The Independent Crossword October 17 2024 Answers

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Below are all the The Independent Crossword October 17 2024 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 58 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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Ali's question about our planet appears in Dawkins workTHEGREATESTSHOWONEARTH22Across1 StoryTALE4Across1 Absence of warPEACE5Across3 Father occasionally gets pissed as a newtEFT3Across7 RusticRURAL5Across8 Female rulerEMPRESS7Across9 Sluggish emperor is snubbed in CongressINERT5Across9 A sprinter resolved to come outTRANSPIRE9Across10 Ceremonial staffSCEPTRE7Across10 When lecturing, I leave something to help the pupilsEYEDROP7Across11 SequenceORDER5Across11 Half-exposed tenor at work? Not soTOPLESS7Across12 ToadyingSYCOPHANTIC11Across12 For instance, newspapers, radio and TV service – main sources of information apparentlyMASSMEDIA9Across13 Discover nonsense writer's first bit of nonsenseLEARN5Across16 Piece of cast metalINGOT5Across17 Very oldANCIENT7Across19 Bread is being imported this monthNISAN5Across19 Maybe lied about drug, one featured in Beatles numberSOMETHING9Across20 ArgueWRANGLE7Across21 Aid for driving glitzy dandy aboutFOGLAMP7Across21 MonkFRIAR5Across22 Golf course areaGREEN5Across23 Super network computer in Utah is no longer workingDEFUNCT7Across24 Cricket practiceNETS4Across24 Working with ancient Greek, endless learners must be alertONTHEBALL9Across26 Long stick used in mudflat hikingLATHI5Across27 Veiled woman stripped off to be freeRID3Across28 See 1THEGREATESTSHOWONEARTH22Across29

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Take one groom's assistant with very high temperature to see clan memberTRIBESMAN9Down1 Propulsive forceTHRUST6Down1 A break when cardinals regularly feast?ELEVENSES9Down2 TheftLARCENY7Down2 Armature of motor that's unchanged after turningROTOR5Down3 Cinema snackPOPCORN7Down3 Empty terminals around diametrically opposite pointsANTIPODES9Down4 In the leadAHEAD5Down4 Old key found in liftEXALT5Down5 Make certainENSURE6Down5 Skybound risk taker I see during match pointTESTPILOT9Down6 CoagulateCLOT4Down6 Expatriate chucked up life-prolonging concoction (English not Irish)EXILE5Down7 Calm and sensibleLEVELHEADED11Down7 Some young people finally drown in riverTEENS5Down8 Eight-sided figureOCTAGON7Down13 ListITEMISE7Down14 Island with apples for voracious womenMANEATERS9Down14 Half-cut Lord Admiral shot American nativeARMADILLO9Down15 VIP (Informal)BIGWIG6Down15 ShopsSTORES6Down16 Strange rationale for one causing estrangementALIENATOR9Down17 Symphonic metal band's dark desireNIGHTWISH9Down18 SeriousGRAVE5Down18 Snack barCAFE4Down20 Knock down a storeyFLOOR5Down21 Georgia and Edward under curfewGATED5Down22 Quiet chanteuse not loud? Certainly notPIANO5Down23 Half-hearted fellas at work? Not soFALSE5Down25

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, October 17, 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.