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The Independent Crossword May 16 2024 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 58 clues from the The Independent Crossword for May 16 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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ClueLetters#Answer
Pitch article about unknown wild child61 AcrossReveal answer → At the same time that51 AcrossReveal answer → Artificially coloured44 AcrossReveal answer → Greek character given Razzie upset in restaurant84 AcrossReveal answer → Unbiased99 AcrossReveal answer → Vase310 AcrossReveal answer → Kray twin covers £1 debts belonging to the church910 AcrossReveal answer → This is very easy ... gee, the setter's Bluebird!511 AcrossReveal answer → Refined711 AcrossReveal answer → One gets tight after gathering at the back or front of stage512 AcrossReveal answer → The back half of dinosaur you and I saw is alongside gnome here913 AcrossReveal answer → Beginning513 AcrossReveal answer → Physical beauty1114 AcrossReveal answer → Old woman scratching backside had thrill1015 AcrossReveal answer → Greatly surprise517 AcrossReveal answer → How one might start a story about the last 2,000 years?418 AcrossReveal answer → Gun holder718 AcrossReveal answer → Part of pyramid left unoccupied419 AcrossReveal answer → Online business with a great deal of building material and gold1020 AcrossReveal answer → Concert321 AcrossReveal answer → Reprimand (Informal)922 AcrossReveal answer → Wrestling MC staying strong and agile923 AcrossReveal answer → Wander424 AcrossReveal answer → Talk over judge525 AcrossReveal answer → Liabilities525 AcrossReveal answer → Start to gleefully present spreadsheet's content527 AcrossReveal answer → Too far from a surfer's position?928 AcrossReveal answer → Cut hair whimsically and cause anguish829 AcrossReveal answer → Plan fulfilled by Hoddle before the start of the second half630 AcrossReveal answer →

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Sinister grannie dancing with the lead in Twilight111 DownReveal answer → Twist forcibly51 DownReveal answer → The king's plastic foot?52 DownReveal answer → Little devil32 DownReveal answer → Characters from gang in a lot of chest pain73 DownReveal answer → Eagle's nest53 DownReveal answer → Quietly played cricket, say, outside, with some soldiers and a policeman95 DownReveal answer → I agree!95 DownReveal answer → Zulus, surrounding soldier returning with silver, move one way then another66 DownReveal answer → Indicate66 DownReveal answer → Self-obsessed Dutchman on mountain has style97 DownReveal answer → Grampus117 DownReveal answer → A topless marathon?38 DownReveal answer → Cupboard68 DownReveal answer → Stop tearing letters!49 DownReveal answer → Nerve pain912 DownReveal answer → LED manufactured by EE getting smashed with hard spade1114 DownReveal answer → Bring into being615 DownReveal answer → Henry Ford initially displays seat and cycle parts916 DownReveal answer → Aircraft shed616 DownReveal answer → Moral confusion of huge riots917 DownReveal answer → Scots landowner519 DownReveal answer → Origins520 DownReveal answer → For so long the last part of cavalcade follows right alongside721 DownReveal answer → Primary school teacher622 DownReveal answer → Mouth (Slang)323 DownReveal answer → Revolutionary fellow who stirs things up?424 DownReveal answer → Flooded area used to be hot526 DownReveal answer → Our father's wee upon the front of dressing-gown327 DownReveal answer →

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