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The Independent Crossword March 22 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 55 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword March 22 2024 answers. The Friday puzzle has 55 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#
Spiny-finned fishBASS4Across1 StopHALT4Across3 Caught male leaving disturbed cemetery, carrying wide feature of cemeteries?YEWTREE7Across9 Card gameRUMMY5Across9 Salamander all too unsettled around centre of TexasAXOLOTL7Across10 BuildingEDIFICE7Across10 StretchyELASTIC7Across11 Cancelling tunnel man dug upANNULMENT9Across11 HueSHADE5Across12 Backed suggestion about the French hairstylePLAIT5Across12 AthletePOLEVAULTER11Across13 Precision in disposal of next casesEXACTNESS9Across13 Rice dish - mum’s invested in outfit almost completelySUSHI5Across15 Dessert successfully brought to couch potato after work in kitchenBAKEWELLPUDDING15Across16 DistressedUPSET5Across18 North America, mostly dreadful, the worst placeNADIR5Across19 Small sharkDOGFISH7Across20 Line in second working socket possibly moving suddenlyMOONLIGHTFLITTING17Across21 TackleHARNESS7Across22 Room on a shipCABIN5Across23 Looking up naturally allows review, initially of celestial objectLUNAR5Across24 StaggerREEL4Across24 Neutralising element redeployed on VietnamANTIVENOM9Across25 ExtremelyVERY4Across25 I’m a Nationalist repelled by a lot of prejudice in African countryNAMIBIA7Across26 Painter’s change in direction after capturing the writer following completion of chapterVERMEER7Across27

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Cereal plantBARLEY6Down1 Particular title picked up among the many booksBYNAME6Down1 Brazilian danceSAMBA5Down2 Harm in boasting symbol of ownershipSWANMARK8Down2 Member’s decoration granted power at firstARMLET6Down3 Church dissenter leading curtailed Mass - movement co-ordinator?CEREBELLUM10Down4 StirAGITATE7Down4 Form or class? Not entirelyCAST4Down5 WobbleTEETER6Down5 Jotted down notes, being calmCOMPOSED8Down6 Evergreen shrubMYRTLE6Down6 Difficult situation - not quite additional example of idiocyMORASS6Down7 GoodsMERCHANDISE11Down7 See 21 AcrossMOONLIGHTFLITTING17Down8 Fail to catchMISS4Down8 WatchOBSERVE7Down14 Helping it to rise, very into redefined purposeSUPPORTIVE10Down14 Gift by willLEGACY6Down15 Gathering indication of flowering, including Northern heatherBUNDLING8Down16 WriterAUTHOR6Down16 Conflict over medic getting award for contribution to operating theatre?WARDROBE8Down17 Sailors' songSHANTY6Down17 Popular group to include European starletsINGENUES8Down18 Abound (in)TEEM4Down19 Busy person duly disheartened, old chap’s upsetDYNAMO6Down20 FillIMBUE5Down21 Uniform but disordered?LIVERY6Down22 Period in which British will exhibit sound toneTIMBRE6Down23 A deviation, swinging round in different directionAWAY4Down25

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, March 22, 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.