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The Independent Crossword August 24 2024 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 112 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword August 24 2024 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 112 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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DefectsFLAWS5Across1 Goodness me, such infernal clangers!HELLSBELLS10Across1 Male singerBASS4Across4 Idiot singer's third to do a turnBOZO4Across6 PestNUISANCE8Across7 Knitting yarnWOOL4Across8 Moving object's pathTRAJECTORY10Across9 Hired men backing one-man band's performanceGIGOLOS7Across10 PassagewayTUNNEL6Across11 Silly people that might be seen turning calculator upside downBOOBIES7Across11 A million millionth of a secondPICOSECOND10Across12 Island or large isle at seaELLIS5Across12 Musical instrument that is played by the windAEOLIANHARP11Across13 Unkindly say book without introduction's in need of rewriteILLEGIBLE9Across13 Hotel employeePORTER6Across13 Woolworths heiress whose seven husbands included German tennis star Baron Gottfried von CrammBARBARAHUTTON13Across14 Italian curd cheeseMOZZARELLA10Across15 Traditional bat-and-ball game on which baseball is basedROUNDERS8Across15 Two legs moving around quietly avoiding this?EGGSHELL8Across15 American actor, comedian and director seen as Maxwell Smart in the sitcom Get SmartDONADAMS8Across16 Pop star I libel annoyed about fake news? Just a bit!BILLIEEILISH12Across18 Evelyn Waugh novel first published in 1928DECLINEANDFALL14Across18 Constellation whose brightest star is AltairAQUILA6Across19 Deep cutGASH4Across19 See 18BILLIEEILISH12Across20 SaviourREDEEMER8Across20 2005 TV miniseries starring Helen Mirren in the title roleELIZABETHI10Across21 Item of footwearSHOE4Across21 With feet on the ground, he muddled along with lossesSHOELESS8Across21 Drive outEJECT5Across22 House elf owned by the Malfoy family in J K Rowling's Harry Potter storiesDOBBY5Across24 Perhaps wedges and smelly fish introduced by hotelHIGHHEELS9Across24 Conversation starter that bloke will duckHELLO5Across25 The US term for legal actions known as affiliation proceedings in the UKPATERNITYSUITS14Across27 Gives advantage to some participants in doubles sessionBLESSES7Across27 A type of mechanical piano also called a player pianoPIANOLA7Across29 Frozen food in lounge goes out of dateLOLLIES7Across29 Primary villain in the Robin Hood storiesPRINCEJOHN10Across30 Sparks' latest record is hard workSLOG4Across30 Second-rate student with awful big shoes to fill is on thin ice?BOBSLEIGHS10Across31 Paris-born American actress whose films include Pretty Baby and Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?BETSYDRAKE10Across32 The Lithuanian name for LithuaniaLIETUVA7Across34 German-born physicist awarded the Nobel prize for physics in 1921ALBERTEINSTEIN14Across35 Tin-glazed earthenware made in a town in the Netherlands since the 17th centuryDELFT5Across37 Economic theory associated with Milton FriedmanMONETARISM10Across38 Thoroughbred racehorse that won the Derby in 1975GRUNDY6Across39 1885 march by F W Meacham arranged for Glenn Miller's swing band by Jerry Gray in 1941AMERICANPATROL14Across40 A purple variety of sapphireAMETHYST8Across45 The first British ESA astronautTIMPEAKE8Across47 Trinidadian British actor best known for playing Philip Smith in Rising Damp and Commissioner Selwyn Patterson in Death in ParadiseDONWARRINGTON13Across48 The Rolling Stones' first British single written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, which became the band's third UK number oneTHELASTTIME11Across50 American actress, director and screenwriter born Samille Diane Friesen in 1937DYANCANNON10Across51

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Spanish port on the Bay of Biscay, famous since medieval times for the production of iron and steel goodsBILBAO6Down1 Tips from hardy individual with lamp raising current health standardsHYGIENE7Down1 ProductiveFRUITFUL8Down1 Crystal silicate mineral, the most common species of which is schorlTOURMALINE10Down2 Proper bit of flagellation's upsettingLEGAL5Down2 Refrain from votingABSTAIN7Down2 A large vein that conveys oxygen-depleted blood to the heartVENACAVA8Down3 Hawks in parts of monastery perhaps made outSELLS5Down3 BecauseSINCE5Down3 The capital of QatarDOHA4Down4 Cover's ridiculous headlines leaving no room for articleENSHIELD8Down4 ArbourBOWER5Down4 CaledonianSCOT4Down5 US critic, noted especially for Axel's Castle, a study of the symbolist movementEDMUNDWILSON12Down5 Every so often, solver brawls over brand namesLABELS6Down5 RepressedPENTUP6Down6 The preservative E270LACTICACID10Down6 American comedienne and TV personality who was one of only four Americans invited to the wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles in 2005JOANRIVERS10Down7 Either end of Jedi master's beltOBI3Down7 State capital of South DakotaPIERRE6Down8 Topless crowd reportedly witnessed foulOBSCENE7Down8 Sort of milk which Methuselah enjoyedLONGLIFE8Down9 In J R R Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, the great river, east of the Misty Mountains, on whose west bank is the Elvish land of LothlorienANDUIN6Down9 In North America, the principal unmarried attendant of a brideMAIDOFHONOUR12Down10 Software trialBETATEST8Down10 Another name for a helixSPIRAL6Down11 ReptileLIZARD6Down12 Rubbish government engaged in black humour?BILGE5Down14 Take over fromRELIEVE7Down14 Prison uniform left in blockGULAG5Down16 Yellowy-orangeOCHRE5Down16 Pair of presidents giving up British for hot secretHUSHHUSH8Down17 The plant Ipomoea batatas of tropical America, cultivated for its edible fleshy yellow rootSWEETPOTATO11Down17 Raised strip of landRIDGE5Down17 Ready moneyCASH4Down18 National emblems not that prevalent until Middle Ages, ultimatelyTHISTLES8Down19 Young Greeks wept endlessly over timeless city of theirsEPHEBES7Down20 A square dance of five or more figures for four or more couplesQUADRILLE9Down20 See 6LACTICACID10Down22 Married couples regularly RSVP to functionsSPOUSES7Down22 Becoming bricked in, revolutionary saint surrendersLETSGO6Down23 An abnormally low body temperatureHYPOTHERMIA11Down23 Split seconds from whistle, jammy player overturned leadHALVE5Down25 The common European thrush Turdus merulaBLACKBIRD9Down25 The tree Ficus benghalensis, of tropical India and the East Indies, that has aerial roots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunksBANYAN6Down26 Making quick getaway, dodging fine for dishonestyLYING5Down26 Self Esteem's almost completed prestigious set of awardsEGO3Down28 Any congenital growth or pigmented blemish on the skinNAEVUS6Down28 Series of racing video games published by Electronic Arts, the first in the series being released in 1994NEEDFORSPEED12Down31 A table game in pubs played with short cuesBARBILLIARDS12Down32 Group that won the 1974 Eurovision Song ContestABBA4Down33 Egypt's chief portALEXANDRIA10Down35 The court jester of Duke Frederick in Shakespeare's play As You Like ItTOUCHSTONE10Down36 Town in Spain whose destruction 1937 by German bombers during the Spanish Civil War was depicted in one of Picasso's most famous paintingsGUERNICA8Down39 Each of two parts into which a thing is or can be dividedMOIETY6Down41 Clothing item named from being worn by Croats in the French army during the Thirty Years' WarCRAVAT6Down42 Italian word for 'nothing'NIENTE6Down43 French city that was the ancient capital of BrittanyRENNES6Down44 Brazilian football club for which Pelé holds the appearance record, having played 1106 first-team matches from 1956 to 1974SANTOS6Down46 Quantity of sheets of paper equal to 20 quiresREAM4Down49

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, August 24, 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.