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The Independent Crossword October 31 2024 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 54 clues from the The Independent Crossword for October 31 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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Rudely crack a joke about posh writer111 AcrossReveal answer → Painful swelling41 AcrossReveal answer → Cabbage salad43 AcrossReveal answer → Cost of woman's silver piercing69 AcrossReveal answer → Alcoholic drink59 AcrossReveal answer → Greasy spoon sold wraps in support of workers810 AcrossReveal answer → Clean practices710 AcrossReveal answer → Up for one small television acting role – initially one might expect better811 AcrossReveal answer → Cricket fielder711 AcrossReveal answer → Rugby players512 AcrossReveal answer → Pressed De Niro to perform612 AcrossReveal answer → Entity513 AcrossReveal answer → Ultimately Jeb Bush succeeds occasionally funded by rock'n'roller1013 AcrossReveal answer → Dictator's changed course, seeking diplomacy415 AcrossReveal answer → Look both ways417 AcrossReveal answer → Cook518 AcrossReveal answer → Considerably719 AcrossReveal answer → Bankrupt trainer finally moving in to enhance his cycling1019 AcrossReveal answer → Stipulation720 AcrossReveal answer → Communist leader embodying end of old East Germany survived622 AcrossReveal answer → All together (Music)522 AcrossReveal answer → Cast off423 AcrossReveal answer → Job maybe available at the start – one that's clearly understood824 AcrossReveal answer → Charges424 AcrossReveal answer → Alert goes off during court defeat826 AcrossReveal answer → Crossword compiler for The Sun?627 AcrossReveal answer → Helpless victim modelling with nothing on1128 AcrossReveal answer →

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Belt fastener61 DownReveal answer → Blue dye62 DownReveal answer → Packing in large audiences to begin with – quite the reverse – getting worried72 DownReveal answer → Went to ground – somehow Kane's missing a lot after vacation53 DownReveal answer → Rubber trees adopted by essentially hawklike bird74 DownReveal answer → Limb34 DownReveal answer → For example Love Island vote regularly overturned after early IT glitches95 DownReveal answer → Unfortunate person65 DownReveal answer → At university prom ahead of time76 DownReveal answer → Tool accessory86 DownReveal answer → Possibly deliver Galloway's somewhat political vengeance57 DownReveal answer → Scapegoat117 DownReveal answer → Thick58 DownReveal answer → Complete National Insurance Contributions to cover time for digital improvement?88 DownReveal answer → Rectangular gem812 DownReveal answer → The masses discovering who'd win with vote on Love Island914 DownReveal answer → Church vault514 DownReveal answer → Well-known615 DownReveal answer → Sculpture616 DownReveal answer → Patron saint of medicine originally involved in new cure816 DownReveal answer → Song words617 DownReveal answer → Power conveyed by biggest characters of Richard E Grant?718 DownReveal answer → Sustain pair with tea but no starter720 DownReveal answer → Sentimental lad largely taking man's place in automatic721 DownReveal answer → Anger321 DownReveal answer → Morning before adult sons gather523 DownReveal answer → Relaxed plans when papers dropped journalist525 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, October 31, 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.