The Independent Crossword June 16 2024 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword June 16 2024 answers. The Sunday 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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One upright, holy man with tabletsSTANDEE7Across1 Red wineMALBEC6Across1 ?CARAFE6Across5 Adorn sculpture of stoneFESTOON7Across5 Jewellery itemRING4Across8 Appliances generally - can openers for cheap hotels in Eire oddly being includedMACHINERY9Across9 ?IRRIGATE8Across9 Measure rather more coversTHERM5Across10 See noteWATERBOTTLE11Across10 Playing finale, soloist's state of personal withdrawalSELFISOLATION13Across11 Card suitHEARTS6Across12 Preoccupied and shaken, lacking time to overcome brain diseaseOBSESSED8Across13 Deeply feltROOTED6Across14 With fiddle, uncapped deviceWIDGET6Across15 RabiesHYDROPHOBIA11Across16 Prophet's revered bone, maybe, uncovered on return pilgrimageELIJAH6Across17 A bloke runs riot on Circle LineBAKERLOO8Across19 Type of danceEXCUSEME8Across20 Garden pestSLUG4Across21 ?FLAGON6Across22 One gauging strength of, e.g., rum hotel served up with more ColaALCOHOLOMETER13Across22 ?DAMPEN6Across23 Be first to succeed former partnerEXIST5Across25 Wrapped up leper clad in shredsPARCELLED9Across26 One-time recluse to return, revealing himselfEREMITE7Across27 Formally confirm Top comeback for one-time circus performerSEALION7Across28

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Conflict involving close contact between big Japanese corporationsSUMO4Down1 All complainants initially taking oaths, right to drop chargesACCUSES7Down2 Worked upAGITATED8Down2 Pet hateBUGBEAR7Down3 It's one boring routineDRILL5Down3 AscendCLIMB5Down4 Cosmetic change finally applied to the old boatEYELINER8Down4 Head of a museumCURATOR7Down5 Pull up fish beneath Fal's banks - caught using this?FLYROD6Down5 Arranges A team's reservesSETSASIDE9Down6 MajesticREGAL5Down6 Early on, moves on board to generate opportunityOPENING7Down7 DestinyFATE4Down7 One day going over country's proposalNOMINATION10Down8 Foot treatmentPEDICURE8Down11 Take tour of sugar producers, possibly, in river islandsDODECANESE10Down12 Type of doctorSURGEON7Down13 Pie that's hashed with last of egg pastaSPAGHETTI9Down14 American marsupialOPOSSUM7Down15 Yorkshire batter finally scores, bagging a 6EARMARKS8Down16 Of tender yearsYOUNG5Down17 Expected to catch cold, being leanINCLINE7Down18 Make an emotional appealPLEAD5Down18 Ice-skating jumpAXEL4Down19 Rock singer?LORELEI7Down20 When ordered, please pass byELAPSE6Down21 Article on old army character from abroadTHETA5Down23 Some fallen idol rises a godODIN4Down24

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Sunday, June 16, 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.