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The Independent Crossword October 9 2024 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 54 clues from the The Independent Crossword for October 9 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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Across

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Wages31 AcrossReveal answer → Two rugby players back argument91 AcrossReveal answer → Draw43 AcrossReveal answer → Tim leaves Casualty with drug habit46 AcrossReveal answer → Mean-spirited127 AcrossReveal answer → Son cries about death in cells88 AcrossReveal answer → The King gets Queen to kick out international junior swimmers69 AcrossReveal answer → Soil's condition59 AcrossReveal answer → Dreary accommodation in north Italy abandoned? Goodness610 AcrossReveal answer → Perceived710 AcrossReveal answer → At height, Boeing perhaps nearly gets a type of fracture811 AcrossReveal answer → Prime611 AcrossReveal answer → Rows of small picks612 AcrossReveal answer → Iced drink613 AcrossReveal answer → Part of town is more pleasant, on reflection, after parking in front of court815 AcrossReveal answer → Small grain716 AcrossReveal answer → Recorded on film having a poo?816 AcrossReveal answer → Jockey's clothing518 AcrossReveal answer → Large heavy tool1219 AcrossReveal answer → Underlease is crafty, with tenant finally moving east619 AcrossReveal answer → Celestial body420 AcrossReveal answer → Complicated ruling on breathing apparatus821 AcrossReveal answer → Muscular spasm321 AcrossReveal answer → Most of group left lake in sudden storm622 AcrossReveal answer → Face fight to arrest decline624 AcrossReveal answer → Oscar wearing dog/cat combo as part of fancy dress outfit825 AcrossReveal answer → Guy to speak about Tesla426 AcrossReveal answer → That man's entering The Bull, where spirits and liquor can be found together927 AcrossReveal answer →

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Garnishing plant71 DownReveal answer → Brace is appropriate in audition51 DownReveal answer → Find fault with John setting up lift mechanism72 DownReveal answer → Adolescent52 DownReveal answer → Article about foul place is unpleasant53 DownReveal answer → Conspirator73 DownReveal answer → Reportedly ranks popular fruit74 DownReveal answer → Syringa54 DownReveal answer → Eats in number one brasserie, essentially showing character of a weakling95 DownReveal answer → Snack item95 DownReveal answer → Great pain56 DownReveal answer → Long live supermarket with only one American potato76 DownReveal answer → Decision to welcome Republican, nationalist and Liberal separately shown in account97 DownReveal answer → Foe98 DownReveal answer → Into pieces712 DownReveal answer → Political reformer running to replace Henry, a complete fraud913 DownReveal answer → Uncle cuts up cactus?914 DownReveal answer → Diatribe714 DownReveal answer → Postpone515 DownReveal answer → Eager to capture a country717 DownReveal answer → Distribute517 DownReveal answer → Retirement outfit in eight fragments718 DownReveal answer → Scarcely sufficient518 DownReveal answer → Neighbours' dog and black cat registered720 DownReveal answer → Long story about single antelope522 DownReveal answer → A lot of large amphibians having temperature taken523 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, October 9, 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.