The Independents Cryptic Crossword December 30 2022 Answers: Low-scoring draw this No.10 clinched? 4 letters NEON For good measure blocks comic uses with gag to subdue backchat 10 letters SLIPGAUGES Stopping at Test ground into such a contest? 11 letters ATTRITIONAL Name assumed by rare black cuckoo 3 letters ANI Yard probing vulgar residue from…

The Independents Cryptic Crossword December 29 2022 Answers: Posh boring models express disapproval 3 letters TUT Branching out Republican dullard wears a fragrance 11 letters ARBORESCENT At first during sex one is accompanied by partner 9 letters INITIALLY Tea’s served in this empty galley that’s unpleasantly humid 5 letters MUGGY One scaled the walls of…

The Independents Cryptic Crossword December 28 2022 Answers: Graduates tracking the greatest caveman? 7 letters ALIBABA E.g. Norma Jeane ultimately a pro after surgery 5 letters OPERA Sit-in possibly cracked dome 4 letters DEMO I mingle restlessly with fan fiction writer 10 letters IANFLEMING What shows canal barges etc – oops! Duck gets caught 8…

The Independents Cryptic Crossword December 27 2022 Answers: Rogue punched by husband in a state 4 letters CHAD One aboard ship will get more raunchy 8 letters STEAMIER Possessing joints a curate lit up 10 letters ARTICULATE Old red blemishes on the tongue? 4 letters MARX Sign half-redacted page with half-cut minister? 6 letters GEMINI…

The Independents Cryptic Crossword December 26 2022 Answers: Sweet date avoided the question 6 letters FUDGED Setter barking in road 6 letters STREET Equatorial river’s missing current 7 letters TOPICAL Chuckle Brothers finally leaving bar 7 letters SNICKER Beauties lying around docked boat get complaints 10 letters BELLYACHES Leo Messi’s finish secured by left leg…

The Independents Cryptic Crossword December 23 2022 Answers: I can move over specially to keep wife warmer 13 letters MICROWAVEOVEN Wrapped in cotton wool American was rude to nurses 9 letters INSULATED Old hand perhaps about fifty and in charge 5 letters RELIC Just as rich after being taken to the cleaners? 10 letters COLOURFAST…

The Independents Cryptic Crossword December 17 2022 Answers: Front of building roughly covered with flag 6 letters FACADE Independent politician roots out fraud 8 letters IMPOSTOR Actual victim blocks statement contesting allegations 8 letters REBUTTAL Unqualified medic is poor performer in hospital 6 letters SHAMAN Salt symbolically received by Bill before church 10 letters TABERNACLE…

The Independents Cryptic Crossword December 15 2022 Answers: A lot of grind – that could be positive or negative 7 letters MILLION Killer regularly stabbing workers in chains 7 letters ANKLETS This could precede cap and gown happening at the end of the day 5 letters NIGHT Left province to sulk about exercise day 9…

The Independents Cryptic Crossword December 14 2022 Answers: Save money by having the other tap in pink 6 letters SCRIMP Casting goes to one of three old comedians 6 letters STOOGE Writer abandoned by the Spanish coalition 4 letters BLOC Payment plan author enters himself when in pieces 10 letters NEVERNEVER 10 land best in…

The Independents Cryptic Crossword December 13 2022 Answers: Loud bass irritated coach parties 8 letters BUSLOADS Solitary ship carrying international footballer 7 letters LIONESS Referee arranged to receive snack 7 letters ARBITER Solid pile could make 22 solid 9 letters ELLIPSOID Say Cheers! when child is eating 5 letters TOAST Announcement of station study in…