The Independent Crossword Puzzle Answers January 30, 2024
Across
| Start of second half of year given a miss | JULIA |
| A killjoy like Harpagon getting left out | MISERY |
| Government official put burden on staff | TAXMAN |
| The French king and queen once snubbed a singer of 2 | LEHMANN |
| Indian national eating stale Indian bread | ANNA |
| Result of our violent rioting? | REVOLUTION |
| Left with additional bit of silver in reserve capital | PORTMORESBY |
| Mike discovered the old writer residing in backward town producing made-up stories | MYTHOPOEIC |
| Now and then Croatians spit, possibly … | RAIN |
| … on account of us backing cases in competition | BECAUSE |
| A quiet crowd meditate here? | ASHRAM |
| American volumes in Irish mostly | LITERS |
| Horny type from New York state getting half-cut | NYALA |
Down
| Lead poisoning primarily leads to backache | PLUMBAGO |
| Robert Lindsay? | WAGNER |
| Woman’s nether regions bitten by rodents | MICHELLE |
| Function in which one’s inducted into religious group | SECANT |
| Girl played a banjo topless? Not initially | JOANNA |
| A new government installed in that old Asian city | YANGON |
| Source of 21 data in much of volume 1, curiously safe outside | PLUVIOMETER |
| Harry quit pork? I must go out for a little bit | TOPQUARK |
| By securing a third off, there’s reason to celebrate | BIRTHDAY |
| During audition, Mark traps instrument | CYMBAL |
| Bug used by US intelligence to catch blighter | CICADA |
| Queen of the witches can’t stand going round the City | HECATE |
| Charles invests in bonds | CHAINS |
