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The Independent Crossword May 17 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 58 clues from the The Independent Crossword for May 17 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
Very popular article from Spain identifying holiday venue51 AcrossReveal answer → Pack away41 AcrossReveal answer → Leg joint44 AcrossReveal answer → The French maidens excited - me?94 AcrossReveal answer → Nom de plume78 AcrossReveal answer → Terrible59 AcrossReveal answer → Scottish engineer, vulgar sort, interrupting formal greeting to woman79 AcrossReveal answer → Describing the main area on ice, possibly - cold710 AcrossReveal answer → Yelled and ran around, displaying great erudition?911 AcrossReveal answer → Box511 AcrossReveal answer → Province, German territory in Africa512 AcrossReveal answer → Goat antelope712 AcrossReveal answer → Trifler late leaving railway worker613 AcrossReveal answer → Cowardly1114 AcrossReveal answer → Nonsense and obscurity about river amphibian815 AcrossReveal answer → Immature cucumber717 AcrossReveal answer → Imagine return of commotion after new version one’s introduced818 AcrossReveal answer → Length of sawn timber519 AcrossReveal answer → Extremes of literary talent never reflected in name linked to Bloomsbury620 AcrossReveal answer → Fix securely521 AcrossReveal answer → Jittery723 AcrossReveal answer → Old comic, one noted for how he dresses523 AcrossReveal answer → Burden424 AcrossReveal answer → Lover very keen on receiving revolutionary perfume924 AcrossReveal answer → Consider425 AcrossReveal answer → Discreet computer material confiscated by cops, except last item726 AcrossReveal answer → Degraded state of America, seen by one hunter from Africa727 AcrossReveal answer → Holidaymaker, perhaps one offering story about endless party928 AcrossReveal answer → Prophet penning note: “It’s an unfortunate look”529 AcrossReveal answer →

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ClueLetters#Answer
Symbol of humiliation that could make me, Phi, blue91 DownReveal answer → Piece of music to start to calm jazz fan with touch of anxiety72 DownReveal answer → Citrus fruit92 DownReveal answer → Burdened boy with heartache and desperation in the end53 DownReveal answer → Affluent73 DownReveal answer → Gentle soul, getting US lawyer for character from Athens64 DownReveal answer → Marsupial54 DownReveal answer → Deity’s sound is broadcast around yard85 DownReveal answer → Mischievous sprite35 DownReveal answer → Following summer in Marseille, sailors will have supporter for all time96 DownReveal answer → Impressive46 DownReveal answer → Soccer boss is a long time taking on male title77 DownReveal answer → Opposed to reform117 DownReveal answer → Better pound shouldn’t feature King?58 DownReveal answer → Endure410 DownReveal answer → Worker913 DownReveal answer → Short article for one sitting in dodgy settee914 DownReveal answer → Revealed715 DownReveal answer → I’m doing role at sea? On canal, more likely916 DownReveal answer → Make eyes at416 DownReveal answer → Australian picked up call about account involving twelve houses817 DownReveal answer → Prestige518 DownReveal answer → Undistinguished vehicle? Wrong one719 DownReveal answer → Retain420 DownReveal answer → Wet weather in driving area for learner721 DownReveal answer → Spiteful comment about rising American composer622 DownReveal answer → Prohibit322 DownReveal answer → Mark taking control of record store523 DownReveal answer → Haven, old, unchanged525 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, May 17, 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.