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The Independent Crossword October 22 2024 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 63 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword October 22 2024 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 63 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#
Long coarse hairMANE4Across1 Goes haywire seeing Trump and Vance?EGOS4Across1 TalonsCLAWS5Across3 Reportedly off colour, but that's what I meantSIC3Across4 Equipment that can force rector to feed prostitute, perhapsWRENCH6Across6 SciencePHYSICS7Across8 Extraordinary alpine languageNEPALI6Across9 BeastBRUTE5Across9 Tortilla snackNACHO5Across10 Newsletter read aloud in church about unknown architectural featureEPISTYLE8Across10 Indigo American duckANIL4Across11 UnlawfulILLICIT7Across12 Ngorongoro prominence perhaps keeping our path jaggedly elevated at firstKOPJE5Across12 Non-porousIMPERMEABLE11Across13 Thick cord official discoveredROPE4Across14 Hollow void separating the stars, soulless character in the centre of Ball RoomEMPTYSPACE10Across15 GiftPRESENT7Across16 GaietyMIRTH5Across18 Escort's appeal when top stripped offLEAD4Across19 CofferCHEST5Across20 Drop last trace of fat to be highly desirablePLUM4Across20 UnusualSTRANGE7Across21 Individual delivering a reckoning in the Library?BOOKKEEPER10Across22 The DevilSATAN5Across23 Not a pretty sight in the Dining RoomMESS4Across24 SnareTRAP4Across24 In disarray when horticultural centre's behindASKEW5Across25 No margin to avoid lethality in LoungeIDLE4Across27 Going according to plan that's unfortunately not greatONTARGET8Across29 Reference mark's ragged edges changed aroundDAGGER6Across31 Outsiders to control Earl, wicked thing!CANDLE6Across32 Occasionally gluing pieceGUN3Across33 Maybe main church leader's love supplanted by egoPIPE4Across34

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
HawthornMAY3Down1 FoulNOISOME7Down2 Whodunit? Investigate leads from the cluesGREEN5Down2 Group of intriguersCABAL5Down3 I censored articles about understandably stiff-looking CaptainSCARLET7Down3 Tolerate stew of Kitchen's missing chickenSTICK5Down4 Like an uncleAVUNCULAR9Down4 ConfectionerySWEETS6Down5 Hint: something wielded in the Billiard RoomCUE3Down5 The first to move with impact and energyWHITE5Down6 DurationSPAN4Down6 High rent Hall curtailed for entranceENTHRAL7Down7 Eyesight defectASTIGMATISM11Down7 Entering an American state quietly, I can't abide an Islamic oneCALIPHATE9Down8 CapableCOMPETENT9Down11 To some extent hope a cockroach might be a more beautiful insectPEACOCK7Down13 FanADMIRER7Down14 Aromatic substancesSPICES6Down15 Horribly inane foundation for philosopher's golden agesMILLENNIA9Down16 Inferior brought back tied up when Conservatory finally ruled outSUB3Down17 ConsumedEATEN5Down17 Rocky Mountain resident turning up pickled? That's too muchELK3Down18 Foot partHEEL4Down19 This may be hot - had better put on a raised bar insideMUSTARD7Down21 Short sleepNAP3Down22 Yearning without profit after drug high? Or checking out?EYINGUP7Down23 Obtuse as this may be, fisherman finishes earlyANGLE5Down25 Now, finally, Study includes the first person to open upWIDEN5Down26 Enter the dock and perjure oneself on trialLIEUP5Down28 Attraction of corporation on the riseTUG3Down30

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, October 22, 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.