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The Independent Crossword May 5 2024 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 55 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword May 5 2024 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 55 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#
Conservative and liberal creep in embraceCLINCH6Across1 ?BLITZKRIEG10Across1 Alpha female snorts coke of high qualityTOPCLASS8Across4 Moderately hotWARM4Across8 See noteWARBABY7Across9 ?INFANT6Across10 Modern fortified building in English cityNEWCASTLE9Across10 WobbleTEETER6Across11 Best party, getting gone in the head!OUTDO5Across11 Story with knight stealing new bedding?LINEN5Across12 In Australia (Informal)DOWNUNDER9Across12 A vocal on Substitute or Out of Time?ATEMPORAL9Across13 Unfeeling member very posh girl rejectedDEADLEG7Across14 French main? Opening unopened wine!MERLOT6Across16 Type of dance musicTECHNO6Across17 Hoskins is dim prick all the way through!IMPALE6Across18 Court foolJESTER6Across19 Tombstone inscriptionEPITAPH7Across20 Londoner likely to knock Hoskins's head off?COCKNEY7Across20 NoblemanEARL4Across21 ProgenyDESCENDANT10Across22 One who legs it if Rob dances badlyABSCONDER9Across23 Sleep for short while with old man in leatherNAPPA5Across25 Sinful things produced by out-of-head fiendsEVILS5Across27 Drinking booze? So then sip to get drunk!ONTHEPISS9Across28 Girl eyed criminal in a rapacious wayGREEDILY8Across29 A northern set with southern backersANGELS6Across30

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Wind up Tory with hint about dire leaderCONCLUDE8Down1 I love pasty-looking chap in a state, perhapsIOWAN5Down2 Back complaintLUMBAGO7Down2 That is to sayTOWIT5Down3 Perfume manufacturer getting in new groove?CHANNEL7Down3 Protein in skin, nails, etcKERATIN7Down4 Old worker snarfing seconds could be thusOBESE5Down5 Mental pictureIMAGE5Down5 Policeman injecting horse will get the axeCHOPPER7Down6 Hot springGEYSER6Down6 Divine nourishmentMANNA5Down7 No one fart about when Hoskins gets up!AFTERNOON9Down7 Overindulges and goes off bootySPOILS6Down8 Unusual to grab head of lizard and chokeSTRANGLE8Down9 ?NEONATE7Down13 OrientalEASTERN7Down14 DecapitateBEHEAD6Down15 It's a crime to break peaceful agreementARMISTICE9Down15 Equine mammalZEBRA5Down16 Thin Frenchman with brilliant speedMACERATE8Down16 Ring roads close to old-fashioned schoolBYPASSES8Down17 Legal successorsHEIRS5Down18 ?JIHAD5Down19 A wine opened by old American gets you excitedAROUSED7Down19 Is it possible that adolescent is a mess?CANTEEN7Down21 Dodgy bloke, one Edwina worried about?BADEGG6Down22 Leader of DUP having sex is quaintly comicalDROLL5Down24 Vacuous police surrounding free festivalPRIDE5Down26

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Sunday, May 5, 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.