The Independent Puzzle Answers February 02, 2024

Across

Clues and Answers

Young dog, hard at work when rodent emerges GROUNDHOGDAY
Doctor hiding antique behind coat GOLDPLATE
Weapon that a sergeant wields TASER
Tory’s struggling to eat English seafood OYSTER
For the most part, full beam replaced with a torch FLAMBEAU
Anyone leaving A&E without left stocking? NYLON
Was gardener protecting daughter after nasty heat rash? HOTHEADED
Where one feels superior, drugged by heroin HIGHHORSE
Is mum giving permission? SAYSO
Collected articles penned by Greek journalist GATHERED
Looked resentful in broadcast PEEKED
Inner self revealed in revolutionary examination ANIMA
Who might give ten percent a year to keep Republican in faraway town? TIPPERARY
Fat pig died in lively annual celebration GROUNDHOGDAY

Down

Cooks topless – and burns RILLS
Yet another hit: youngster displacing top two UMPTEENTH
Very late DEAD
Work permit breaking record, public note OPENLETTER
Information poster put up by corporation DATUM
Beatles song from Before Midnight? YESTERDAY
Land ho! Welcome to Australia, the source of many fresh starts GROUNDHOGDAY
Hound Dog adapted into American black and white movie GROUNDHOGDAY
Man now coming with cash to pole dance CHARLESTON
One-time striker apparently losing weight without drug LIGHTNING
Festival gift perhaps wrapped around daisy, say EASTEREGG
Muse’s Origin of Symmetry missing from a store after renovation ERATO
Australian native and Asian native visiting a king from the south KOALA
Fish heart spurned by talk show host OPAH

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