The Independent Crossword August 3 2024 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 114 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 114 clues from the The Independent Crossword for August 3 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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Completely61 AcrossReveal answer → Body of water34 AcrossReveal answer → Beasts of burden58 AcrossReveal answer → Replace labour in America and turn to China88 AcrossReveal answer → Acrobat's garment79 AcrossReveal answer → Finest urinal (oddly) around - it's a great place69 AcrossReveal answer → Nickname of François Duvalier, repressive President of Haiti from 1957-1971710 AcrossReveal answer → Race over fences1210 AcrossReveal answer → Deluded wartime flier about to miss game410 AcrossReveal answer → A salad of shredded cabbage, mayonnaise, carrots, onions, etc811 AcrossReveal answer → See 13711 AcrossReveal answer → Couple's thing412 AcrossReveal answer → Small wildcat612 AcrossReveal answer → Balances Moll's broadcast 21s713 AcrossReveal answer → Tom ___, American golfer who won the Open Championship at Royal Lytham & St Annes in 1996613 AcrossReveal answer → Large fleet613 AcrossReveal answer → Welsh rock band whose hits include Maybe Tomorrow and Dakota1315 AcrossReveal answer → Loving1216 AcrossReveal answer → A surrounding area or region816 AcrossReveal answer → State in short empty, might you say?716 AcrossReveal answer → Literary or archaic name for China617 AcrossReveal answer → Genus of plants commonly called coneflowers and black-eyed-susan918 AcrossReveal answer → An inspection, correction and verification of business accounts, conducted by an independent accountant519 AcrossReveal answer → Primate's rear - it's revolting719 AcrossReveal answer → Referee719 AcrossReveal answer → The smallest of the Channel Islands that is open to the public420 AcrossReveal answer → German mathematician, being endlessly awkward, interrupts old queen720 AcrossReveal answer → External appearance520 AcrossReveal answer → English rock band whose hits included Down in the Tube Station at Midnight and That's Entertainment621 AcrossReveal answer → Colourant321 AcrossReveal answer → Indented area622 AcrossReveal answer → See 281222 AcrossReveal answer → Severe infection and inflammation of the intestines caused by bacteria, protozoa or parasitic worms923 AcrossReveal answer → Weird like retreating top-class warriors724 AcrossReveal answer → Bully in Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes826 AcrossReveal answer → Darling dog partly rejected Indian food426 AcrossReveal answer → Lift from Al can end badly - not a nice bloke1228 AcrossReveal answer → Ballet with music by Maurice Ravel, who described it as a "symphonie choréographique"1428 AcrossReveal answer → Repair service lawyer fronts430 AcrossReveal answer → English punk rock band whose hits included London Calling and Should I Stay Or Should I Go830 AcrossReveal answer → Run round Ireland in shorts on vacation632 AcrossReveal answer → Group of Germanic languages spoken in Scandinavia532 AcrossReveal answer → Gunner I'd shot is suffering833 AcrossReveal answer → Peter ___, Australian tennis player best known for his doubles partnership with Paul McNamee833 AcrossReveal answer → Song by The Beach Boys that features an Electro-Theremin, played by Paul Tanner1435 AcrossReveal answer → The Old World game bird Scolopax rusticola837 AcrossReveal answer → English punk rock band whose members have included Captain Sensible and Rat Scabies938 AcrossReveal answer → A commissioned officer of the lowest rank in the US Navy640 AcrossReveal answer → William ___, York-born English painter best known for his nudes441 AcrossReveal answer → A freshwater cyprinid fish of the genus Abramis545 AcrossReveal answer → 1974 UK and US number one single by Ray Stevens946 AcrossReveal answer → Country whose capital is Ankara648 AcrossReveal answer → Spanish name for the Running of the Bulls, as in Pamplona, for example849 AcrossReveal answer → English punk rock band whose members included Johnny Rotten and Sid Vicious1350 AcrossReveal answer → Stage name of New Orleans musician Mac Rebennack651 AcrossReveal answer → A loose wide-sleeved liturgical vestment worn over the cassock by clergymen, choristers and acolytes852 AcrossReveal answer → A tropical American click beetle of the genus Pyrophorus with luminescent thoracic organs753 AcrossReveal answer →

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Protagonist of Dashiell Hammett's 1930 novel The Maltese Falcon81 DownReveal answer → Mounted horse and finally rode like Lady Godiva?41 DownReveal answer → Vulnerable area81 DownReveal answer → BBC classical music quiz chaired by Joseph Cooper from 1966122 DownReveal answer → Reports one disturbing rough sleepers82 DownReveal answer → Repugnant72 DownReveal answer → Character in the TV series Callan played by Russell Hunter63 DownReveal answer → Foot bill initially after confirmation from setter43 DownReveal answer → Items left behind123 DownReveal answer → Loch ___, the largest Scottish lake64 DownReveal answer → When cycling, fiercely criticise electric car54 DownReveal answer → Celebrities54 DownReveal answer → Assistant45 DownReveal answer → West country skinhead is wimp45 DownReveal answer → A red-skinned potato originally bred in the Netherlands in 196275 DownReveal answer → Mixture of rain and snow56 DownReveal answer → Ratios wrong in past66 DownReveal answer → The Mediterranean cruciferous plant Lobularia maritima126 DownReveal answer → First language127 DownReveal answer → Groaned when heard line-up47 DownReveal answer → English-born Australian singer and actress who co-starred with John Travolta in the film version of Grease167 DownReveal answer → London area, birthplace of singer Matt Monro108 DownReveal answer → A type of neutron star believed to have a very powerful magnetic field89 DownReveal answer → Negligent811 DownReveal answer → The capital of Zambia612 DownReveal answer → Greed714 DownReveal answer → How Aintree welcomes Welshman514 DownReveal answer → Caroline ___, English literary critic who was the first female professor of English Literature814 DownReveal answer → Large shop515 DownReveal answer → A heartless measure for Islamic ruler515 DownReveal answer → End of series is nothing great517 DownReveal answer → Short moral story517 DownReveal answer → Hairless418 DownReveal answer → Currency of Iran? Wrong answer518 DownReveal answer → Technical name for the eardrum1621 DownReveal answer → Misjudgements end Blur's career821 DownReveal answer → Horse that Bob Champion rode to victory in the 1981 Grand National822 DownReveal answer → Nut in boat, one heading for Eastbourne623 DownReveal answer → A weaverbird of the genus Passer and related genera724 DownReveal answer → The Abbot of ___, Scottish equivalent of England's Lord of Misrule825 DownReveal answer → Start again with Frenchman on top525 DownReveal answer → Hesitate banning women's claim427 DownReveal answer → J J ___, Finnish former Formula One driver who won the 24 Hours of Le Mans twice, in 1995 and 2005527 DownReveal answer → Function Henry's supporting is hit428 DownReveal answer → Courtier sent by Claudius to invite Hamlet to participate in the duel with Laertes in Shakespeare's play529 DownReveal answer → Sportsman left out for love in his own field429 DownReveal answer → The small rodent Micromys minutus1231 DownReveal answer → Queen managed to reach island431 DownReveal answer → American film actor and entertainer born Joseph Yule, Jr. in 19201234 DownReveal answer → Deep-toned native Australian wind instrument popularised by Rolf Harris1036 DownReveal answer → Tom ___, American golfer who won the Open Championship at Royal Troon in 1973837 DownReveal answer → Famous aria from the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet sometimes referred to as "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle"839 DownReveal answer → Robert ___, Irish writer best known for his novel The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists842 DownReveal answer → In Greek mythology, a son of King Priam of Troy who was killed by Achilles643 DownReveal answer → Shakespeare play subtitled the Moor of Venice744 DownReveal answer → George ___, Romanian composer, violinist, pianist, conductor and teacher whose works include the opera Oedipe647 DownReveal answer → Technical name for a cough648 DownReveal answer →

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