The Independent Crossword May 31 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword May 31 2024 answers. The Friday puzzle has 57 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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Station alteration - good to be replaced with new lineCHANNEL7Across1 StitchSEW3Across1 Small vegetablePEA3Across3 Encouraging motor racing cartelFIRING6Across5 Dress partBODICE6Across7 SumAMOUNT6Across8 Ship's floorDECK4Across9 Sixteen converts taking on church lifeEXISTENCE9Across9 Excellent fireplace, pushing energy forwardGREAT5Across10 Game birdPHEASANT8Across10 Lay wasteDEVASTATE9Across11 Popular Democrat returned in strength at the end of the dayMIDNIGHT8Across11 French are enthralled by hero’s injuryLESION6Across12 Manuscript’s opening with two historic articles? Nonsense!MYEYE5Across14 Sweet cone for us, and gala dancingLOAFSUGAR9Across15 Board gameDRAUGHTS8Across16 Orchestral item setter misplaced somewhere near Covent Garden?BOWSTREET9Across17 Low cartDRAY4Across19 Agitated, note, very agitatedNERVY5Across19 NegligentREMISS6Across20 Yearly recordsANNALS6Across21 Baboon? Please stareDOGAPE6Across21 Pig penSTY3Across22 UnhappySAD3Across23 Forced voice to have no success eliminating one disputeFALSETTO8Across23 Firm importing trimmed version of fat cigarCLARO5Across26 Omniscient angel lies, being at faultALLSEEING9Across27 Grand woman hosting leader of Lords with pleasureGLADLY6Across28 Our people back filmWESTERN7Across29

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Taken unlawfullySTOLEN6Down1 The best stuff to conserve energyCREAM5Down1 Strauss heroine’s operatic song upset finaleARIADNE7Down2 Crease in the skinWRINKLE7Down2 Mutter, being made ill with inn foodNUTRIMENT9Down3 DevoutPIOUS5Down3 Proprietor putting limits to Liebfraumilch of greater vintageLANDHOLDER10Down4 CanopyAWNING6Down4 Nearly all ships beat a retreatFLEE4Down5 AssistanceHELP4Down5 Upper missing from shoe of uncommon typeROGUE5Down6 MournLAMENT6Down6 Wanting name for one to incorporate Scottish city, in briefNEEDING7Down7 Artist diving in near fishSTINGRAY8Down8 Filled with horrorAGHAST6Down12 NewsTIDINGS7Down13 Roman poet's defect, ignoring primary dictatorial philosophy?MARTIALLAW10Down13 UnderwearBRIEFS6Down14 Novel object of obsession by detective beset by ridiculeMOBYDICK8Down14 WanPALLID6Down15 Who could have no stress with vocalising, ultimately?SONGSTERS9Down16 OnenessUNITY5Down17 Bird featured in comic story on the radioWAGTAIL7Down18 Simple card gameSNAP4Down18 Contemptible attention covering Scottish garment being flipped upRATLIKE7Down20 Slightly elevated, favouring university declaration, initiallyPROUD5Down22 Working around new edition of rag or newspaper?ORGAN5Down24 Small book in recessBABY4Down25

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