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The Independent Crossword October 9 2024 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword October 9 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#
WagesPAY3Across1 Two rugby players back argumentSECONDROW9Across1 DrawPULL4Across3 Tim leaves Casualty with drug habitVICE4Across6 Mean-spiritedCURMUDGEONLY12Across7 Son cries about death in cellsNECROSIS8Across8 The King gets Queen to kick out international junior swimmersELVERS6Across9 Soil's conditionTILTH5Across9 Dreary accommodation in north Italy abandoned? GoodnessGLOOMY6Across10 PerceivedNOTICED7Across10 At height, Boeing perhaps nearly gets a type of fractureHAIRLINE8Across11 PrimeHEYDAY6Across11 Rows of small picksSCULLS6Across12 Iced drinkFRAPPE6Across13 Part of town is more pleasant, on reflection, after parking in front of courtPRECINCT8Across15 Small grainGRANULE7Across16 Recorded on film having a poo?INTHECAN8Across16 Jockey's clothingSILKS5Across18 Large heavy toolSLEDGEHAMMER12Across19 Underlease is crafty, with tenant finally moving eastSUBLET6Across19 Celestial bodySTAR4Across20 Complicated ruling on breathing apparatusIRONLUNG8Across21 Muscular spasmTIC3Across21 Most of group left lake in sudden stormSQUALL6Across22 Face fight to arrest declineVISAGE6Across24 Oscar wearing dog/cat combo as part of fancy dress outfitTAILCOAT8Across25 Guy to speak about TeslaSTAY4Across26 That man's entering The Bull, where spirits and liquor can be found togetherTHESAURUS9Across27

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Garnishing plantPARSLEY7Down1 Brace is appropriate in auditionSTEEL5Down1 Find fault with John setting up lift mechanismCARPOOL7Down2 AdolescentYOUTH5Down2 Article about foul place is unpleasantNASTY5Down3 ConspiratorPLOTTER7Down3 Reportedly ranks popular fruitROSEHIP7Down4 SyringaLILAC5Down4 Eats in number one brasserie, essentially showing character of a weaklingWEEDINESS9Down5 Snack itemSCOTCHEGG9Down5 Great painAGONY5Down6 Long live supermarket with only one American potatoVIVALDI7Down6 Decision to welcome Republican, nationalist and Liberal separately shown in accountCHRONICLE9Down7 FoeADVERSARY9Down8 Into piecesASUNDER7Down12 Political reformer running to replace Henry, a complete fraudCONARTIST9Down13 Uncle cuts up cactus?SUCCULENT9Down14 DiatribePOLEMIC7Down14 PostponeDEFER5Down15 Eager to capture a countryHUNGARY7Down17 DistributeALLOT5Down17 Retirement outfit in eight fragmentsNIGHTIE7Down18 Scarcely sufficientSCANT5Down18 Neighbours' dog and black cat registeredBOUNCER7Down20 Long story about single antelopeSAIGA5Down22 A lot of large amphibians having temperature takenLOADS5Down23

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