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The Independent Crossword October 31 2024 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword October 31 2024 answers. The Thursday 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#
Rudely crack a joke about posh writerJACKKEROUAC11Across1 Painful swellingBOIL4Across1 Cabbage saladSLAW4Across3 Cost of woman's silver piercingDAMAGE6Across9 Alcoholic drinkCIDER5Across9 Greasy spoon sold wraps in support of workersSCAFFOLD8Across10 Clean practicesHYGIENE7Across10 Up for one small television acting role – initially one might expect betterFILMSTAR8Across11 Cricket fielderLEGSLIP7Across11 Rugby playersBACKS5Across12 Pressed De Niro to performIRONED6Across12 EntityBEING5Across13 Ultimately Jeb Bush succeeds occasionally funded by rock'n'rollerBUDDYHOLLY10Across13 Dictator's changed course, seeking diplomacyTACT4Across15 Look both waysPEEP4Across17 CookROAST5Across18 ConsiderablyGREATLY7Across19 Bankrupt trainer finally moving in to enhance his cyclingIMPOVERISH10Across19 StipulationPROVISO7Across20 Communist leader embodying end of old East Germany survivedMADEDO6Across22 All together (Music)TUTTI5Across22 Cast offSHED4Across23 Job maybe available at the start – one that's clearly understoodOPENBOOK8Across24 ChargesFEES4Across24 Alert goes off during court defeatWATERLOO8Across26 Crossword compiler for The Sun?SETTER6Across27 Helpless victim modelling with nothing onSITTINGDUCK11Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Belt fastenerBUCKLE6Down1 Blue dyeINDIGO6Down2 Packing in large audiences to begin with – quite the reverse – getting worriedALARMED7Down2 Went to ground – somehow Kane's missing a lot after vacationKNELT5Down3 Rubber trees adopted by essentially hawklike birdKESTREL7Down4 LimbLEG3Down4 For example Love Island vote regularly overturned after early IT glitchesREALITYTV9Down5 Unfortunate personWRETCH6Down5 At university prom ahead of timeUPFRONT7Down6 Tool accessoryDRILLBIT8Down6 Possibly deliver Galloway's somewhat political vengeanceCALVE5Down7 ScapegoatWHIPPINGBOY11Down7 ThickDENSE5Down8 Complete National Insurance Contributions to cover time for digital improvement?MANICURE8Down8 Rectangular gemBAGUETTE8Down12 The masses discovering who'd win with vote on Love IslandHOIPOLLOI9Down14 Church vaultCRYPT5Down14 Well-knownFAMOUS6Down15 SculptureSTATUE6Down16 Patron saint of medicine originally involved in new cureCUSTOMER8Down16 Song wordsLYRICS6Down17 Power conveyed by biggest characters of Richard E Grant?PRESENT7Down18 Sustain pair with tea but no starterPROLONG7Down20 Sentimental lad largely taking man's place in automaticROBOTIC7Down21 AngerIRE3Down21 Morning before adult sons gatherAMASS5Down23 Relaxed plans when papers dropped journalistEASED5Down25

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