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The Independent Crossword May 9 2024 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 50 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 50 clues from the The Independent Crossword for May 9 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
Singing voice41 AcrossReveal answer → Courage63 AcrossReveal answer → General memory satisfactory on musical copyright146 AcrossReveal answer → OAP's idle fancy brought in as a digression89 AcrossReveal answer → Flat surface59 AcrossReveal answer → Eternal710 AcrossReveal answer → Extremely unusual silence besets camp510 AcrossReveal answer → Refuge711 AcrossReveal answer → Charge after soldiers, primarily wanting cover once more611 AcrossReveal answer → External512 AcrossReveal answer → Brief note about contents of big, fat trifles812 AcrossReveal answer → Boisterous sons to explain access for improving PC facilities1313 AcrossReveal answer → Spendthrift713 AcrossReveal answer → Be more significant than unconventional, swapping parts in audition816 AcrossReveal answer → Dances round in circles618 AcrossReveal answer → Extra payment519 AcrossReveal answer → Large, hollow, mostly genuine ancient bones?520 AcrossReveal answer → Ancestry720 AcrossReveal answer → Deploy nerve gas for those dishing out retribution821 AcrossReveal answer → Perhaps forecasters satisfied with revamped Tories' logos1422 AcrossReveal answer → Outstanding payments722 AcrossReveal answer → String523 AcrossReveal answer → Sound system624 AcrossReveal answer → Travel charge425 AcrossReveal answer →

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ClueLetters#Answer
Ring old English bird61 DownReveal answer → Heart operation61 DownReveal answer → Voices tense epitaph whereon one could be earthbound?82 DownReveal answer → Frightened62 DownReveal answer → Beginning to slump, finish spoof63 DownReveal answer → Dim idiot swallowing lithium64 DownReveal answer → Ugly sight74 DownReveal answer → In Orient, I set up mournful poet once85 DownReveal answer → Formal agreement65 DownReveal answer → Make certain66 DownReveal answer → Still he emails rubbish about Left's novel opening words137 DownReveal answer → Achievement47 DownReveal answer → Coiffeur118 DownReveal answer → Off and on, courage soon exposes instrument of thought78 DownReveal answer → Cried with new top, so made uniform813 DownReveal answer → Relieve714 DownReveal answer → Lower current cuts -- not at all714 DownReveal answer → German submarines615 DownReveal answer → In post-revolution China, stumped by boastful talk done in desperation815 DownReveal answer → False616 DownReveal answer → Fine layer617 DownReveal answer → Number one weakling not quite getting hold of sheep617 DownReveal answer → Apparatus for bringing up matter literally making medic nervous?618 DownReveal answer → Tranquil618 DownReveal answer → Giant advance following release of equitable voting system?619 DownReveal answer → Brief letter421 DownReveal answer →

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