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The Independent Crossword April 20 2024 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 110 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword April 20 2024 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 110 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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Intensive publicityHYPE4Across1 Hot air's circulating to plug musical releaseCATHARSIS9Across1 ShoestringsLACES5Across3 Fronts for thieving racketeers announce massive price hikeTRAMP5Across6 PlanetNEPTUNE7Across8 CerealWHEAT5Across9 Perhaps seventh word in a limerick's too long for itORDINAL7Across9 Song sung by fans of West Ham UnitedIMFOREVERBLOWINGBUBBLES23Across9 Fuss (Informal)SONGANDDANCE12Across10 See 1 DownCOOKIEMONSTER13Across10 Christmas visitor possibly taking other end of weighty decorationINLAY5Across11 Sheep meatMUTTON6Across12 Lad very embarrassed to admit papa's promised moneySPONSORED9Across12 A plant of the genus Erodium, especially Erodium cicutariumSTORKSBILL10Across13 Making a certain sound when stealing awayASPIRATING10Across13 DefeatedBEATEN6Across14 City in Steuben County, New York, to which the Brooklyn Flint Glass Works moved in 1868 and adopted its nameCORNING7Across14 Bouldering, for exampleROCKCLIMBING12Across15 The world's largest and most populous continentASIA4Across15 Area close to the centre of Galway city where the Corrib River meets Galway BayCLADDAGH8Across16 Mansion near St James's Palace that was the scene of an agreement in 1979 granting Rhodesia independence from the UKLANCASTERHOUSE14Across17 Old men up for dancing with yours truly, Methuselah?NOMDEPLUME10Across18 The former name of ThailandSIAM4Across19 DecorateADORN5Across19 The Welsh languageCYMRIC6Across20 Left-wingerMARXIST7Across20 Island republic in the Indian Ocean whose capital is AntananarivoMADAGASCAR10Across21 IncompetentINEPT5Across21 AmongAMID4Across22 Masculine decoration catching zip has gotta hurtMOUSTACHE9Across22 Lioness grabs tail of unlucky antelopeNYALA5Across24 Baron ___, Cinderella's father in the pantomimeHARDUP6Across24 A member of a South American Indian people of Paraguay, Brazil and BoliviaGUARANI7Across25 Tory leader fills political address with extremely nebulous ideasNOTIONS7Across25 Observe silicon and another element at workSITINON7Across26 The capital of NepalKATMANDU8Across27 Country torn asunder without old monarchSUDAN5Across27 Token of affection almost returned, but interrupted by fish and chips?SIDEORDER9Across28 Loss of hair from the head or bodyALOPECIA8Across29 Snooker ball worth three pointsGREEN5Across31 1966 album by The Beatles whose cover was created by the German bassist Klaus VoormannREVOLVER8Across32 Large town that is the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of HillingdonUXBRIDGE8Across33 Country known as Deutschland in its own languageGERMANY7Across34 The East Indian evergreen tree Myristica fragrans, cultivated for its seed, which is used as a spiceNUTMEG6Across36 1942 Michael Curtiz film that won three Academy Awards, including Best PictureCASABLANCA10Across38 The National Association for Stock Car Auto RacingNASCAR6Across41 In Greek mythology, a nymph spurned by Narcissus who pined away until only her voice remainedECHO4Across43 1984 Phil Collins song that reached number one when covered by Mariah Carey and Westlife in 2000AGAINSTALLODDS14Across44 Another name for Arthropodium cirratum, a herbaceous perennial plant endemic to New ZealandROCKLILY8Across47 A salmon up to two years of agePARR4Across49 Branch of mathematics in which alphabetic symbols represent unknown numbersALGEBRA7Across50 Torture device called an Eiserne Jungfrau in GermanIRONMAIDEN10Across52 1954 American romantic comedy film directed by Jean Negulesco that won an Oscar for Best SongTHREECOINSINTHEFOUNTAIN23Across53

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Muppet CEO Kermit soon replacedCOOKIEMONSTER13Down1 French name for the 1831 novel by Victor Hugo featuring the hunchback bell-ringer QuasimodoNOTREDAMEDEPARIS16Down1 Good-lookingHANDSOME8Down1 After tango, snubbed stranger's left in lurchTODDLE6Down2 The former name (until 1935) of IranPERSIA6Down2 Pay an informal visit (Informal)POPIN5Down2 Some irritating sound in my earhole? That does it!ANNOYS6Down3 London borough whose wards include Catford, Forest Hill and New CrossLEWISHAM8Down3 NadirLOWWATERMARK12Down3 Closely cropped hairstyleCREWCUT7Down4 Tropical American arboreal fruit-eating bird of the family RamphastidaeTOUCAN6Down4 Character who looms large in a seminar's novel reading?SILASMARNER11Down4 Badger's burrowSETT4Down5 Art term describing how much painting can be done in a single day, from an Italian word which means "a day's work"GIORNATA8Down5 Beset by problems, I lob my soup over some artSYMBOLISM9Down5 North African vessel sits in Arno now and thenTUNISIAN8Down6 Be quiet!PUTASOCKINIT12Down6 Caribbean fruit that is a cross between a tangerine, grapefruit and orangeUGLI4Down6 Country whose capital is SofiaBULGARIA8Down7 Rock in more expansive bit of space always losing velocityASTEROID8Down7 CurveBEND4Down7 Tourist attraction in Ceredigion, Wales, also known as PontarfynachDEVILSBRIDGE12Down8 Showing off, dropping name in front of male modelPARADIGM8Down8 American heavy metal band who collaborated with Lou Reed on the 2011 album LuluMETALLICA9Down10 Plucked musical instrument, usually with a triangular body and three strings, used chiefly for Russian folk musicBALALAIKA9Down11 Made a 'Sir'KNIGHTED8Down11 See 46DWAYNEBRAVO11Down12 CoupleTWOSOME7Down13 One text contains just over a hundred mistakesSOLECISMS9Down14 Submariner beginning to navigate through twisted ocean plantsANEMONES8Down15 Green fruitLIME4Down16 One got on ... or came down?AMOUNTED8Down16 Massage on vacation limited personal crisisMELTDOWN8Down17 Local linguistic usageIDIOM5Down17 Indian dressSARI4Down18 William Makepeace ___, English novelist best known for Vanity FairTHACKERAY9Down18 During goalless game, reduced team's rolling with punchesONETWO6Down19 Coastal area of Massachusetts that is co-extensive with Barnstable CountyCAPECOD7Down20 Semi-retired US prison boss given noticeWARNED6Down20 See 4SILASMARNER11Down21 English poet and hymn writer whose works include Just As I AmCHARLOTTEELLIOTT16Down22 Group of volcanic islands whose capital is FunchalMADEIRA7Down23 Relaxed, or wound up, blowing topEASED5Down23 Republic in Central America whose currency unit is the quetzalGUATEMALA9Down25 An atom or molecule in which the total number of electrons is not equal to the total number of protonsION3Down26 Sir John ___, British composer whose works include Song for Athene, performed at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997TAVENER7Down28 The process or profession of writing or compiling dictionariesLEXICOGRAPHY12Down30 A light two-wheeled one-horse carriage without a hoodGIG3Down31 Scottish economist and philosopher whose book The Wealth of Nations advocated free trade and private enterpriseADAMSMITH9Down35 King who succeeded his brother Ethelbert as King of Wessex and Kent in 865ETHELREDI9Down37 Otto von ___, statesman nicknamed 'The Iron Chancellor'BISMARCK8Down39 The tropical American evergreen tree Crescentia cujete, that produces large round gourdsCALABASH8Down40 German composer best known for his cantata Carmina BuranaCARLORFF8Down42 Celia __, British actress who played Miss Babs in Acorn Antiques in Victoria Wood As Seen On TVIMRIE5Down45 Trinidadian cricketer who played 40 Test matches for the West Indies between 2004 and 2010DWAYNEBRAVO11Down46 2011 Channel 4 sitcom set at the fictional Kirke UniversityCAMPUS6Down48 Raven in Charles Dickens' novel Barnaby RudgeGRIP4Down51

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, April 20, 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.