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The Independent Crossword August 10 2024 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 111 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword August 10 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#
JustFAIR4Across1 Mass of fish eggsROE3Across3 Greek dishMOUSSAKA8Across7 NosegayPOSY4Across8 English actress seen as Little Mo Mitchell in EastEnders and Cathy Keating in GrantchesterKACEYAINSWORTH14Across9 Part of the brainCEREBELLUM10Across9 Get to know tragic character close to queenLEARN5Across9 Turn on corrupt Tories inflicting economic chaos at the outsetEROTICISE9Across10 Small fowlBANTAM6Across11 See support recoverGETBACK7Across11 Blossoming growth area behind favourite academic institutionPETUNIA7Across12 A type of neologism that provides a new name for an object or concept to differentiate it from a more recent form or versionRETRONYM8Across12 Adult feature contains bondage equipment?CHAIN5Across13 Lag behindDAWDLE6Across13 Weight loss affecting firmness of body ultimatelyTON3Across14 A circular temple in Rome dedicated to all the gods, used since 609 AD as a Christian churchPANTHEON8Across14 Science roomLABORATORY10Across15 A child's resting placePERCH5Across15 Dance originating in Brazil exemplified by the 1964 Getz/Gilberto single The Girl From IpanemaBOSSANOVA9Across15 Step on ruler's foot?IMPERIALMEASURE15Across16 The capital of Greenland, whose Danish name is GodthabNUUK4Across16 English actor and novelist whose films include Doctor in the House and Death in VeniceDIRKBOGARDE11Across17 Beat poetPOUND5Across18 Church serviceMASS4Across19 Hill of colliery refuseSLAGHEAP8Across20 American composer and songwriter whose songs include Night and Day, I Get a Kick out of You and I've Got You Under My SkinCOLEPORTER10Across20 Bar crowd in prime locationsROD3Across20 Of great importanceKEY3Across21 A construction that takes the thrust of an arch or vault or supports the end of a bridgeABUTMENT8Across21 What may mark graves of saint and cardinal?STONE5Across21 RotisserieSPIT4Across22 1973 play by Peter ShafferEQUUS5Across22 Game played on court using some elements of tennisNETBALL7Across22 Japanese video game corporation founded as a card company in 1889NINTENDO8Across23 The condition of excreting potassium in urineKALIURESIS10Across24 The Spanish getting into brown sauce in a serious wayGRAVELY7Across24 British author and screenwriter whose TV adaptations include Pride and Prejudice, Bleak House and Little DorritANDREWDAVIES12Across26 Electronic device's only lines disconnected by dischargeSOLARCELL9Across26 Specialist army unit brought back to protect English ruler overseasEMEER5Across27 Roman name for ChesterDEVA4Across29 English stand-up comedian who found chart success with the single 'Ullo John! Gotta New Motor?ALEXEISAYLE11Across30 Mountainous Italian island that was Napoleon's first place of exileELBA4Across32 British soul group whose song You to Me Are Everything reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart in 1976THEREALTHING12Across35 1985 Martin Scorsese film starring Griffin DunneAFTERHOURS10Across39 Genus of rays that includes the spot-on-spot round ray and the yellow stingrayUROBATIS8Across40 Evergreen tree with edible shiny black fruitsOLIVE5Across43 Chile's second oldest city after SantiagoLASERENA8Across44 The most populous British city outside LondonBIRMINGHAM10Across45 Another name for the yucca plantADAMSNEEDLE11Across46 A metrical foot used in various types of poetryIAMB4Across48 An essential part in a musical scoreOBBLIGATO9Across49 The capital of ChadNDJAMENA8Across51 British retail clothing company founded by Ray Kelvin in Glasgow in 1988TEDBAKER8Across53 English sculptor and printmaker made a DBE in 1982 and a Companion of Honour in 1992ELISABETHFRINK14Across54

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Large mouthful of punchSLUG4Down1 Move in a streamFLOW4Down1 County known as 'the garden of England'KENT4Down1 Examine closelyINSPECT7Down2 Like to interrupt both officer and doctor at the deathLASTGASP8Down2 Former Labour Cabinet member nicknamed "the Iron Chipmunk" by Fraser Nelson, writing in The SpectatorHAZELBLEARS11Down2 See 7ITHAPPENEDONENIGHT18Down3 Rude article in Le Monde by fashion journalistUNMANNERED10Down3 Drive backREPEL5Down3 Greek god of love whose Roman counterpart was CupidEROS4Down4 Spellbound actor's kissPECK4Down4 Group of soloistsENSEMBLE8Down4 Wise manSAGE4Down5 Furious movement based on one member supported by lunaticHOPPINGMAD10Down5 1988 film for which Jodie Foster won a Best Actress OscarTHEACCUSED10Down5 Cigarette stub (Informal)FAGEND6Down6 Volume of sanctimonious religious booksPINT4Down6 The most populous of New York City's five boroughsBROOKLYN8Down6 Greedy individual possibly has second meal but no starterSINNER6Down7 Frank Capra film that won Best Picture at the 1934 OscarsITHAPPENEDONENIGHT18Down7 1966 film starring Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers, based on a book of the same name by Joy AdamsonBORNFREE8Down8 Competitor cheated badly, receives sanctionDECATHLETE10Down8 American seven-time Olympic medallist (two gold, four silver, one bronze) who is a former world record holder in the women's 200m breaststrokeAMANDABEARD11Down10 Queue of trafficTAILBACK8Down10 Max ___, German sociologist and political economist whose works include The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of CapitalismWEBER5Down11 GloomyMOROSE6Down12 1957 US number one single by Sam CookeYOUSENDME9Down13 Brittle quality of princess is fittingCRISPINESS10Down13 RevereWORSHIP7Down14 Drinks provider still coming back round to consume sandwichTEATROLLEY10Down14 Wrong couple reportedly castPEARSHAPED10Down15 Tall fur helmetBUSBY5Down16 SnareTRAP4Down17 Lack of physical exercise stops nude cast waiting to be revealedUNOPENED8Down17 A dog trained to find and fetch game that has been shotRETRIEVER9Down18 TenseTAUT4Down18 1980 play by Willy Russell set in the office of an Open University lecturerEDUCATINGRITA13Down19 Countless sources of useful news were informativeUNTOLD6Down19 English city whose administrative centre is ChelmsfordESSEX5Down22 This measure confused with the equivalent of hectareACRE4Down23 Cook wants right means of keeping fish fresh?GILL4Down24 The largest coastal city in CroatiaSPLIT5Down25 Goods vehicle reversing in confined spaceYARD4Down25 Israel's southernmost cityEILAT5Down27 Russian city formerly known as Tsaritsyn and StalingradVOLGOGRAD9Down28 Impure form of quartz used in making pestles and mortarsAGATE5Down31 Former England winger who played for Leeds United, Tottenham Hotspur, Everton and Burnley in the Premier LeagueAARONLENNON11Down33 1910 adventure novel by John BuchanPRESTERJOHN11Down34 A wind of force 12 or more on the Beaufort scaleHURRICANE9Down36 1850 novel by Charles Kingsley, written in sympathy with the Chartist movementALTONLOCKE10Down37 English heavy metal band whose mascot, Eddie, has appeared on almost all of their album and single coversIRONMAIDEN10Down38 1963 single by The Ronettes that reached number 2 in the US and number 4 in the UKBEMYBABY8Down41 Franz ___, Austrian composer who was buried next to Beethoven, at whose funeral he had been a torchbearerSCHUBERT8Down42 Character in love with Hermia in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's DreamLYSANDER8Down44 A Hawaiian word for hello or goodbyeALOHA5Down47 The largest continentASIA4Down50 The fourth planet from the sunMARS4Down52

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, August 10, 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.