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The Independent Crossword May 31 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 57 clues from the The Independent Crossword for May 31 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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Station alteration - good to be replaced with new line71 AcrossReveal answer → Stitch31 AcrossReveal answer → Small vegetable33 AcrossReveal answer → Encouraging motor racing cartel65 AcrossReveal answer → Dress part67 AcrossReveal answer → Sum68 AcrossReveal answer → Ship's floor49 AcrossReveal answer → Sixteen converts taking on church life99 AcrossReveal answer → Excellent fireplace, pushing energy forward510 AcrossReveal answer → Game bird810 AcrossReveal answer → Lay waste911 AcrossReveal answer → Popular Democrat returned in strength at the end of the day811 AcrossReveal answer → French are enthralled by hero’s injury612 AcrossReveal answer → Manuscript’s opening with two historic articles? Nonsense!514 AcrossReveal answer → Sweet cone for us, and gala dancing915 AcrossReveal answer → Board game816 AcrossReveal answer → Orchestral item setter misplaced somewhere near Covent Garden?917 AcrossReveal answer → Low cart419 AcrossReveal answer → Agitated, note, very agitated519 AcrossReveal answer → Negligent620 AcrossReveal answer → Yearly records621 AcrossReveal answer → Baboon? Please stare621 AcrossReveal answer → Pig pen322 AcrossReveal answer → Unhappy323 AcrossReveal answer → Forced voice to have no success eliminating one dispute823 AcrossReveal answer → Firm importing trimmed version of fat cigar526 AcrossReveal answer → Omniscient angel lies, being at fault927 AcrossReveal answer → Grand woman hosting leader of Lords with pleasure628 AcrossReveal answer → Our people back film729 AcrossReveal answer →

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Taken unlawfully61 DownReveal answer → The best stuff to conserve energy51 DownReveal answer → Strauss heroine’s operatic song upset finale72 DownReveal answer → Crease in the skin72 DownReveal answer → Mutter, being made ill with inn food93 DownReveal answer → Devout53 DownReveal answer → Proprietor putting limits to Liebfraumilch of greater vintage104 DownReveal answer → Canopy64 DownReveal answer → Nearly all ships beat a retreat45 DownReveal answer → Assistance45 DownReveal answer → Upper missing from shoe of uncommon type56 DownReveal answer → Mourn66 DownReveal answer → Wanting name for one to incorporate Scottish city, in brief77 DownReveal answer → Artist diving in near fish88 DownReveal answer → Filled with horror612 DownReveal answer → News713 DownReveal answer → Roman poet's defect, ignoring primary dictatorial philosophy?1013 DownReveal answer → Underwear614 DownReveal answer → Novel object of obsession by detective beset by ridicule814 DownReveal answer → Wan615 DownReveal answer → Who could have no stress with vocalising, ultimately?916 DownReveal answer → Oneness517 DownReveal answer → Bird featured in comic story on the radio718 DownReveal answer → Simple card game418 DownReveal answer → Contemptible attention covering Scottish garment being flipped up720 DownReveal answer → Slightly elevated, favouring university declaration, initially522 DownReveal answer → Working around new edition of rag or newspaper?524 DownReveal answer → Small book in recess425 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, May 31, 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.