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The Independent Crossword October 23 2024 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword October 23 2024 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 54 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#
Fans of a departing horse making animal noisesFOLLOWING9Across1 Church benchPEW3Across1 Medicinal tabletPILL4Across3 Yawn, as fruit recipe lostGAPE4Across6 Type of fertiliserBONEMEAL8Across7 MeltTHAW4Across8 Issues about extremely short bookPROVERBS8Across8 Cherish women about to be thrown out of cityNESTLE6Across9 Shattered piecesSMITHEREENS11Across9 Four astute tradesmen's stocksTETRAD6Across10 Housefly larvaMAGGOT6Across10 Varadkar shot burrowing mammalAARDVARK8Across11 Walk unsteadily in summer?TOTTER6Across12 Dock for pleasure boatsMARINA6Across13 SorceressENCHANTRESS11Across15 Claims no drunk can display brevityLACONISM8Across15 Geraint and Emily secretly togetherINTANDEM8Across16 Second-handUSED4Across19 Superior passport perhaps found in Russian vehicleLADIDA6Across19 BucolicPASTORAL8Across20 SortTYPE4Across21 Development of chemical process involving carbon migrationCREATION8Across21 Polish film in troubleBUFFET6Across22 Cook in fatFRY3Across22 Fake American policeman in New YorkSHAMUS6Across24 Sane public right to replace leaderRATIONAL8Across25 Small sweet potatoSPUD4Across26 Talks online after repellent creature given protective coatLAMINATED9Across27

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Strength of warning about TeslaFORTE5Down1 DevoutPIOUS5Down1 Young runner always allowed outsideLEVERET7Down2 CryingWEEPING7Down2 Paddled in sea after boat discoveredOARED5Down3 Religious wayfarerPILGRIM7Down3 Set up home above stable?INSTALL7Down4 Turning toolLATHE5Down4 Applicable to any group that's playing Carnegie Hall at lastGENERICAL9Down5 NetworkMESH4Down5 When is boring right-wing politician getting new cooker?GASOVEN7Down6 Plumlike fruitDAMSON6Down6 Divided and cut up stem on daffodil, primarilyPOLARISED9Down7 DisinclinedAVERSE6Down11 Walk wearilyTRAIPSE7Down12 Sniper who lost controlOWNERSHIP9Down13 Vin rouge? It's not for consumption when driving on public roadsREDDIESEL9Down14 Recite fluentlyREELOFF7Down14 Tea containerCADDY5Down16 Scared, in dangerous situation for 1920s Chicago FedsALARMED7Down17 Throw carelesslyTOSS4Down17 Employee on public transport repeated phrase in meditationMANTRAM7Down18 UnstableSHAKY5Down18 Take out of the freezer food initially stored badlyDEFROST7Down20 Rod is bachelor, and not stuck upBATON5Down22 Antelope seen in country, not IranELAND5Down23

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, October 23, 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.