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The Independent Crossword May 3 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 53 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword May 3 2024 answers. The Friday puzzle has 53 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#
Smoke outletFLUE4Across1 Film company using isolated flicksEALINGSTUDIOS13Across1 Of great importanceKEY3Across3 Large seaOCEAN5Across8 Support for trees toppling over after I departed? That’s a setback; …RELAPSE7Across8 Cockerel (US)ROOSTER7Across9 … a lot of trees waste away, going to potPINETUM7Across9 Variety of lettuceICEBERG7Across10 Fake warning about measure of gravitationFORGE5Across11 ResoundECHO4Across11 Computer program’s more competent, holding confusion backASSEMBLER9Across12 AliasASSUMEDNAME11Across12 Resolved tidy case involving small strip-tease artistECDYSIAST9Across14 Martial art’s target encompassed by culmination of fight?KENDO5Across15 Investigators seizing stimulant, source of major upheavalsTECTONICS9Across16 Musical workOPUS4Across16 Hot red sauceTABASCO7Across18 Ordinary dress awkward person trimmed before returning itMUFTI5Across19 ToolSPANNER7Across21 Satisfactory, apparently, to have one African animalOKAPI5Across21 Apple cultivar a reason to put out flags?ROYALGALA9Across22 RespondREACT5Across22 Unhandicapped player runs to intercept second dismissalSCRATCH7Across23 StickROD3Across23 I have to follow a police raid, nearly causing harmABUSIVE7Across24 LordPEER4Across24 Need millions to engage in encouragement to repeat main Waugh novelBLACKMISCHIEF13Across25

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
RuddyFLORID6Down1 Tempted you, ultimately, in monochromatic clothing?ALLURED7Down2 IneffectualUSELESS7Down2 Ironic pessimist sadly describing impact of things seen?IMPRESSIONISTIC15Down3 Sailing boatKETCH5Down3 Caribbean island’s reduction in pineapple areaGRENADA7Down4 ThreadYARN4Down4 High point’s end, not startTOP3Down5 Leg jointKNEE4Down5 I want something tragic? That’s ridiculousDONTMAKEMELAUGH15Down6 IncompleteFRAGMENTARY11Down6 English playwright touring US city gets avian delicacyORTOLAN7Down7 RuleGOVERN6Down7 Considerations from one judging votes seeing leader removedREFLECTIONS11Down8 Newspaper that is absorbing another publication? It looks exactly the sameMIRRORIMAGE11Down10 Weekend day is fairly empty in contentSATISFY7Down13 Not acclaimedUNSUNG6Down13 ErrorMISTAKE7Down14 List of namesROSTER6Down15 Tartan clothPLAID5Down17 French director linking tea to British part, mostlyCHABROL7Down17 One book elevated Arab - that chap’s a key Muslim figureIBRAHIM7Down18 BelchBURP4Down19 Russian rulerTSAR4Down20 Rather weak dossier about newspaperFRAGILE7Down20 Foolish person unaltered? I will goASS3Down24

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, May 3, 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.