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The Independent Crossword May 23 2024 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 53 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 53 clues from the The Independent Crossword for May 23 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
Area of mown and cultivated grass41 AcrossReveal answer → Description of lob used for tennis121 AcrossReveal answer → Still33 AcrossReveal answer → Assumed name58 AcrossReveal answer → Bill and Ted entertain us on Japanese set89 AcrossReveal answer → Bewitch79 AcrossReveal answer → Sailor meets short goofy swinger610 AcrossReveal answer → Infinite710 AcrossReveal answer → Genuinely511 AcrossReveal answer → Pass drinks, contents of beer bottle611 AcrossReveal answer → Rude1112 AcrossReveal answer → Grass cut by schoolchildren unlikely to go back inside812 AcrossReveal answer → Censor changed endings for The Omen as filmed813 AcrossReveal answer → Payment to join navy's divers415 AcrossReveal answer → Type of disease516 AcrossReveal answer → Crested plover718 AcrossReveal answer → Bird that parrots accompany mainly keeps heading west418 AcrossReveal answer → Fair guaranteed publicity819 AcrossReveal answer → Stylish720 AcrossReveal answer → Nick's hours at work stretched by work left821 AcrossReveal answer → Lustre521 AcrossReveal answer → Edible tuber322 AcrossReveal answer → Cringe seeing nasty spill on playground623 AcrossReveal answer → Humble request423 AcrossReveal answer → Virtually nothing collected by charity that's closing625 AcrossReveal answer → Key lingo for French food826 AcrossReveal answer → Score for nine is accepted by Countdown host: UNWITTING1227 AcrossReveal answer →

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ClueLetters#Answer
Heavy and inert61 DownReveal answer → Daughter wears only nice pants, sitting on her arse92 DownReveal answer → Bizarre52 DownReveal answer → Supply Ecstasy and crack53 DownReveal answer → Sailing boat53 DownReveal answer → I might change answer - some solved it here recently84 DownReveal answer → Speak badly of74 DownReveal answer → Lack of cash concealed by trendy clothing155 DownReveal answer → High regard65 DownReveal answer → The French aristocrat spared the guillotine, perhaps66 DownReveal answer → Character116 DownReveal answer → As you'll hear, teacher rewards hits for six97 DownReveal answer → Remain47 DownReveal answer → Lacking strength with low energy, revive48 DownReveal answer → Theft713 DownReveal answer → Reveal614 DownReveal answer → Revived bar opening in Cambridge, light blue914 DownReveal answer → List of business615 DownReveal answer → Opinion416 DownReveal answer → Sedative lawyers munched on, back from rave916 DownReveal answer → Involuntary muscular contraction517 DownReveal answer → Lips are fixed around cold air hole817 DownReveal answer → Perfect519 DownReveal answer → Porcelain in perfect condition available to order620 DownReveal answer → First off the album!422 DownReveal answer → Crumbs Joe gives dog524 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, May 23, 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.