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The Independent Crossword October 16 2024 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 54 clues from the The Independent Crossword for October 16 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
Picked up someone going without waterproof coat?71 AcrossReveal answer → Ooze41 AcrossReveal answer → Funeral car63 AcrossReveal answer → Show how to upset collected VIPs75 AcrossReveal answer → Female horse47 AcrossReveal answer → Reprove88 AcrossReveal answer → Pigment109 AcrossReveal answer → Swimmer's jog around University59 AcrossReveal answer → "Fore!" some characters repeatedly snarled, with no mistakes910 AcrossReveal answer → Apprehension about one flaky financial period1011 AcrossReveal answer → Supports cash cut412 AcrossReveal answer → Tranquil612 AcrossReveal answer → Jerk back613 AcrossReveal answer → In a position to win game of darts quickly1114 AcrossReveal answer → Extra1015 AcrossReveal answer → Wary818 AcrossReveal answer → Bishop drops drinks next to queen's puzzle1118 AcrossReveal answer → In this way420 AcrossReveal answer → Car fuel621 AcrossReveal answer → Couple in Madrid reportedly sleep in very basic accommodation421 AcrossReveal answer → Worry422 AcrossReveal answer → Notice two Best Supporting Actress Oscar winners make decision1022 AcrossReveal answer → Cite chart that's excited designer925 AcrossReveal answer → It is worth a point in Scrabble, which is useful526 AcrossReveal answer → Examine bit of pitch during cricket?727 AcrossReveal answer → Sanitiser is discarded on the counter, important for seeing membranes728 AcrossReveal answer →

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Discharge, in more ways than one61 DownReveal answer → Kill41 DownReveal answer → Pick sweets over the phone62 DownReveal answer → Ugly sight72 DownReveal answer → Edge of a piece of cloth33 DownReveal answer → Highly reliable scan103 DownReveal answer → Shrill and voracious, but not at first54 DownReveal answer → Make void54 DownReveal answer → Friendly con-artists abandoning female - they will cause trouble95 DownReveal answer → Affecting the whole body85 DownReveal answer → Small parrot86 DownReveal answer → Go green, ringing fearsome individual46 DownReveal answer → Washington border troubled Cabinet87 DownReveal answer → Bowl a no-ball, as clear record broken by Stokes88 DownReveal answer → Reptile810 DownReveal answer → Discrete811 DownReveal answer → Torque unit can vary and it can restrict flow1013 DownReveal answer → Hire714 DownReveal answer → Most stylish butt seen in Italian port, briefly915 DownReveal answer → Discourage516 DownReveal answer → A friend curtailed drug problem in Arabian city816 DownReveal answer → Abrupt417 DownReveal answer → Taps engaging American's bottom and robes817 DownReveal answer → Nocturnal bird319 DownReveal answer → Helping shop to stock newspaper619 DownReveal answer → Tricolour's first among equals in flags620 DownReveal answer → Spread boron out, say523 DownReveal answer → Diamonds repeatedly cut into cubes424 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, October 16, 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.