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The Independent Crossword May 9 2024 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 50 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword May 9 2024 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 50 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#
Singing voiceBASS4Across1 CourageMETTLE6Across3 General memory satisfactory on musical copyrightOLIVERCROMWELL14Across6 OAP's idle fancy brought in as a digressionEPISODAL8Across9 Flat surfacePLANE5Across9 EternalAGELESS7Across10 Extremely unusual silence besets campGULAG5Across10 RefugeSHELTER7Across11 Charge after soldiers, primarily wanting cover once moreREWRAP6Across11 ExternalOUTER5Across12 Brief note about contents of big, fat triflesMINUTIAE8Across12 Boisterous sons to explain access for improving PC facilitiesEXPANSIONSLOT13Across13 SpendthriftWASTREL7Across13 Be more significant than unconventional, swapping parts in auditionOUTWEIGH8Across16 Dances round in circlesDISCOS6Across18 Extra paymentBONUS5Across19 Large, hollow, mostly genuine ancient bones?LEECH5Across20 AncestryLINEAGE7Across20 Deploy nerve gas for those dishing out retributionAVENGERS8Across21 Perhaps forecasters satisfied with revamped Tories' logosMETEOROLOGISTS14Across22 Outstanding paymentsARREARS7Across22 StringTWINE5Across23 Sound systemSTEREO6Across24 Travel chargeFARE4Across25

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Ring old English birdHOOPOE6Down1 Heart operationBYPASS6Down1 Voices tense epitaph whereon one could be earthbound?AIRSTRIP8Down2 FrightenedSCARED6Down2 Beginning to slump, finish spoofSENDUP6Down3 Dim idiot swallowing lithiumTWILIT6Down4 Ugly sightEYESORE7Down4 In Orient, I set up mournful poet onceELEGIAST8Down5 Formal agreementTREATY6Down5 Make certainENSURE6Down6 Still he emails rubbish about Left's novel opening wordsCALLMEISHMAEL13Down7 AchievementFEAT4Down7 CoiffeurHAIRSTYLIST11Down8 Off and on, courage soon exposes instrument of thoughtORGANON7Down8 Cried with new top, so made uniformEQUALLED8Down13 RelieveASSUAGE7Down14 Lower current cuts -- not at allNEITHER7Down14 German submarinesUBOATS6Down15 In post-revolution China, stumped by boastful talk done in desperationLASTGASP8Down15 FalseUNTRUE6Down16 Fine layerPATINA6Down17 Number one weakling not quite getting hold of sheepWEEWEE6Down17 Apparatus for bringing up matter literally making medic nervous?DREDGE6Down18 TranquilSERENE6Down18 Giant advance following release of equitable voting system?OGRESS6Down19 Brief letterNOTE4Down21

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, May 9, 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.