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The Independent Crossword March 17 2024 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword March 17 2024 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 52 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 noteWOODYALLEN10Across1 Fishy expression - up to no goodPOUT4Across1 Succeed in quiz about cancelled or difficult subjectsSOREPOINTS10Across4 Betting chancesODDS4Across8 Cause of extreme weather faked onlineELNINO6Across9 ?GINSBERG8Across9 Graduate student briefly put right about Sartre's NauseaMALDEMER8Across10 ?HERMAN6Across10 Sporting footwear with a snappy outfit, both trimmedWATERSKI8Across11 BeginningOUTSET6Across11 Variety of peaMANGETOUT9Across13 Acrostic of "find accommodating receptacle to entomb dead"COFFIN6Across13 School rebuffed pupil’s denial, employing a process for detecting plagiarismCOMPARISON10Across14 Play outside transport terminal in ChiswickBUSK4Across16 Antipodean’s vital amber liquid, we hearKIWI4Across17 Power pointSOCKET6Across17 Shoe partINSOLE6Across18 Owner's organised report about dog permit oddly ignoredPROPRIETOR10Across18 Line of descentPEDIGREE8Across19 Don't take part in operation against ticket sellerOPTOUT6Across20 Wading birdIBIS4Across21 Ex-PM brewing lager with last vestiges of her late barleyEARLGREY8Across21 ForecastPREDICTION10Across22 Maybe Simon and Garfunkel's Sound of Silence toasted thus?TWOPIECE8Across23 Born horny? This might calm one downBRANDY6Across24 "Poorly managed reef, greater action necessary" - Kenyan oceanologist taking sidesGRANNYKNOT10Across26 Afghans regularly overthrown in epic storySAGA4Across27

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Hunter concealed in middle of ox-bow lakeOWL3Down2 Great quantities (Informal)OODLES6Down2 Hemp wound up counterpart with tackle on the right wingTWINE5Down3 Get off a shipDISEMBARK9Down3 How walks up Kilimanjaro and fun runs are backed, or by whom?SPONSOR7Down4 Inert gasARGON5Down4 Macabre effect of 22D 13A is as yet unknownREMAINSTOBESEEN15Down5 Rugby restartLINEOUT7Down5 Bird chewed a pencilPELICAN7Down6 Arrest (Informal)NAB3Down6 Unusually fine story that’s hard to describeINEFFABLE9Down7 Thin porridgeGRUEL5Down7 London and SE might be OK, somehowTHEBIGSMOKE11Down8 ?TOUSSAINT9Down12 Boundless energy from a cat with one special ability - absorbing carbon!ATOMICPOWER11Down12 ?GUTHRIE7Down14 Post Office is working to shut up malicious writerPOISONPEN9Down15 Work of fictionNOVEL5Down15 Pacific Ocean warmingELNINO6Down16 Ancient British tribeICENI5Down18 Snooker player Hendry’s last cup, perhapsPOTTERY7Down18 Welsh dish provided in bloody small portionRAREBIT7Down19 Little devilIMP3Down20 It's clear from the outset - girls love anagrams and silly spoonerisms ...GLASS5Down22 ... like mineDIG3Down25

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Sunday, March 17, 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.