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Below are The Independent Cryptic March 12, 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

Take boat for diving then land	SUBTRACT
More expensive watch secretly returned for maintenance	UPKEEP
Shed unfashionable stockings worn by upper class	OUTHOUSE
Chat and a fag	GASPER
Pavarotti for one bought enormous trousers	TENOR
Waterproof loose on our son that’s taken back to shop	NONPOROUS
American bangs me entering pub, initially taking offence	INFRINGEMENT
What e.g. 8 took from a child needing protection after school	ACADEMYAWARD
Doctor can rub oil in both eyes	BINOCULAR
Small bottle of very acidic beer unfinished	PHIAL
Touching a thousand fish repelled man unloading boat	DOCKER
Old Indian spinner bats ten, following the order	OBEDIENT
Stick jug by sink after emptying it	SKEWER
Logical engineers like 1D	REASONED

Down

Charming debate held in silence	SMOOTH
Scientific study every NATO battalion keeps up	BOTANY
Current wanted for cultivation of arid region?	RIOGRANDE
Blockbuster about Chinese locksmith with gold filling	CASINOROYALE
One article chamber pot contains, something next to stool?	PIANO
Former priest learning Dutch did survey	EXPLORED
Soldier’s the one chasing English sucker	PARASITE
Impossible to get wife to stop drifting near bus lane	UNANSWERABLE
Brussels rent that is reduced for playwright	EURIPIDES
Island to rule out bachelor parties	BARBADOS
Local salt on English shellfish	BARNACLE
Wolf one wild feral creature	PIGEON
Mountain-climbing fashion-conscious youth dressed in silver, perhaps	PLATED
Sailors on bench both losing weight, getting thin fare	CREPE