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The Independent Crossword May 8 2024 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 59 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 59 clues from the The Independent Crossword for May 8 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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Outstanding - practical for musicians after one trainee's expelled71 AcrossReveal answer → Scottish interjection31 AcrossReveal answer → Long audible exhalation43 AcrossReveal answer → Dated after fling husband overlooked? He's been betrayed75 AcrossReveal answer → Hair removal process127 AcrossReveal answer → Rubbish59 AcrossReveal answer → Charlie, king beyond doubt59 AcrossReveal answer → Circus swing710 AcrossReveal answer → Honesty: nice first of all, with less pain involved910 AcrossReveal answer → Usual611 AcrossReveal answer → Woman given large bill? Why, might you say?411 AcrossReveal answer → Virginia starts to languish and experience depression412 AcrossReveal answer → Dreams hide a secret when you look behind the surface513 AcrossReveal answer → Piste613 AcrossReveal answer → Vocal work Norwich singer cut in half? Thank you, thank you!715 AcrossReveal answer → Want violin to be plucked occasionally by daughter416 AcrossReveal answer → Room for children716 AcrossReveal answer → Delinquent? Scratching balls can be expected317 AcrossReveal answer → US ravine518 AcrossReveal answer → Fatal weakness1219 AcrossReveal answer → Nimble420 AcrossReveal answer → Only second shout of approval in Seville420 AcrossReveal answer → Lyric poem321 AcrossReveal answer → One that's bright surprisingly learnt nothing at first721 AcrossReveal answer → For example, sculpture broken by secretary into pieces524 AcrossReveal answer → Not locked up for nothing425 AcrossReveal answer → Invalid point papal decree initially rejected426 AcrossReveal answer → Times cuts silly clues ahead of setter's special928 AcrossReveal answer → Names both sides of the Titanic?529 AcrossReveal answer → Registers in use in shops730 AcrossReveal answer → Fate - hers is occasionally entangled with mine731 AcrossReveal answer →

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Burglar caught by king in irrational bolt81 DownReveal answer → Alfresco71 DownReveal answer → Abandoning output in government82 DownReveal answer → Emerge from an egg52 DownReveal answer → Soaring songbird73 DownReveal answer → Bald, pessimistic investor with lower energy43 DownReveal answer → Drunk and asleep in walkway94 DownReveal answer → Dirt54 DownReveal answer → Relevant95 DownReveal answer → About to relax and fizzle out55 DownReveal answer → Company supported by interpretations with regard to deleted small print106 DownReveal answer → Slogan56 DownReveal answer → Followed rules former pupil observed67 DownReveal answer → At the same time98 DownReveal answer → One who drills clients, given direction to replace books, quit68 DownReveal answer → Useful facility712 DownReveal answer → Storytellers of course rant wildly1014 DownReveal answer → Take over from714 DownReveal answer → Ride a bike515 DownReveal answer → Eleven weaves lining check fabric916 DownReveal answer → Summary517 DownReveal answer → Demands a lot of paper to support divinity lessons818 DownReveal answer → Zest518 DownReveal answer → Coops up in humid spaces? No, the reverse819 DownReveal answer → Dead? Case of not being buried622 DownReveal answer → Package average egg, maybe one left aside623 DownReveal answer → Make a pretence of being willingly overheard525 DownReveal answer → Couple having sex with the people I was talking about informally427 DownReveal answer →

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