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The Independent Crossword April 6 2024 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 107 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword April 6 2024 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 107 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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Unit of powerWATT4Across1 Late visitors finally bring presentsGHOSTS6Across1 YellSHOUT5Across3 Sample recording by 'the King' for American who likes the blues?DEMOCRAT8Across5 Computer programsSOFTWARE8Across7 HitchSNAG4Across8 Type of artistPORTRAITIST11Across9 A large provision of weapons is causing panicALARMING8Across9 Pop star exercising during epidemicSPEARS6Across10 We go about on pontoons and lighters at firstPEOPLE6Across11 Rock band fronted by Chrissie HyndeTHEPRETENDERS13Across11 Spring flowerCROCUS6Across11 Crash top-notch Tesla with me insidePLUMMET7Across12 Town in on the southern bank of the River Tyne opposite Newcastle upon TyneGATESHEAD9Across12 Scrubbing a section of Farmfoods, say, or Iceland?ISLE4Across13 Fabric stiffenerSTARCH6Across13 Country whose capital is DhakaBANGLADESH10Across14 Cake made by special computers with flour student's leftPETITFOUR9Across14 The fifth book of the Old TestamentDEUTERONOMY11Across15 Expert in matters of tasteCONNOISSEUR11Across15 In law, a rule of evidence whereby a person is precluded from denying the truth of a statement of facts he has previously assertedESTOPPEL8Across16 DeceiveDUPE4Across17 Declares King John 'boring, dense, interminable'ENTHRONES9Across17 Bread song written by David Gates that gave Ken Boothe a UK number one in October 1974EVERYTHINGIOWN14Across17 Not elementaryADVANCED8Across18 They're rascals, these current politiciansIMPS4Across18 See 45LAWRENCEOATES13Across19 Compass pointNORTH5Across20 The former name, until 1964, of MalawiNYASALAND9Across20 Pursue communist making slow progressDOGTROT7Across20 OversupplyGLUT4Across21 British R&B girl group, comprising Celena Cherry, Mariama Goodman and Heavenli Abdi, who had five UK top ten hits between 1998 and 2000HONEYZ6Across22 Equipment used in play watched by spySEESAW6Across23 Language created by by George Orwell in the novel Nineteen Eighty-FourNEWSPEAK8Across23 Husky's howl inspiring Mohawks subjected to regular lossesCROAKY6Across24 Editor, with Bluebird following, puts the finishing touches to impressive constructionsEDIFICES8Across25 Luigi ___, Italian composer whose final opera was Ulisse to his own libretto, completed in 1968DALLAPICCOLA12Across25 Disease leads to youth suffering with his lip damagedSYPHILIS8Across26 Still, flat, empty oceans, recedingEVENSO6Across27 Japan's biggest UK hit single, from 1982GHOSTS6Across28 1850 novel by William Makepeace ThackerayPENDENNIS9Across31 Sicilian city that is a twin town of Dubrovnik in CroatiaRAGUSA6Across32 A perfumed oil used to make the hair smooth and shinyBRILLIANTINE12Across33 Asian republic occupying the island of CeylonSRILANKA8Across35 John ___, Scottish international midfielder who joined Aston Villa from Hibernian in 2018MCGINN6Across39 Dutch footballer who holds the record for FIFA World Cup finals goals for the Netherlands with sevenJOHNNYREP9Across40 Jo ___, comedian who formerly worked as a psychiatric nurse for ten yearsBRAND5Across42 F R Leavis or Raymond Williams, for exampleLITERARYCRITIC14Across43 English Antarctic explorer who walked out of a tent into a blizzard in 1912LAWRENCEOATES13Across45 English writer who won the 1996 Booker Prize with Last OrdersGRAHAMSWIFT11Across46 The extreme south-western point of JerseyLACORBIERE10Across47 Massive herbivorous long-tailed bipedal dinosaur common in Jurassic and Cretaceous timesIGUANODON9Across48 1993 film starring Madonna, Harvey Keitel and James RussoDANGEROUSGAME13Across49

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A device for determining the value of an unknown resistance by comparison with a known standard resistanceWHEATSTONEBRIDGE16Down1 Huge lie (Informal)WHOPPER7Down1 The thin cartilaginous flap that covers the entrance to the larynx during swallowing, preventing food from entering the tracheaEPIGLOTTIS10Down2 Some bloke, 50, encountered by the front of Sainsbury's, delivering hatsHELMETS7Down2 Express disapprovalTUT3Down2 Calf-length trousers or jeansPEDALPUSHERS12Down3 Dixie Dean wore this, I established, and scored the mostSTRIPIEST9Down3 Taxonomic groupSPECIES7Down3 Self-willedOBSTINATE9Down4 Gunk from small piece of fruitSLIME5Down4 The second largest city in ColombiaMEDELLIN8Down4 English singer-songwriter whose most recent number one single was Eyes Closed in 2023EDSHEERAN9Down5 Characteristic featureTRAIT5Down5 Discover dog, one day, lying aboutDIGUP5Down5 See 1WHEATSTONEBRIDGE16Down6 CouplePAIR4Down6 Bloodsuckers stop at nothing to infiltrate StirlingMOSQUITOS9Down6 Body of water in Africa fed chiefly by the Shari RiverLAKECHAD8Down7 100 sheets of paper, off-whiteCREAM5Down7 Put up list on a Soda Stream?AERATOR7Down8 Much-criticised fashion look exemplified by a 1993 Calvin Klein advertising campaign featuring Kate MossHEROINCHIC10Down8 1969 hit for soul singers Marvin Gaye and Tammi TerrellTHEONIONSONG12Down9 StorytellerRACONTEUR9Down10 Small South American rodent of which the guinea pig is a typeCAVY4Down10 Put up withSTOMACH7Down12 American actress and singer born Frances Ethel Gumm in 1922JUDYGARLAND11Down13 Picture left by artist put on the counterPORTRAYAL9Down14 RightCORRECT7Down14 X-Men given time to replace leaderTEN3Down15 Large milk containerCHURN5Down15 Electronic drills smashed in violet and green crystalsOLIVENITE9Down16 Other thanSAVE4Down16 Pensioners yelled animatedly across riverELDERLY7Down17 Irish poet and dramatist awarded the Nobel prize in literature in 1923WBYEATS7Down18 NoughtNIL3Down19 Intend to accompany aliens arriving at Venus and Mars?PLANETS7Down19 Grit shown by bandmate of D Crosby and S StillsGNASH5Down21 King of Mycenae who led the Greeks at the siege of TroyAGAMEMNON9Down21 There's bats passing over the heart of the forestTREES5Down22 Turn the top of Erdinger bottleSPINE5Down23 The tenth letter of the Greek alphabetKAPPA5Down24 Rufus Wainwright's second album, featuring a cover version of his father Loudon Wainwright III's song One Man GuyPOSES5Down26 English actress, singer and entertainer whose biggest chart hit was the 1967 Top Ten single Just Loving YouANITAHARRIS11Down27 A portable brazier for heating and cooking foodHIBACHI7Down29 2001 Japanese film that won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature at the 75th Academy AwardsSPIRITEDAWAY12Down30 The freshwater fish Salmo gairdneriRAINBOWTROUT12Down32 English actress whose TV roles include Nurse Gladys Emmanuel in Open All HoursLYNDABARON10Down34 1990 Penny Marshall film, starring Robin Williams and Robert De Niro, based on Oliver Sacks's 1973 memoir of the same nameAWAKENINGS10Down36 Paul Simon song named after a brand of film that reached number two in the US Billboard chart in 1973KODACHROME10Down37 The jumbled effect produced by the close proximity of buildings from different periods and in different architectural stylesBRICOLAGE9Down38 The youngest member of Bucks Fizz when they won the 1981 Eurovision Song ContestJAYASTON8Down40 2nd century Christian bishop of Smyrna who died a martyrPOLYCARP8Down41 A group or series of fourTETRAD6Down44 Oscar-winning musical based on a 1944 novella by ColetteGIGI4Down46

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, April 6, 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.