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The Independent Crossword October 2 2024 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 56 clues from the The Independent Crossword for October 2 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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Damn inspiring old programme61 AcrossReveal answer → Rook's cry31 AcrossReveal answer → Clarified butter43 AcrossReveal answer → When to cut green targets for idiot74 AcrossReveal answer → Severe headache87 AcrossReveal answer → Woodwind instrument48 AcrossReveal answer → Part of the Bible129 AcrossReveal answer → African is playing the piano around 199 AcrossReveal answer → Cautionary signal - slope's beginning to be ignored510 AcrossReveal answer → Brigand610 AcrossReveal answer → Composer exaggerated when naked511 AcrossReveal answer → Spring put an end to kid's game912 AcrossReveal answer → Call otolaryngology department, having gaping lips713 AcrossReveal answer → Go beyond613 AcrossReveal answer → Oddly, Raid insect repellent is something the chippy uses615 AcrossReveal answer → Muscle spasm1215 AcrossReveal answer → Slags off advanced coaches617 AcrossReveal answer → Regrettably419 AcrossReveal answer → European inhabitants love new clothes719 AcrossReveal answer → Memento820 AcrossReveal answer → Aquatic bird421 AcrossReveal answer → Hit lightly322 AcrossReveal answer → Reportedly went on courses, primarily to get waterborne vessel driving skills922 AcrossReveal answer → On return, famed epidemiologist nurses American's swelling524 AcrossReveal answer → Perhaps Ray thanks Ray?526 AcrossReveal answer → Painful nonsense about war hero927 AcrossReveal answer → Advocate stops son becoming medical practitioner728 AcrossReveal answer → Happen to call about absolutely nothing629 AcrossReveal answer →

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Make cold51 DownReveal answer → Bright guards are making knife71 DownReveal answer → American specified female attendant52 DownReveal answer → Fine wool fabric72 DownReveal answer → Hand-thrown bomb73 DownReveal answer → Nazis drinking house wines as affectation93 DownReveal answer → Japanese seat of learning exercises right to display tree74 DownReveal answer → Elicit54 DownReveal answer → King meeting maniac regularly for fun55 DownReveal answer → Partiality45 DownReveal answer → Judge slightly occupied by Republican charge96 DownReveal answer → Small pointed beard66 DownReveal answer → She stores art in French department67 DownReveal answer → Alert as comedian struck68 DownReveal answer → Too611 DownReveal answer → Crime against the state712 DownReveal answer → Divide714 DownReveal answer → In game of cards Jack drops, followed by Queen, to give easy decision914 DownReveal answer → Writing with Sexy Sue916 DownReveal answer → Edition516 DownReveal answer → Rebuff417 DownReveal answer → Damp518 DownReveal answer → Pick a fight with celebrity running around Thailand718 DownReveal answer → Cross left out as show of irony?619 DownReveal answer → Gospel of electronic keyboard player and composer is ignored720 DownReveal answer → Mass producers disheartened old man621 DownReveal answer → Hunt Charles I of England523 DownReveal answer → Anger returned about Heather525 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, October 2, 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.