The Independents Cryptic Crossword January 16 2023 Answers:
| Spooner’s rubbish dump is a disciplined operation 9 letters | TIGHTSHIP |
| Come home with this change? 4 letters | CASH |
| Racing driver behind then ahead 6 letters | BUTTON |
| Cook nearly wasted after knocking back brandies 8 letters | SCRAMBLE |
| Clergyman’s tea not especially tasty 8 letters | CHAPLAIN |
| The Premier League’s main concern is the bottom line 6 letters | FOOTER |
| Tandem riders got home 12 letters | TWOUPTWODOWN |
| Master translated for class 6 letters | STREAM |
| Peas carrots etc are eaten by girl where most get chips 8 letters | LASVEGAS |
| Squeeze hard cracking nuts on horse 8 letters | SHOEHORN |
| Jerusalem perhaps captured by Suleiman the Magnificent 6 letters | ANTHEM |
| Issue that’s annoying bishop starts to rather amuse theologian 4 letters | BRAT |
| Unknown round surface that alien guards? 9 letters | EXOPLANET |
| Cut tangles with hoe you got me 6 letters | TOUCHE |
| Energy Tesla understood 3 letters | GOT |
| Wings much reduced for cormorant on Galapagos Islands 5 letters | TONGA |
| Women I see promoted getting a word of praise 7 letters | HOSANNA |
| Minister’s brief for pilot ordered back from Sheremetyevo 9 letters | PORTFOLIO |
| Reasonable rations seen halved and reallocated 11 letters | COMMONSENSE |
| Second senior editor stuck on the board? 8 letters | SOLDERED |
| Shopping for work English chaps in favour of short trousers 11 letters | PROCUREMENT |
| Former agency worker given golden handshake at the end spontaneously 9 letters | EXTEMPORE |
| Something amusing for Maggie’s hat a feather fan 8 letters | TWITCHER |
| Old hands on half days rebuilt Mickey Mouse town 7 letters | ORLANDO |
| Gift given then returned with thanks 6 letters | TALENT |
| Promise to be quiet throughout 5 letters | SHALL |
| After which a bat may be aloft not upside-down 3 letters | TON |
