The Independent Puzzle Clues and Answers March 07, 2024
Across
| Dull drink on rather wet island avoided | HUMDRUM |
| Instrument from retreating boat on fire | SACKBUT |
| Posts announced for Guys | MALES |
| Irate six-footer fed with one pastry | CROISSANT |
| Big duck finally making eggs smoother | GOOSANDER |
| Big cat doorman skinned | OUNCE |
| An aggrieved Len organised time at home | GARDENINGLEAVE |
| Drug ring encircles space over by pub before scrap | PHENOBARBITONE |
| Twin birds following river | REMUS |
| Face egos jostling to control university exchanges | DIALOGUES |
| He presents a Gallic person nursing child | ANCHORMAN |
| Companion eliminating king’s bad guy | FIEND |
| Sailor’s call that possibly follows 13 | HEAVEHO |
| Herring recipe with cool clam soup periodically used | ROLLMOP |
Down
| Title of monarch with time garners zero respect | HOMAGE |
| Improve intros to main elements later in talk | MELIORATE |
| Emperor once turned on a dreaded follower? | RASTA |
| Weapon duke regularly found in an ancient region | MACEDONIA |
| Polish company in revolutionary Russia | SCOUR |
| Cryptic clues as to what’s cooking? | CASSOULET |
| Ascending green warbler channels strength | BRAWN |
| Bound covers of TIME article on centre of ledge | TETHERED |
| Copter carrying corrupt cop’s cake | DROPSCONE |
| Obvious choice playing Baron in US Casualty | NOBRAINER |
| Sickeningly, bits of alum devalued natural gold layer | ADNAUSEAM |
| Get closer to one extremely plump fish | APPROACH |
| Exhausted American fool ultimately promoted | USEDUP |
| Colour of instant beverage | MOCHA |
| Doctor absorbed by couple’s animated film | DUMBO |
| Rotten goalie essentially rubbish | OFFAL |