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The Independent Crossword May 20 2024 Answers

Monday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword May 20 2024 answers. The Monday 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#
That guy interrupting terrible moderator picked up on everyone’s vibeREADTHEROOM11Across1 TearRIP3Across1 UntruthLIE3Across3 Second run secures current title for Mo FarahSIR3Across7 PorticoVERANDA7Across8 Night clubDISCO5Across9 Troublemaker needing small group of like-minded supportersSCAMP5Across9 Ran on and on, and ran about that placeBLETHERED9Across10 Find the answer toSOLVE5Across10 TV show medic occasionally cut dead when introducing stuffDOCUDRAMA9Across11 Because of thatTHEREBY7Across11 Lustful characters at the edges of respectability?RANDY5Across12 SemitransparentTRANSLUCENT11Across12 Offensive din taking over start of meetingNOISOME7Across13 Drugs said to relieve anxietyEASE4Across15 Pasta dumplingsGNOCCHI7Across16 RusticRURAL5Across18 Put back some disassembled clutterMESS4Across18 StoreyFLOOR5Across20 Fancy ring given to eminent artistCHIMERA7Across20 OutfitCOSTUME7Across21 FirmamentSKY3Across22 Great hawk bearing westSWELL5Across23 OwingDUE3Across23 Aisle splattered with some cooking fatSESAMEOIL9Across24 Leave, or agree to accept a raise?TAKEAHIKE9Across26 Animal mostly seen around East German riverRHEIN5Across27 Boy, everything’s too full-on at the end!SON3Across28 Ask intently - after training - for a low-fat drinkSKINNYLATTE11Across29

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Neighbourhood head stripped of powerRESIDENT8Down1 Prepare for an examREVISE6Down1 Revolutionary disco group supporting an American rapper’s debutANARCHIC8Down2 DangerPERIL5Down2 Half-hearted attempt is regularly discouraged at the outsetTEPID5Down3 Beaver's denLODGE5Down3 Hold me up with stabilising equipmentEMBRACE7Down4 OrientalEASTERN7Down4 In love, raw emotions are disconcertingOVERAWE7Down5 TraineeINTERN6Down5 Faith leader - given to ranting - upset a PMMAHARISHI9Down6 Shelf above a fireplaceMANTELPIECE11Down6 Train coming from southern part of HertfordshireSTRING6Down7 Small and cramped (Informal)POKY4Down7 Try another colour to hide electronic fault in photoREDEYE6Down8 UnrulyRIOTOUS7Down13 Shade of redCERISE6Down14 Engineer loves road taxesOVERLOADS9Down14 ClaimALLEGE6Down15 Witness record found in complete set of booksDEPONENT8Down16 PresentGIFT4Down16 BearCARRY5Down17 Standard passage featuring ultimately esoteric lingoPARLANCE8Down17 CircularROUND5Down19 Mash is prepared to accompany one fish dishSASHIMI7Down19 Tank from Germany is housed in Swiss physics labCISTERN7Down20 In reality, a protest largely succeededASITIS6Down21 Scouting mission provides cover for king and countRECKON6Down22 Person with no time to be virtuousMORAL5Down25

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Monday, May 20, 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.