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The Independent Crossword May 10 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword May 10 2024 answers. The Friday puzzle has 58 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#
Torrential movements of French toboggansDELUGES7Across1 Secret agentSPY3Across1 WharfQUAY4Across3 Gosh! Small supernatural creature in personMYSELF6Across5 Flight companyAIRLINE7Across7 FrequentlyOFTEN5Across8 Scottish tree, one added to lineROWAN5Across10 Wallpaper adhesivePASTE5Across10 Star here, I fancy, is something observed from the MoonEARTHRISE9Across11 HoneSHARPEN7Across11 Treatment for swelling in reserve team?ICEPACK7Across12 Thin wrapping materialTISSUEPAPER11Across13 Ridiculous to search around bog after setbackFOOLISH7Across14 Positive sign in nonsense supplied by university beset by defeatTHUMBSUP8Across15 DishevelledUNKEMPT7Across17 That fellow’s creative work showing intensity of expressionHEART5Across17 Check reduced rotation of star to see planetVENUS5Across19 BackboneSPINE5Across19 Call sea a source of power?RINGMAIN8Across20 Leg boneTIBIA5Across20 TraceVESTIGE7Across22 Need oar to do exercise in public schoolROEDEAN7Across22 A long time (Informal)AGES4Across23 Louse eggNIT3Across24 Winemaker’s very esoteric about it, ultimatelyVINTNER7Across24 Expect too much of European King in publicOVEREXERT9Across25 Employing thinking, but not initiallyUSING5Across26 Being English, sad character’s enthralled by US cityENTITY6Across28 Historic criminal about to tear up prisonCRIPPEN7Across29

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Source of some Australian’s annoyed comment about West IndiesDARWIN6Down1 Large prawnsSCAMPI6Down1 Standard of comparisonYARDSTICK9Down2 Blue steady light, not goodLOW3Down2 Prescribed quantityQUOTA5Down3 Police information on risks involving millionsGENDARMES9Down3 Utter chaos at the end on mountainSPEAK5Down4 LawACT3Down4 Arm muscleBICEPS6Down5 Area gripped by unknown criminal disposing of dead loutYAHOO5Down6 ViewpointPERSPECTIVE11Down6 Indicate if nervously accepting love can be an improvementEDIFICATION11Down7 Inflows of water displaced the serfsFRESHETS8Down8 Tendency to have security number as means of increasing access?DRIFTPIN8Down9 Not anyNONE4Down9 AccuracyPRECISION9Down12 Heightening arrangement of henna on binderENHANCEMENT11Down13 EvaluateASSESS6Down14 Female relativeAUNT4Down15 FlawDEFECT6Down16 Big name expressing a temper is increasingly unusualSTRANGER8Down16 Minor figures in international body engaged in much oil wranglingHOMUNCULI9Down17 Knocked for six in defeatOVERCOME8Down18 WherewithalMEANS5Down18 ImploreBEG3Down21 Fierce character, lecturer, suppressing university activityDRAGON6Down21 Upright Cockney’s present before courtERECT5Down23 Inspired article coming from religious centreVATIC5Down24 Feeble line put out from mischievous characterIMP3Down27

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, May 10, 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.