray of liquid's absorbed by grass when no longer needing heat?ARMISTICE9Down7 Model being married on boatMARK4Down8 Author's written about two beastly males shot in the skyNEPHOGRAM9Down9 DiabolicINFERNAL8Down10 CheeseCHEDDAR7Down12 Outlaw master alcohol ingredientMALEFACTOR10Down14 Dinosaur dung spreading, I assumeIGUANODON9Down15 Bring upon oneselfINCUR5Down15 Without chargeFREE4Down16 Surprise kissogram's outside bakery with no clothes offering better serviceBOOKMAKER9Down17 Helping to look after university in state of collapseRUINATION9Down19 Picked up fungus and alga to compareLIKEN5Down23 Relaxes grants following student's departureEASES5Down25 Delight if family houses petTIFF4Down26 Tent's top cut off with swordEPEE4Down27

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, June 12, 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.