The Independent Crossword Clues and Answers January 15, 2024
Across
| Court hearing accepts main point upon reflection | TRIBUNAL |
| Key rings start to oxidise on the surface | AFLOAT |
| Stand-off is not quick rugby player | DEADLOCK |
| Spotted swimmer and reported location | PLAICE |
| Journalist essentially derided court’s pronouncement | EDICT |
| Protracted contortion of leg and toe | ELONGATED |
| Heartless German soldier pinches used, sleeveless jumper | JERSEY |
| Excessively complex set containing one digit | TOOTSIE |
| Outrage surrounding soldier in dress | APPAREL |
| Expatriate from Northern India gatecrashing party | BANISH |
| Settled outcome, concealing last of arsenic in cake | ENSCONCED |
| Conspiracy involving international jet-setter? | PILOT |
| Some revolutionary tracts are popular works | OPERAS |
| Cranes regulated by satellite in hypothetical situation | SCENARIO |
| More inquisitive envoy’s wife oddly ignored king | NOSIER |
| Waiter’s struggling with English, so to speak | ASITWERE |
Down
| Clears up island engulfed by changing sea levels | TIDIES |
| Popular ballad that is about mother meeting her ruin | IMAGINE |
| Gloomy detachment of soldiers encircles Lima | UNLIT |
| Camp originally established on River Wye, say, for sport | ARCHERY |
| Adult packed wrong pants | FULLGROWN |
| Old detective consumed son’s drugs | OPIATES |
| Model peruses gripping Spanish article about loom operators? | TREADLES |
| Ransack headquarters for Spooner’s fastening device | BOOT |
| Rogue rats out deputy | SURROGATE |
| Tired-looking ship’s company secures a mooring, periodically | CAREWORN |
| Pictures friends crossing street on Ecstasy | PASTELS |
| See 11 | BOOT |
| Spotted things hidden by sailor beneath black undergarments | BODICES |
| Turn up records and incite ostentatious display | SPLURGE |
| Tried fitting horse’s heart in cooker | STROVE |
| Vessel carrying fashionable wine producer | PINOT |
