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The Independent Crossword May 5 2024 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 55 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 55 clues from the The Independent Crossword for May 5 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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ClueLetters#Answer
Conservative and liberal creep in embrace61 AcrossReveal answer → ?101 AcrossReveal answer → Alpha female snorts coke of high quality84 AcrossReveal answer → Moderately hot48 AcrossReveal answer → See note79 AcrossReveal answer → ?610 AcrossReveal answer → Modern fortified building in English city910 AcrossReveal answer → Wobble611 AcrossReveal answer → Best party, getting gone in the head!511 AcrossReveal answer → Story with knight stealing new bedding?512 AcrossReveal answer → In Australia (Informal)912 AcrossReveal answer → A vocal on Substitute or Out of Time?913 AcrossReveal answer → Unfeeling member very posh girl rejected714 AcrossReveal answer → French main? Opening unopened wine!616 AcrossReveal answer → Type of dance music617 AcrossReveal answer → Hoskins is dim prick all the way through!618 AcrossReveal answer → Court fool619 AcrossReveal answer → Tombstone inscription720 AcrossReveal answer → Londoner likely to knock Hoskins's head off?720 AcrossReveal answer → Nobleman421 AcrossReveal answer → Progeny1022 AcrossReveal answer → One who legs it if Rob dances badly923 AcrossReveal answer → Sleep for short while with old man in leather525 AcrossReveal answer → Sinful things produced by out-of-head fiends527 AcrossReveal answer → Drinking booze? So then sip to get drunk!928 AcrossReveal answer → Girl eyed criminal in a rapacious way829 AcrossReveal answer → A northern set with southern backers630 AcrossReveal answer →

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Wind up Tory with hint about dire leader81 DownReveal answer → I love pasty-looking chap in a state, perhaps52 DownReveal answer → Back complaint72 DownReveal answer → That is to say53 DownReveal answer → Perfume manufacturer getting in new groove?73 DownReveal answer → Protein in skin, nails, etc74 DownReveal answer → Old worker snarfing seconds could be thus55 DownReveal answer → Mental picture55 DownReveal answer → Policeman injecting horse will get the axe76 DownReveal answer → Hot spring66 DownReveal answer → Divine nourishment57 DownReveal answer → No one fart about when Hoskins gets up!97 DownReveal answer → Overindulges and goes off booty68 DownReveal answer → Unusual to grab head of lizard and choke89 DownReveal answer → ?713 DownReveal answer → Oriental714 DownReveal answer → Decapitate615 DownReveal answer → It's a crime to break peaceful agreement915 DownReveal answer → Equine mammal516 DownReveal answer → Thin Frenchman with brilliant speed816 DownReveal answer → Ring roads close to old-fashioned school817 DownReveal answer → Legal successors518 DownReveal answer → ?519 DownReveal answer → A wine opened by old American gets you excited719 DownReveal answer → Is it possible that adolescent is a mess?721 DownReveal answer → Dodgy bloke, one Edwina worried about?622 DownReveal answer → Leader of DUP having sex is quaintly comical524 DownReveal answer → Vacuous police surrounding free festival526 DownReveal answer →

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