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Below are The Independent Cryptic January 16, 2023 Crossword Answers. We have changed the way we posting answers and solutions for clues; instead of opening them in a new page we are revealing answers and solutions in the same page. This is the simplest way for you to find the answers. As you see in the left side are crossword clues and in the right side are crossword answers.

Across

Spooner’s rubbish dump is a disciplined operation	TIGHTSHIP
Come home with this change?	CASH
Racing driver behind then ahead	BUTTON
Cook nearly wasted after knocking back brandies	SCRAMBLE
Clergyman’s tea not especially tasty	CHAPLAIN
The Premier League’s main concern is the bottom line	FOOTER
American in Grease slops out bins at the theatre	OPERAGLASSES
Tandem riders got home	TWOUPTWODOWN
Master translated for class	STREAM
Peas, carrots, etc are eaten by girl where most get chips	LASVEGAS
Squeeze hard cracking nuts on horse	SHOEHORN
Jerusalem perhaps captured by Suleiman the Magnificent	ANTHEM
Issue that’s annoying bishop starts to rather amuse theologian	BRAT
Unknown round surface that alien guards?	EXOPLANET

Down

Cut tangles with hoe you got me	TOUCHE
Energy Tesla understood	GOT
Wings much reduced for cormorant on Galapagos Islands	TONGA
Women I see promoted getting a word of praise	HOSANNA
Minister’s brief for pilot ordered back from Sheremetyevo	PORTFOLIO
Reasonable rations seen halved and reallocated	COMMONSENSE
Second senior editor stuck on the board?	SOLDERED
Shopping for work, English chaps in favour of short trousers	PROCUREMENT
Former agency worker given golden handshake at the end, spontaneously	EXTEMPORE
Something amusing for Maggie’s hat, a feather fan	TWITCHER
Old hands on half days rebuilt Mickey Mouse town	ORLANDO
Gift given then returned with thanks	TALENT
Promise to be quiet throughout	SHALL
After which a bat may be aloft, not upside-down	TON