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The Independent Crossword May 27 2024 Answers

Monday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword May 27 2024 answers. The Monday puzzle has 56 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#
Approach clear riverOVERTURE8Across1 BrookRILL4Across1 Day beforeEVE3Across3 Band claiming place in big storySPLASH6Across5 Bank employeeCASHIER7Across8 PorcelainCHINA5Across9 Tyranny of a tsar not working with militiaTOTALITARIANISM15Across10 Game fishTROUT5Across10 ConventNUNNERY7Across11 Shout about extreme characters flipping switch in gameCRAZYGOLF9Across11 Wise knight entering lakeERNIE5Across12 Reproduce rapidlyPROLIFERATE11Across12 Order in official document about authorASIMOV6Across13 Bathroom units replaced in midweek?ENSUITE7Across15 AlikeSIMILAR7Across16 Music-maker's raincoat shortly getting tailoredOCARINA7Across18 CourteousCIVIL5Across18 BeliefTENET5Across20 Religious figure's friend had convertedBUDDHA6Across20 Tympanic membraneEARDRUM7Across21 Organ of sightEYE3Across22 SacredHOLY4Across23 Allowed to take flightLEGIT5Across24 Put lid on e.g. German snackSCOTCHEGG9Across25 Soap opera embracing script's cordialityNEIGHBOURLINESS15Across27 Outskirts of city restricting bright grey?CLOUDY6Across28 Convince Edward, a US representative, to make a comebackPERSUADE8Across29

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Plump spies breaking in, looking professional?OPTICIAN8Down1 Repeat aloud from memoryRECITE6Down1 Silent actor's bonusEXTRA5Down2 LariatLASSO5Down2 Call from Hunt to agree with HouseTALLYHO7Down3 Former prisonerEXCON5Down3 Sell out, absorbing current quotaRATION6Down4 ApparentEVIDENT7Down4 Flower partPISTIL6Down5 Award gold for lack of improvement?PLATEAU7Down6 Hot dog sausageFRANKFURTER11Down6 Estranged cadet, a 'Neil Armstrong', returned for a bitALIENATED9Down7 IndolentLAZY4Down7 Minimal settlement for lead in dramaHAMLET6Down8 Contemptuous sporting authority involved in lyingPROFANE7Down9 Love affairROMANCE7Down13 Noticing flying object, initially unidentifiedINCOGNITO9Down14 Vinyl discRECORD6Down14 Unpleasantly stickyCLAMMY6Down15 LocationSITE4Down16 Head of AC-12 arresting Detective Sergeant etcANDSOON7Down16 Charity resettled majority of grey sealsLARGESSE8Down17 Milky coffeeLATTE5Down17 Did gag take lead from broken-hearted?RETCHED7Down19 Zodiac signVIRGO5Down19 Monkeys feature in limitless curseURCHINS7Down21 Almost register to secure popular health centreCLINIC6Down22 Rough journey for auditorsCOARSE6Down23 Medical procedure involved in gene mappingENEMA5Down26

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Monday, May 27, 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.