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The Independent Crossword June 3 2024 Answers

Monday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword June 3 2024 answers. The Monday puzzle has 56 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#
See 23LOCALELECTION13Across1 PeevishnessBILE4Across1 ReverenceAWE3Across3 Herculean task for party dominating ballot?LABOUR6Across6 Wall plasterSTUCCO6Across7 BesetASSAIL6Across8 SoonANON4Across9 Sad ToryBLUE4Across9 Mortal feud ruinous — that's expressed clearlyFORMULATED10Across10 Aromatic shrubLAVENDER8Across10 Party to scowl in miseryDOLOUR6Across11 ClairvoyanceSECONDSIGHT11Across11 Punctilious contender from left loading weaponSTICKLER8Across12 Is it Chigurh blocking way with extremely scary axe?PSYCHOPATH10Across13 Cooked squidCALAMARI8Across14 Remove from office some unscrupulous ToriesOUST4Across16 One must vacate seat dailyCHAR4Across17 IrritateRILE4Across17 Spread out irregularlySPRAWL6Across19 Openly vile lad, as Con, failed usSCANDALOUS10Across19 Innate abilityTALENT6Across20 Auction itemLOT3Across21 Victor in Lab is so composed, one taking bowBASSVIOL8Across22 Deep cutGASH4Across22 Speak fondly about London police? Wake up!COMETO6Across24 Sheepish press chief retaining honour after hoaxSHAMEFACED10Across26 See 14CHRISTMASTREE13Across27 Conservative deception takes in old man, washed upCRUSOE6Across28 Was leader over summer, having runLADDERED8Across29

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Conductor's stickBATON5Down1 Clumsily runs poll in The Sun that's sent upLOLLOPS7Down2 TerseLACONIC7Down2 Firm having to restrict Corbynite principles?CREDO5Down3 Fire-raisingARSON5Down3 Conclude negative vote leads to hellish placeINFERNO7Down4 DistinguishedEMINENT7Down4 Standards of Lamont, St John-Stevas and Tebbit?NORMS5Down5 RevoltingFOUL4Down5 Liberal excluded is hard and coarseLOUTISH7Down6 Young cattleCALVES6Down6 British have nowhere to swim, but big swing here?BLACKPOOL9Down7 Really poor — so save?USELESS7Down8 Surgical knifeSCALPEL7Down11 AlmostNEARLY6Down12 Large apeGORILLA7Down13 Ethics with Starmer questionable — this under present burdens?CHRISTMASTREE13Down14 Drama ending in this literary collection?ANA3Down15 ExpectAWAIT5Down15 JotIOTA4Down16 Erica, a PM in 1970s, with monarch thenHEATHER7Down18 Midday mealLUNCH5Down18 Folk rock boat close to shore: 50 aboardSKIFFLE7Down19 Determined detectives brought into actionDECIDED7Down20 Ill repute to beset Hancock, initially at the top?UPTHERE7Down21 In pub the Spanish notice flawed political processLOCALELECTION13Down23 Dull affair having no endMATTE5Down25

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Monday, June 3, 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.