The Independent Crossword August 17 2024 Answers

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Below are all 114 clues from the The Independent Crossword for August 17 2024. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Lick the top off? That's disgusting!31 AcrossReveal answer → Look for41 AcrossReveal answer → Choir performing west of Hull, accompanied by first footman?113 AcrossReveal answer → Suffer34 AcrossReveal answer → Minor earthquake68 AcrossReveal answer → The first President of the Palestinian National Authority129 AcrossReveal answer → Ornamental band69 AcrossReveal answer → East German is framed by trial and put on the blacklist99 AcrossReveal answer → Small seabird in the back of boat510 AcrossReveal answer → Pay1210 AcrossReveal answer → After school meal, Ritz crackers becoming mushier1111 AcrossReveal answer → Formal neckwear item611 AcrossReveal answer → 1964 musical based on Thornton Wilder's 1938 farce The Merchant of Yonkers1012 AcrossReveal answer → A bit of sauce - just over half a pound?312 AcrossReveal answer → Dissatisfaction of tiddly nun that is returning drinks513 AcrossReveal answer → Be indecisive614 AcrossReveal answer → English actress who made her Broadway debut in 1929 in the American première of Noël Coward's Bitter Sweet1014 AcrossReveal answer → Long flag extracted from both ends of blue post914 AcrossReveal answer → Badminton lessons initially at home - then daughters had singles match915 AcrossReveal answer → Sir Michael ___, English composer whose works include the operas The Midsummer Marriage, King Priam and The Knot Garden715 AcrossReveal answer → Distinguish1216 AcrossReveal answer → The Babylonian patron god of literacy, the rational arts, scribes and wisdom, associated with Mercury416 AcrossReveal answer → Quotes from scenes on the radio517 AcrossReveal answer → 1964 single by The Temptations written by Smokey Robinson and Ronald White617 AcrossReveal answer → Mark ___, midfielder who played over 100 games for both Parma and Palermo and won 84 caps for Australia918 AcrossReveal answer → Remove earth from vegetable and make bread in Albania318 AcrossReveal answer → Tielman ___, Antwerp-based 16th-century Renaissance composer, instrumentalist and music publisher619 AcrossReveal answer → Fine time carousing before street party1119 AcrossReveal answer → Defame620 AcrossReveal answer → Welsh buccaneer after whom a brand of rum is named1121 AcrossReveal answer → Dilapidated621 AcrossReveal answer → Archaeological excavation (Informal)322 AcrossReveal answer → State in India harboured revolutionary circle522 AcrossReveal answer → Irish National Hunt racehorse trainer who was Champion Jockey in 1977–78 and 1979–801123 AcrossReveal answer → Transaction423 AcrossReveal answer → After travelling, Beowulf's protecting Hrothgar's backside to get fancy ornaments924 AcrossReveal answer → Optimism of lush seen dancing around Penny1125 AcrossReveal answer → Writer's verse left unfinished326 AcrossReveal answer → A weakly acidic solution used in photographic processing to halt the action of a developer826 AcrossReveal answer → The 16th president of the United States of America1428 AcrossReveal answer → First name of the character played by Dan Aykroyd in The Blues Brothers630 AcrossReveal answer → Iridaceous plant also called a sword lily931 AcrossReveal answer → Country whose capital is Ottawa632 AcrossReveal answer → English actor, film director and composer who won a Best Music Oscar for the 1952 film Limelight1434 AcrossReveal answer → Small village in Hampshire that is home to the National Motor Museum837 AcrossReveal answer → Small rodent of the genus Dipodomys native to North America1138 AcrossReveal answer → Shakespeare comedy set in the Forest of Arden1140 AcrossReveal answer → Body part for which hallux is the technical term643 AcrossReveal answer → Maiden name of the Princess of Wales944 AcrossReveal answer → In World War II, fast German vessels carrying guns and torpedoes646 AcrossReveal answer → Surname shared by The Bee Gees447 AcrossReveal answer → Balkan region in which Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night is set749 AcrossReveal answer → British rower who won Olympic gold medals with Sir Steve Redgrave in 1984 and 19881050 AcrossReveal answer → Surname of the horse trader, violinist, businessman, writer and broadcaster known as the "King of the Gypsies"1052 AcrossReveal answer → American Thoroughbred racehorse that won the Breeders' Cup Classic in 19961253 AcrossReveal answer →

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Religious paintings smuggled by Bolshevik on ship51 DownReveal answer → American actor whose films include Taxi Driver, Reservoir Dogs and The Piano121 DownReveal answer → Recording of trashy American boy band is something always left behind112 DownReveal answer → Chelsea's all-time leading goalscorer, with 211 goals in all competitions122 DownReveal answer → Eagle's nest52 DownReveal answer → 1977 film about a killer whale starring Richard Harris and Charlotte Rampling43 DownReveal answer → Man at the back of Aldi making bread73 DownReveal answer → Chinese fruit73 DownReveal answer → Defence of being elsewhere54 DownReveal answer → Clown in Stephen King novel comprehending the origins of depravity in ourselves54 DownReveal answer → Plant also known as sea lavender74 DownReveal answer → Oscar-nominated 1993 film written and directed by Jane Campion85 DownReveal answer → Pastille75 DownReveal answer → Bed that is put inside once the aim of dog training's achieved95 DownReveal answer → Murder mystery board game first manufactured by Waddingtons in 194966 DownReveal answer → Notice old bishop beginning to rally76 DownReveal answer → Soft white cheese46 DownReveal answer → Maria ___, Italian educational reformer who evolved a method of teaching children characterised by an emphasis on independence107 DownReveal answer → Fearful67 DownReveal answer → Cut diamonds - cut diamonds?37 DownReveal answer → English actress who became Baroness Olivier138 DownReveal answer → Pieces of rat's tail quietly consumed by someone struggling98 DownReveal answer → 1970 Western inspired by the 1864 Sand Creek massacre in the Colorado Territory1110 DownReveal answer → French for 'brother'511 DownReveal answer → Circle around small lakes, heading north, most of them boring1112 DownReveal answer → Card game712 DownReveal answer → Going astray613 DownReveal answer → Beta blocker used to treat high blood pressure and in long term management of angina that came into medical use in 1977913 DownReveal answer → Dress up those people in East London like Big Ben?913 DownReveal answer → Pretty black fauteuil is broken914 DownReveal answer → Drinking vessel715 DownReveal answer → How to get 7 from office and make delivery716 DownReveal answer → 1930s jazz music517 DownReveal answer → Ears? Ears are going to become noteworthy features of this grid717 DownReveal answer → A tree of the genus Betula518 DownReveal answer → Pressed grape juice418 DownReveal answer → Leg bone519 DownReveal answer → Get up and get undressed to get lighter520 DownReveal answer → Waterway built by Vicomte Ferdinand Marie de Lesseps920 DownReveal answer → Some detest a steak's flavour521 DownReveal answer → US state whose capital is Montgomery722 DownReveal answer → Cleopatra's end? Cleopatra's heart stopped by this serpentine character323 DownReveal answer → England bowler who retired from international cricket last month with a record 704 Test wickets1324 DownReveal answer → System of writing for the blind consisting of raised dots725 DownReveal answer → See 81327 DownReveal answer → In Greek mythology, the twin brother of the prophetess Cassandra729 DownReveal answer → Small insectivorous terrestrial lizard whose digits have adhesive pads, which enable it to climb on smooth surfaces531 DownReveal answer → Controversial actor born Carlos Irwin Estevez1232 DownReveal answer → 1946 King Vidor Western starring Jennifer Jones, Gregory Peck and Joseph Cotten1233 DownReveal answer → Oliver ___, self-taught English electrical engineer, mathematician, and physicist who adapted complex numbers to the study of electrical circuits935 DownReveal answer → Single by Desmond Dekker & The Aces that was the first reggae number one in the UK1036 DownReveal answer → Colour of the snooker ball worth four points537 DownReveal answer → See 241339 DownReveal answer → Maiden name of Beyoncé741 DownReveal answer → Any of various palaces or fortresses built by the Moors in Spain742 DownReveal answer → Port and resort in Andalusia after which a sweet fortified dessert wine is named644 DownReveal answer → Twyla ___, American dancer and choreographer who collaborated with film director Milos Forman on Hair, Ragtime and Amadeus545 DownReveal answer → See 101148 DownReveal answer → North Yorkshire village that gives its name to the largest power station in Britain451 DownReveal answer →

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