The Independent Crossword Puzzle Answers January 29, 2024
Across
Scholarly rascal consumed by a terrible malice | ACADEMICAL |
Boss getting apprentices half-cut | STUD |
Loser’s lesion oddly covered in distinctive sort of stitches | ALSORAN |
I like this drink which may be radioactive | ISOTOPE |
Twisted menace behaved wickedly | SINNED |
Words recited in panto, perhaps, when horse enters | ANTIPHON |
Second XI from Bundesliga showing personality | SELF |
Unpaid workers sadly lost most of revenue | VOLUNTEERS |
Star baseball player’s decoration hung by window | SUNCATCHER |
Communist right to reject books mentioning Methuselah | TROT |
Pea shoots or rocket leaves from this? | LAUNCHER |
Market leaders in zero alcohol ale stocked by boozer | BAZAAR |
Old person and resistance spies abducted by Martians, allegedly | MERCIAN |
What belly dancer reveals during guitar solo? | MIDRIFF |
Toll from dictator’s a little Dickensian | NELL |
Controversial content to save Indy cryptic | VIDEONASTY |
Down
Gathers American is supported by fools | AMASSES |
Gunners behind on table at regular intervals | ARSENAL |
Stranger with additional lager possibly losing head | EERIER |
Drinking establishments popular with empty nesters | INNS |
Area 51 ultimately wore down extraterrestrial | ALIEN |
A couple of syllables to cheer when throwing up a drop of red | TROCHEE |
New nans due to become responsible older women | DUENNAS |
Drug cops did lates with absolutely no cover | OPIATE |
Baccarat or cribbage entertaining old metal band | TORC |
Crossword setters and their boss like an old chestnut | USED |
Eastern practice and spicy beverage mentioned by Spooner | TAICHI |
Wise guy’s parting words briefly interrupted by doctor | SOLOMON |
Conductor not getting involved in dispute | NEUTRAL |
Crew of sycophants giving up time for king | ROADIES |
Economical fee about to be deducted from £3.50 | THRIFTY |
Pull up by space and park? | GARDEN |
Retro graffiti unnervingly captures discontent | ENNUI |
Duck pirate aboard the Jolly Roger | SMEE |