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The Independent Crossword October 8 2024 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword October 8 2024 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 57 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#
Bloke’s participating in Civil Service gameCHESS5Across1 Prize moneyPURSE5Across1 PitcherEWER4Across4 Humorists offering tricks involving broadcast outlets?COMEDIANS9Across4 Sausage in a bunHOTDOG6Across8 CommandORDER5Across9 Construction kit: something to resort to on retiringMECCANO7Across9 Award fixed in memoryROSETTE7Across10 Prima donnaDIVA4Across10 PleaENTREATY8Across11 Sack left in currentRIFLE5Across11 Musical noteSEMIBREVE9Across12 Sensible mate, going round polar region, right in the leadPRACTICAL9Across12 Avoiding beating, four characters in retreatSKIRTING8Across13 Show of intelligence in school will get you the caneSWITCH6Across15 Writer of musicCOMPOSER8Across17 Showing mercy, releasing one in vaultSPRING6Across18 Nonsense English idiot backed in news reportBULLETIN8Across19 Leg jointKNEE4Across20 Indian dishBALTI5Across21 Yearly recordsANNALS6Across22 Unexpectedly kind about Scotsman in Stoppard playINDIANINK9Across22 ObligationDUTY4Across23 Wet sound coming from part of chair backSPLAT5Across24 SkinflintMISER5Across24 One subsequently suppressing account with the wrong numbers?INEXACT7Across25 Ran wild amidst commotion in dangerous weatherTORNADO7Across26 Tribal struggles in Gabon are reduced in disputed territoryGIBRALTAR9Across27 Money produced after investment by AmericaBREAD5Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
American put in a lot of money to produce ChambersCAMERAS7Down1 Abnormal fearPHOBIA6Down1 Famous chef’s food that is eaten by historic queenESCOFFIER9Down2 EmitRADIATE7Down2 Fish’s way to cross frozen water?SKATE5Down3 Bird of preyEAGLE5Down3 Caught on the hop, preparing meat or wood?CHOPPING8Down4 Piece of artillery that may take a pounding?MORTAR6Down5 V-shaped blockWEDGE5Down5 Kitchen item: pin fixes this roughlyDISHTOWEL9Down6 Collector's itemRARITY6Down6 Father avoiding wild caperANTIC5Down7 Promote the development ofFOSTER6Down7 Bird in street taken to hospital in secretive mannerSTEALTH7Down8 InculcateINSTIL6Down13 Biblical mountain Nationalist elevated with the sound of trumpets?TANTARARA9Down14 NorsemenVIKINGS7Down14 GruesomeMORBID6Down15 Produce erotic stimulation? It’s not good in art galleryTITILLATE9Down16 Underground roomCELLAR6Down16 Salesman, hero of American literature, not entirely austereHUCKSTER8Down17 AirmanPILOT5Down18 Splendid party admitting some number after daughter’s leftSHINING7Down18 DomainREALM5Down19 Tech expert treasuring time with company - it leads to further serviceNETCORD7Down20 Knight involved in support, upset with tyrant’s initial decreeDIKTAT6Down21 American idiot our group engaged in plot taking the wrong directionDWEEB5Down23 Quietly trimmed red bushSHRUB5Down24

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, October 8, 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.