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The Independent Crossword May 1 2024 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 54 clues from the The Independent Crossword for May 1 2024. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Erotic novel in which old queen with a welcoming cleavage liberates Americans121 AcrossReveal answer → Talon, for example41 AcrossReveal answer → Travel on horseback44 AcrossReveal answer → Excel78 AcrossReveal answer → Burrowing mollusc49 AcrossReveal answer → Left before old weakling gets to do something with little effect99 AcrossReveal answer → State employee1210 AcrossReveal answer → Lout loves dried grass on the counter510 AcrossReveal answer → Lose pants in northern new town611 AcrossReveal answer → Angel611 AcrossReveal answer → Factors in heartless creature having rival regularly ejected812 AcrossReveal answer → Unusual leafy surroundings for female woodpecker613 AcrossReveal answer → Distress signal614 AcrossReveal answer → Old-fashioned heir dies815 AcrossReveal answer → Behave in an obsequious way1216 AcrossReveal answer → Eccles gets surprising answer in section of department store818 AcrossReveal answer → Distract Tom Daley, perhaps, with knitted heart619 AcrossReveal answer → Remunerated420 AcrossReveal answer → Versus721 AcrossReveal answer → Composer butchers works821 AcrossReveal answer → Surrender422 AcrossReveal answer → Catch sight of423 AcrossReveal answer → Descendent of male fly found in A&E623 AcrossReveal answer → Poem about concert hall526 AcrossReveal answer → Smile smugly about Troy, who distributed forgery?927 AcrossReveal answer → Boring sort of loan?1228 AcrossReveal answer →

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Cobblers lacking companions to stop by71 DownReveal answer → Perform strongly, mostly, making peg52 DownReveal answer → Milky Indian drink52 DownReveal answer → Fighter73 DownReveal answer → Perhaps Wimbledon grassy patch cut based on usage93 DownReveal answer → Platform74 DownReveal answer → Bring up this when last?44 DownReveal answer → Safe to sleep around to obtain eternal youth?85 DownReveal answer → Russian country house55 DownReveal answer → Alsatian and bears trouble country56 DownReveal answer → Devotees46 DownReveal answer → Sacred word67 DownReveal answer → Hypocrite playing harp is extremely effeminate87 DownReveal answer → Major supports party line68 DownReveal answer → Car accessory612 DownReveal answer → Wound dressing713 DownReveal answer → A hen flew around current producer814 DownReveal answer → Underpants715 DownReveal answer → Gets rid of stolen catapult916 DownReveal answer → V-shaped block517 DownReveal answer → Maybe Brownies left after dropping ecstasy in part of Shetland817 DownReveal answer → Break suddenly418 DownReveal answer → Capital is lower after a couple of seconds618 DownReveal answer → Paved area519 DownReveal answer → Fan of TV show from 2001 hiding in box?720 DownReveal answer → Country is gracious when government is thrown out522 DownReveal answer → Love affair of leading couple ignored by public demand524 DownReveal answer → Wait behind cleaner, short of time425 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.