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The Independent Crossword May 8 2024 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 59 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword May 8 2024 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 59 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#
Outstanding - practical for musicians after one trainee's expelledPAYABLE7Across1 Scottish interjectionOCH3Across1 Long audible exhalationSIGH4Across3 Dated after fling husband overlooked? He's been betrayedCUCKOLD7Across5 Hair removal processELECTROLYSIS12Across7 RubbishTRASH5Across9 Charlie, king beyond doubtCLEAR5Across9 Circus swingTRAPEZE7Across10 Honesty: nice first of all, with less pain involvedPLAINNESS9Across10 UsualNORMAL6Across11 Woman given large bill? Why, might you say?LADY4Across11 Virginia starts to languish and experience depressionVALE4Across12 Dreams hide a secret when you look behind the surfaceIDEAS5Across13 PisteSKIRUN6Across13 Vocal work Norwich singer cut in half? Thank you, thank you!CANTATA7Across15 Want violin to be plucked occasionally by daughterVOID4Across16 Room for childrenNURSERY7Across16 Delinquent? Scratching balls can be expectedDUE3Across17 US ravineGULCH5Across18 Fatal weaknessACHILLESHEEL12Across19 NimbleSPRY4Across20 Only second shout of approval in SevilleSOLE4Across20 Lyric poemODE3Across21 One that's bright surprisingly learnt nothing at firstLANTERN7Across21 For example, sculpture broken by secretary into piecesAPART5Across24 Not locked up for nothingFREE4Across25 Invalid point papal decree initially rejectedNULL4Across26 Times cuts silly clues ahead of setter's specialEXCLUSIVE9Across28 Names both sides of the Titanic?TERMS5Across29 Registers in use in shopsTELLSON7Across30 Fate - hers is occasionally entangled with mineNEMESIS7Across31

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Burglar caught by king in irrational boltPICKLOCK8Down1 AlfrescoOPENAIR7Down1 Abandoning output in governmentYIELDING8Down2 Emerge from an eggHATCH5Down2 Soaring songbirdSKYLARK7Down3 Bald, pessimistic investor with lower energyBARE4Down3 Drunk and asleep in walkwayESPLANADE9Down4 DirtGRIME5Down4 RelevantPERTINENT9Down5 About to relax and fizzle outCEASE5Down5 Company supported by interpretations with regard to deleted small printCONDITIONS10Down6 SloganMOTTO5Down6 Followed rules former pupil observedOBEYED6Down7 At the same timeMEANWHILE9Down8 One who drills clients, given direction to replace books, quitDESIST6Down8 Useful facilityAMENITY7Down12 Storytellers of course rant wildlyRACONTEURS10Down14 Take over fromRELIEVE7Down14 Ride a bikeCYCLE5Down15 Eleven weaves lining check fabricVELVETEEN9Down16 SummaryRECAP5Down17 Demands a lot of paper to support divinity lessonsREQUIRES8Down18 ZestGUSTO5Down18 Coops up in humid spaces? No, the reverseENCLOSES8Down19 Dead? Case of not being buriedLATENT6Down22 Package average egg, maybe one left asidePARCEL6Down23 Make a pretence of being willingly overheardFEIGN5Down25 Couple having sex with the people I was talking about informallyITEM4Down27

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, May 8, 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.