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The Independent Crossword April 13 2024 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 111 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword April 13 2024 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 111 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
TransgressionSIN3Across1 Solid fuelCOAL4Across3 IndividuallyONEBYONE8Across7 CattleOXEN4Across8 Easy targetSITTINGDUCK11Across9 Green film about working for financial specialistECONOMIST9Across9 British author best known for her children's series about Little Grey RabbitALISONUTTLEY12Across10 Tory Kemi ditching worthless Powell?ENOCH5Across10 Middle name of Cassius Clay Jr before he changed it to Muhammad AliMARCELLUS9Across11 See 4 DownEIFFELTOWER11Across11 Be disloyal toBETRAY6Across12 Cold complication — doctor 6 for itFROSTBITE9Across12 Archangel good airy spirit shielding bishopGABRIEL7Across13 IntelligentCLEVER6Across13 Alumnus to function as witnessOBSERVE7Across14 1975 British film starring David Niven as 'Major' Walter BradburyPAPERTIGER10Across14 Foot soldierINFANTRYMAN11Across14 American actress whose films included Miracle on 34th Street, Rebel Without a Cause and West Side StoryNATALIEWOOD11Across15 Arkwright almost reserving room for girlNORMA5Across16 Sean ___, Irish dramatist whose works include Juno and the Paycock and The Plough and the StarsOCASEY6Across16 Bill of fareMENU4Across17 First baseman for the New York Yankees, nicknamed "The Iron Horse"LOUGEHRIG9Across18 AdequateALLRIGHT8Across18 Satisfied — with London's police force?MET3Across18 010 put about for element at 54?XENON5Across19 R H ___, English economic historian whose works include the 1926 volume Religion and the Rise of CapitalismTAWNEY6Across19 Chinese-born actor and martial artist whose films include Romeo Must Die and Kiss of the DragonJETLI5Across20 Forearm boneULNA4Across20 Wild notion to correspond with hawk-headed godCHIMERA7Across21 TreeELM3Across21 Town in Portugal famous for the religious visions that reportedly took place there in 1917FATIMA6Across21 Arrangement of sails aboard heavy eastern warshipFRIGATE7Across22 Creature also known as a spiny anteaterECHIDNA7Across23 Sufficiently early repair saving economist here?ASTITCHINTIME13Across24 1996 single by Toni Braxton that reached number one in five countriesUNBREAKMYHEART14Across26 Write off an amountTOTAL5Across26 King Charles in 26 — 28 pack involved here?SCRUM5Across27 Runner voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2002PAULARADCLIFFE14Across27 Formidable 15 with 7 among them holding 50?ALLBLACKS9Across28 Norfolk town in the valley of the River Waveney close to the border with SuffolkDISS4Across30 1981 hit single and album by Altered ImagesHAPPYBIRTHDAY13Across32 Drink that Vice Admiral Edward Vernon introduced into the Royal Navy in 1740GROG4Across33 Score composed by Sergei Prokofiev for a 1934 film directed by Aleksandr FaintsimmerLIEUTENANTKIJE14Across34 The capital of CameroonYAOUNDE7Across35 See 26UNBREAKMYHEART14Across37 In Greek mythology, a beautiful girl loved by ErosPSYCHE6Across39 1976 top ten hit by Stevie Wonder, from the Songs in the Key of Life albumIWISH5Across41 Book size resulting from folding a sheet of paper to form eight leavesOCTAVO6Across44 Variety of quartz, used as a gemstone, also called smoky quartzCAIRNGORM9Across45 8th century Bishop of London who was preceded by Eadberht and succeeded by CeonwalhEADGAR6Across48 The author of Wuthering HeightsEMILYBRONTE11Across49 The three days preceding Ash Wednesday, when confessions were made in preparation for LentSHROVETIDE10Across50 An instrument that indicates height above sea levelALTIMETER9Across52 1960 Ronald Neame film starring Alec Guinness and John MillsTUNESOFGLORY12Across53

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Writer attending game: cricket side in shapePENTAGON8Down1 Nihilistic early 20th century artistic movement named from a children's word for 'hobbyhorse'DADA4Down1 GuardSENTINEL8Down1 We must probe company books for evidence of neglectCOBWEB6Down2 Charge card company formed in 1950 by Frank X McNamara, Ralph Schneider and Matty SimmonsDINERSCLUB10Down2 GistNUB3Down2 Harmonise colours in riotous decorationCOORDINATE10Down3 Irritable (Informal)CROTCHETY9Down3 See 47MARGOTFONTEYN13Down3 Prayer endingAMEN4Down4 A short stout stick used as a weaponCUDGEL6Down4 Sight in Paris, one female detected hole in water jugEIFFELTOWER11Down4 1974 Michael Apted film that was the sequel to the 1973 film That'll Be the DaySTARDUST8Down5 GenerosityBOUNTY6Down5 Robust, carrying two ducks, daughter was easy to spotSTOODOUT8Down5 John ___, civil engineer who designed three London bridges and the London and East India docksRENNIE6Down6 Take notice ofHEED4Down6 Dribbler who drank stronger beerBEST4Down6 Scottish duo whose 70s hits included Heart on My Sleeve and I Wanna Stay with YouGALLAGHERANDLYLE16Down7 Tiny thing to put forward and not backPOSITRON8Down7 Tragedy by Federico García Lorca first performed in 1933BLOODWEDDING12Down8 Reportedly goes for jolly idea?WHEEZE6Down8 Ornamental shrub also called butterfly bushBUDDLEIA8Down9 Large hairy spiderTARANTULA9Down10 Order of angelsSERAPHIM8Down11 The swiftest mammalCHEETAH7Down12 Disease of felinesCATFLU6Down13 Ben Elton's first novel, published in 1989STARK5Down13 Slightly openAJAR4Down15 VIP is to clean out loos for punk band?SEXPISTOLS10Down15 Boat partKEEL4Down16 Romps and rolls embracing upright characterROISTERS8Down17 Luigi ___, Italian composer buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery close to his friend ChopinCHERUBINI9Down17 Produce variation on a theme Antonin Dvorak starts? StupidMEATHEAD8Down18 Frozen waterICE3Down19 Provocation on steamship is not desiredNEEDLESS8Down20 Song by Radiohead that was the third UK single to be released from their album The BendsFAKEPLASTICTREES16Down21 Rows in church? That's vulgarCOARSE6Down21 Answer line given in delicate last actFINALE6Down22 Island state in the Indian Ocean whose capital is Port LouisMAURITIUS9Down22 Cheers up on course to get fitATTACK6Down23 Classic early Baroque oratorio composed by Giacomo Carissimi in the mid-17th centuryJEPHTE6Down24 See 24 AcrossASTITCHINTIME13Down25 A loose fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds, lizards, etc.WATTLE6Down25 Another name for mescalPEYOTE6Down27 The former name (until 1972) of Sri LankaCEYLON6Down28 Part of the Pacific Ocean in Indonesia between Celebes and the Lesser Sunda IslandsFLORESSEA9Down29 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical featuring the songs Some Enchanted Evening and Happy TalkSOUTHPACIFIC12Down31 Boston-based R&B group whose members included Bobby BrownNEWEDITION10Down36 Beatles song that won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1966MICHELLE8Down37 Someone who attends or assists a priestACOLYTE7Down38 Chinese-style American dish whose name means "odds and ends"CHOPSUEY8Down40 The virginal Roman goddess of the hunt and the moonDIANA5Down42 The finished nonfraying edge of a length of woven fabricSELVAGE7Down43 Any congenital growth or pigmented blemish on the skinNAEVUS6Down46 English ballerina born Margaret Hookham in 1919MARGOTFONTEYN13Down47 1969 single by The Kinks covered 20 years later by Kirsty MacCollDAYS4Down51

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, April 13, 2024. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.