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The Independent Crossword March 29 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword March 29 2024 answers. The Friday 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#
Old coin, one blocking ventDUCAT5Across1 Cereal grassRYE3Across1 ZestZING4Across3 Article recording introduction from historian supports collections of lettersALPHABETS9Across4 WordyVERBOSE7Across8 Prevent one leaving less riotous feasterBANQUETER9Across9 BeastBRUTE5Across9 BigLARGE5Across10 Opening extracted from report Nixon backedINTRO5Across10 MortificationCHAGRIN7Across11 Henry to appear in a short time – and again and again?THRICE6Across11 Pasta stripsTAGLIATELLE11Across12 Relative getting taxman releasing money unexpectedly - a source of easeRELAXANT8Across12 Nobel prize winner - second person in France to feature twiceTUTU4Across14 Eastern India restricted by old regular paymentORIENTAL8Across15 Models' footwayCATWALK7Across16 Middle Eastern sweetHALVA5Across18 Carbon, oxygen and phosphorus in heap forming ester?COMPOUND8Across18 What’s earlier than foxtrot in dance choice?ECHO4Across19 Small ruffRUCHE5Across20 Contemporary of Gates, B, to attempt firearms practiceMUSKETRY8Across21 Number symbolNUMERAL7Across21 Poet overlooking British and our enthusiasmARDOUR6Across22 English countyKENT4Across22 TimidSHY3Across23 Festival putting out special meal for me?EATER5Across24 Aster? Write music about itCOMPOSITE9Across26 Metal tip – lead?SPEARHEAD9Across27 Money returned regarding fertiliser ingredientNITRE5Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Discussion not up to be raised before closing parts of summit conferenceDEBATE6Down1 Bad-mouthREVILE6Down1 Unusually competent, suppressing Right with singular argumentCONTRETEMPS11Down2 MistakeERROR5Down2 Equine mammalZEBRA5Down3 Panic about count I ran perversely having mistake in the mathsTRUNCATIONERROR15Down3 ImpartialNEUTRAL7Down4 Political group out of power supporting the creative industriesARTY4Down4 Frenchman, perhaps, showing skill for one in theatrical areaPARTERRE8Down5 ProsperDOWELL6Down5 Make a quick start (Informal)GETCRACKING11Down6 What could give cinema a darn toot? Where’s Yosemite Sam when you need him?ANIMATEDCARTOON15Down6 Amphibian departed, abandoning lakeEFT3Down7 Gas used in lightingNEON4Down7 Discussion of work, hard work, interrupting attempt to follow gameSHOPTALK8Down8 Compiler is busy tonight alsoANTHOLOGIST11Down13 TeleprompterAUTOCUE7Down13 DisinterEXHUME6Down14 Ship's kitchenGALLEY6Down15 Hurries holidaymaker aboard shipSCAMPERS8Down16 AbruptCURT4Down16 Musical performance from area in close to eastern direction?ENTRACTE8Down17 WatchfulALERT5Down17 London cricket groundLORDS5Down19 Easy thing or easterly thing?BREEZE6Down20 Surrounded by support, receiving millionsAMID4Down23 How far will five letters get you in extremity?TOE3Down25

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, March 29, 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.