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The Independent Crossword May 16 2024 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword May 16 2024 answers. The Thursday 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#
Pitch article about unknown wild childTARZAN6Across1 At the same time thatWHILE5Across1 Artificially colouredDYED4Across4 Greek character given Razzie upset in restaurantPIZZERIA8Across4 UnbiasedIMPARTIAL9Across9 VaseURN3Across10 Kray twin covers £1 debts belonging to the churchRELIGIOUS9Across10 This is very easy ... gee, the setter's Bluebird!GIMME5Across11 RefinedGENTEEL7Across11 One gets tight after gathering at the back or front of stageAPRON5Across12 The back half of dinosaur you and I saw is alongside gnome hereTHESAURUS9Across13 BeginningSTART5Across13 Physical beautyPULCHRITUDE11Across14 Old woman scratching backside had thrillEXHILARATE10Across15 Greatly surpriseAMAZE5Across17 How one might start a story about the last 2,000 years?ONCE4Across18 Gun holderHOLSTER7Across18 Part of pyramid left unoccupiedIDLE4Across19 Online business with a great deal of building material and goldAGGREGATOR10Across20 ConcertGIG3Across21 Reprimand (Informal)TALKINGTO9Across22 Wrestling MC staying strong and agileGYMNASTIC9Across23 WanderROAM4Across24 Talk over judgeORATE5Across25 LiabilitiesDEBTS5Across25 Start to gleefully present spreadsheet's contentGHOST5Across27 Too far from a surfer's position?OVERBOARD9Across28 Cut hair whimsically and cause anguishDISTRESS8Across29 Plan fulfilled by Hoddle before the start of the second halfMETHOD6Across30

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Sinister grannie dancing with the lead in TwilightTHREATENING11Down1 Twist forciblyWRING5Down1 The king's plastic foot?RULER5Down2 Little devilIMP3Down2 Characters from gang in a lot of chest painANGINAL7Down3 Eagle's nestEYRIE5Down3 Quietly played cricket, say, outside, with some soldiers and a policemanINSPECTOR9Down5 I agree!YOUSAIDIT9Down5 Zulus, surrounding soldier returning with silver, move one way then anotherZIGZAG6Down6 IndicateDENOTE6Down6 Self-obsessed Dutchman on mountain has styleREMBRANDT9Down7 GrampusKILLERWHALE11Down7 A topless marathon?ACE3Down8 CupboardCLOSET6Down8 Stop tearing letters!POST4Down9 Nerve painNEURALGIA9Down12 LED manufactured by EE getting smashed with hard spadeSPEARHEADED11Down14 Bring into beingCREATE6Down15 Henry Ford initially displays seat and cycle partsHALFMOONS9Down16 Aircraft shedHANGAR6Down16 Moral confusion of huge riotsRIGHTEOUS9Down17 Scots landownerLAIRD5Down19 OriginsROOTS5Down20 For so long the last part of cavalcade follows right alongsideGOODBYE7Down21 Primary school teacherMASTER6Down22 Mouth (Slang)GOB3Down23 Revolutionary fellow who stirs things up?CHEF4Down24 Flooded area used to be hotAWASH5Down26 Our father's wee upon the front of dressing-gownGOD3Down27

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, May 16, 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.