The Independent Crossword Puzzle Solutions December 10, 2023
Across
| The Spanish president almost backing fine for consumption | EDIBLE |
| Junction stops vehicle following gangster alongside Arizona prison | ALCATRAZ |
| More soldiers and frontiersmen violently besieging church | REINFORCEMENTS |
| Sound of allergic reaction from one half of train | ACHOO |
| Sinner’s rude tale about king | ADULTERER |
| The woman’s a goddess | HERA |
| Second Conservative elected to infiltrate socialists withdraws | RESCINDS |
| Most tragic perhaps, Dominic Cummings’ virtuous parts | WEEPIEST |
| Play down the odd letters going missing in French city | LYON |
| Stick firmly to petition to keep every girl’s clothing child-friendly | SUPERGLUE |
| Building hotel by river | HOUSE |
| Old-fashioned, as Murdoch is? | BEHINDTHETIMES |
| Lay weapon before leader | ARMCHAIR |
| Lower-class ruffian retreats, having stolen my French gown | KIMONO |
Down
| Soused duke forced to give up whiskey | DRENCHED |
| Caravan getting an upgrade for the first time – enjoy the trip! | BONVOYAGE |
| Symbol of love very touching, in retrospect | EROS |
| A Catholic afterlife without hot or fun places | ARCADES |
| Criticisms about Platonism being misinterpreted | COMPLAINTS |
| Almost all of cricket team getting Home Counties contract | TENSE |
| Keys to auditorium passages | AISLES |
| In favour of Chinese native swallowing American government’s political broadcast? | PROPAGANDA |
| Sit with old man suffering problem with vision | DALTONISM |
| Eagle possibly dropping one across street in part of Germany | HOLSTEIN |
| As hill next to point and line on map | EQUATOR |
| Plumb arcane quarters of the lower region | LUMBAR |
| And this, according to Virgil, is a rule to live by | ETHIC |
| Find oneself before a king’s magistrate | BEAK |
