The Independents Cryptic Crossword January 14 2023 Answers:
| Wednesday evening’s little man? 9 letters | WEEKNIGHT |
| Second gear for take-off 4 letters | SKIT |
| See smoke rolling back — here’s reason 5 letters | LOGIC |
| Ceremony associated with a severe hairstyle 9 letters | POMPADOUR |
| Eagle cryptically revealing descent? 7 letters | LINEAGE |
| Serving monarch like any worker initially in current rule? 7 letters | OHMSLAW |
| Shocked where flatbed barges drifting 13 letters | FLABBERGASTED |
| Decadent and dainty covered in slippery sludge by conservationists 13 letters | SELFINDULGENT |
| Resilient European to remain in charge 7 letters | ELASTIC |
| Division having FBI agents positioned outside 7 letters | SEGMENT |
| Boat’s propeller from liner good at sea 9 letters | GONDOLIER |
| Rough diamonds in Parisian street 4 letters | RUDE |
| After death huge ape gets internal examination 9 letters | ENDOSCOPY |
| Decision provided enclosure at last confining 500 animals 8 letters | WILDLIFE |
| British lord lines up drink 5 letters | ELGIN |
| Being out on one’s feet? 14 letters | NOCTAMBULATION |
| Break before going up in space endlessly long 7 letters | GAPYEAR |
| Drum roll to precede this lottery’s result? 7 letters | TOMBOLA |
| Ken say key policy expert needing lift 9 letters | KNOWLEDGE |
| Hurled from seat of power reportedly 6 letters | THROWN |
| Soho stag meal — it’s arranged for bloody boffins? 14 letters | HAEMATOLOGISTS |
| Sailor marked by disgrace avoided port? 9 letters | ABSTAINED |
| Solid achievements by people good at figures? 8 letters | STATUARY |
| Gradient obtained from 150 dividing 19? 7 letters | INCLINE |
| Wanted something done about Elton’s title? 7 letters | DESIRED |
| Perhaps Morricone at home stops one climbing 5 letters | ENN |
