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The Independent Crossword October 1 2024 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword October 1 2024 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 56 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#
Where centre-back is unlikely to be flyingONTHEWING9Across1 Lion's cryROAR4Across1 Hastened (Archaic)HIED4Across3 Seventeen Seconds, one embraced by person helping with The Cure retrospectivePIGS4Across6 Revolted by appalling denim clothing infectionMUTINIED8Across8 DivergeDEVIATE7Across8 Amount wageredSTAKE5Across9 Topless coupling on the radio!AIRING6Across9 Tea cakeSCONE5Across10 Faced stalker from time to time, displaying nerveMETTLE6Across10 Tornado (Informal)TWISTER7Across11 Boy's lips let slip perhaps?POSSIBLY8Across11 Famous outlawBILLYTHEKID11Across12 Beetle car parts shop's opening on AutobahnSCARAB6Across12 Man doing the washing up, maybe something into which excess energy can be directed?HEATSINK8Across15 Hesitation expressed after TV hosts, out of order, say Graham’s location?DECANTER8Across16 DamagingHARMFUL7Across16 Pour fat overBASTE5Across18 Stop to remove growth by ear?DESIST6Across19 Dwarf planetPLUTO5Across20 Japanese soybeanEDAMAME7Across21 10CC said missing royalties ultimately could be a disasterACCIDENT8Across21 Primarily sleazy politician's concealing money for Daniels?STORMY6Across22 FinestBEST4Across22 Young male horseCOLT4Across23 From seventeen, I'm going out for new recordsANNALS6Across24 In earlier times it was, we're told, Charles dancing provocativelyTWERKING8Across25 Backing special one in Heaven 17DOGS4Across26 A yield over 50 is providing a superior capital positionACROPOLIS9Across27

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
PastaRAVIOLI7Down1 Finally, you love scrambled egg!OVULE5Down1 Greatly surpriseAMAZE5Down2 Platform which made bluebird cross?TWITTER7Down2 AntagonisticHOSTILE7Down3 Frequently ignored, yells "I'm the best!"ELITE5Down3 Comprehensive department cuts in hospitalINDEPTH7Down4 PreciseEXACT5Down4 One of 17 left in main pastureGRASSLAND9Down5 Chances of successODDS4Down5 Common tales of essential vegetables narrated by SpoonerPORKIES7Down6 Non-drinkerTEETOTALLER11Down6 Facial hairBEARD5Down7 Vacuous nightclubbers zip up, entering live music events with cold drinksGINSLINGS9Down7 OmittedLEFTOUT7Down13 Final event in soccer ground is building to a big finishCRESCENDO9Down13 ImmediateINSTANT7Down14 Sound of 17 surrounds derelict street in South London districtBATTERSEA9Down14 French friesCHIPS5Down15 Brutes strike with violence in Australian uprisingANIMALS7Down17 BlusherROUGE5Down17 One turning upside down is unchanged?ROTATOR7Down18 Well done!BRAVO5Down18 Large jugEWER4Down19 Mask partner's striking spectacles from assembled onlookersSNORKEL7Down20 Charles Aznavour's hit record is number 17SHEEP5Down22 Author is upset over new American barMINUS5Down23

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, October 1, 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.