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The Independent Crossword October 17 2024 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 58 clues from the The Independent Crossword for October 17 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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Ali's question about our planet appears in Dawkins work221 AcrossReveal answer → Story41 AcrossReveal answer → Absence of war53 AcrossReveal answer → Father occasionally gets pissed as a newt37 AcrossReveal answer → Rustic58 AcrossReveal answer → Female ruler79 AcrossReveal answer → Sluggish emperor is snubbed in Congress59 AcrossReveal answer → A sprinter resolved to come out910 AcrossReveal answer → Ceremonial staff710 AcrossReveal answer → When lecturing, I leave something to help the pupils711 AcrossReveal answer → Sequence511 AcrossReveal answer → Half-exposed tenor at work? Not so712 AcrossReveal answer → Toadying1112 AcrossReveal answer → For instance, newspapers, radio and TV service – main sources of information apparently913 AcrossReveal answer → Discover nonsense writer's first bit of nonsense516 AcrossReveal answer → Piece of cast metal517 AcrossReveal answer → Very old719 AcrossReveal answer → Bread is being imported this month519 AcrossReveal answer → Maybe lied about drug, one featured in Beatles number920 AcrossReveal answer → Argue721 AcrossReveal answer → Aid for driving glitzy dandy about721 AcrossReveal answer → Monk522 AcrossReveal answer → Golf course area523 AcrossReveal answer → Super network computer in Utah is no longer working724 AcrossReveal answer → Cricket practice424 AcrossReveal answer → Working with ancient Greek, endless learners must be alert926 AcrossReveal answer → Long stick used in mudflat hiking527 AcrossReveal answer → Veiled woman stripped off to be free328 AcrossReveal answer → See 12229 AcrossReveal answer →

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Take one groom's assistant with very high temperature to see clan member91 DownReveal answer → Propulsive force61 DownReveal answer → A break when cardinals regularly feast?92 DownReveal answer → Theft72 DownReveal answer → Armature of motor that's unchanged after turning53 DownReveal answer → Cinema snack73 DownReveal answer → Empty terminals around diametrically opposite points94 DownReveal answer → In the lead54 DownReveal answer → Old key found in lift55 DownReveal answer → Make certain65 DownReveal answer → Skybound risk taker I see during match point96 DownReveal answer → Coagulate46 DownReveal answer → Expatriate chucked up life-prolonging concoction (English not Irish)57 DownReveal answer → Calm and sensible117 DownReveal answer → Some young people finally drown in river58 DownReveal answer → Eight-sided figure713 DownReveal answer → List714 DownReveal answer → Island with apples for voracious women914 DownReveal answer → Half-cut Lord Admiral shot American native915 DownReveal answer → VIP (Informal)615 DownReveal answer → Shops616 DownReveal answer → Strange rationale for one causing estrangement917 DownReveal answer → Symphonic metal band's dark desire918 DownReveal answer → Serious518 DownReveal answer → Snack bar420 DownReveal answer → Knock down a storey521 DownReveal answer → Georgia and Edward under curfew522 DownReveal answer → Quiet chanteuse not loud? Certainly not523 DownReveal answer → Half-hearted fellas at work? Not so525 DownReveal answer →

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