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The Independent Crossword December 21 2024 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 112 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword December 21 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ForbiddenBANNED6Across1 Stony-faced companion's short and unusually shirty with me in studyPETROCHEMISTRY14Across1 German songsLIEDER6Across5 1960 comedy film starring Doris Day and David Niven, partly inspired by a book of the same name by Jean KerrPLEASEDONTEATTHEDAISIES23Across8 SavageBARBARIC8Across8 Proper retreat soldier backed put in place againREALIGNED9Across9 OldAGED4Across9 Penny-pinchingPARSIMONIOUS12Across10 Fruit spread on the turn, if not rankMAJOR5Across10 Initially nervous youngster lays off newer materialNYLON5Across11 Wheel shaftAXLE4Across12 Rude expression mugs rival offVULGARISM9Across12 Ace newspaper putting colour back into piecesASUNDER7Across13 Until 1917, emperor of RussiaTSAR4Across13 Fragrant resin obtained from tropical trees, such as those of the family BurseraceaeELEMI5Across14 ApplaudCLAP4Across14 Control animal that's kicking its hindquartersREIN4Across15 English actor who plays Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter filmsJASONISAACS11Across15 American actor whose films include Taxi Driver, Reservoir Dogs and The PianoHARVEYKEITEL12Across16 MatchlessUNPARALLELED12Across17 Australian duo who had a 1980 hit with All Out of LoveAIRSUPPLY9Across17 Song by Shakira, subtitled This Time for Africa, that was the official song of the 2010 FIFA World CupWAKAWAKA8Across18 War film that's hardly The Caine MutinyZULU4Across18 American folk singer, songwriter, musician and political activist whose middle name is ChandosJOANBAEZ8Across19 Lower part of an interior wallDADO4Across19 Brother performing with church beginning to improvise organ passagesBRONCHI7Across20 ImpartialUNBIASED8Across20 Former Chief Design Officer at Apple Inc who became chancellor of the Royal College of Art in London in 2017JONATHANIVE11Across21 Feel great sorrowGRIEVE6Across22 Horizontal beamLINTEL6Across23 Drew Daliesque worksEQUALISED9Across23 Language from party putting off both sidesHINDI5Across24 Terms of endless promise taking lead from Catch 22VOCAB5Across25 Criminal left another one to the auditorLARCENIST9Across26 See 18WAKAWAKA8Across26 Someone promising better service and reception when you sign new contractWEDDINGPLANNER14Across27 Protagonist in the Matrix film series, played by Keanu ReevesNEO3Across28 Best actor Oscar-winner for Kramer vs Kramer and Rain ManDUSTINHOFFMAN13Across29 County known as "The Garden of England"KENT4Across31 American actress and former fashion model who played the title character in the TV series Murphy BrownCANDICEBERGEN13Across33 1987 film starring Barbra Streisand and Richard DreyfussNUTS4Across34 1980 Bruce Beresford film about a court martial starring Edward Woodward in the title roleBREAKERMORANT13Across35 See 21JONATHANIVE11Across36 The god of mischief and destruction in Norse mythologyLOKI4Across37 ITV docusoap that ran from 2001 to 2004, set on Rhodes and later Gran CanariaCLUBREPS8Across38 See 42KATEATKINSON12Across40 English author whose first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, won the 1995 Whitbread Book of the YearKATEATKINSON12Across42 Actor, singer and comedian who played the title role in the 1952 film Hans Christian AndersenDANNYKAYE9Across45 2008 Katy Perry single that topped the US chart for seven consecutive weeksIKISSEDAGIRL12Across47 Charles Dickens novel subtitled The Parish Boy's ProgressOLIVERTWIST11Across50 Any of the separate parts of the calyx of a flowerSEPAL5Across51 Industrial town in the Pas de Calais department badly damaged in both World WarsLENS4Across52 2001 book by J K Rowling, credited to Kennilworthy Whisp, published to raise money for Comic ReliefQUIDDITCHTHROUGHTHEAGES23Across53

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Carer's right: characters in shop aren't all eavesdroppingPARENTALLEAVE13Down1 Opera by Giuseppe Verdi originally titled Violetta, after the main characterLATRAVIATA10Down1 Something toxic seen when peeling layers from lethal onion?THALLIUM8Down2 The umbelliferous plant Apium graveolens dulce, whose blanched leafstalks are used in salads or cooked as a vegetableCELERY6Down2 ArchetypeAVATAR6Down2 Bunch of stars addicted to drinking portORION5Down3 Animated hero, created by Elzie Segar, who first appeared in the comic strip Thimble Theatre in 1929POPEYE6Down3 GistNUB3Down3 Dynasty that ruled empire in the pastHANOVER7Down4 The capital of The GambiaBANJUL6Down4 Variety of wheatDURUM5Down4 Someone interfering with fruit tree called outMEDDLER7Down5 Chile's first presidentBERNARDOOHIGGINS16Down5 TerseLACONIC7Down5 DetailedELABORATE9Down6 Agreeable writer's drawn into quarrel with name-dropping starSIMPATICO9Down6 Very low brass instrument pitched in F or E-flatBASSTUBA8Down6 NeverthelessEVENSO6Down7 The largest of the Channel IslandsJERSEY6Down7 After a break, come back to answerREJOIN6Down7 Democratic leader recalled some secret sin: "I'm emir", perhaps?PRIMEMINISTER13Down8 Common name for a famous opera house in MilanLASCALA7Down9 Type of washing machine that briefly became very popular in the 1960sTWINTUB7Down10 Abel ___, Dutch navigator whose discoveries include New Zealand and the Tonga and Fiji IslandsTASMAN6Down11 Wind instrumentSAXOPHONE9Down11 See 43TERENCESTAMP12Down12 Along the way (French)ENROUTE7Down13 Private area perfect for Spooner?DOUBLEBED9Down14 Live-in family helper (French)AUPAIR6Down15 Meter reading conducted by gutless salesman is a con, sadlySCANSION8Down16 HarshSEVERE6Down16 See 8PRIMEMINISTER13Down17 DefameLIBEL5Down18 Leoš ___, Czech composer whose works include a Glagolitic Mass first performed in 1927JANACEK7Down19 Greek character's climbing tower, close to exhaustionUPSILON7Down19 Long-running Australian TV drama series that has featured appearances by Nicole Kidman, Toni Collette, Baz Luhrmann and Bob HawkeACOUNTRYPRACTICE16Down20 Rapid bot extremely confused, making for horrible user experienceBADTRIP7Down20 Radio 1 DJ who presented Junior Choice for 12 yearsEDSTEWART9Down21 See 1PARENTALLEAVE13Down21 Bristle on a cereal plantAWN3Down21 Spy chief regularly highlighted our so-called cloutMUSCLE6Down22 Rag'n'Bone Man song that won the Brit Award for British Single of the Year in 2018HUMAN5Down23 An isolated mountain peak above a surface of ice or snowNUNATAK7Down24 Cackling individual feeding urge to laughHYENA5Down24 The heaviest surviving land animal in Europe, also known as the European bisonWISENT6Down25 An obsolete type of retort used for distillationALEMBIC7Down27 The smaller and outermost of Mars's two natural satellitesDEIMOS6Down29 Dame Margot ___, English ballerina born Margaret HookhamFONTEYN7Down30 The fourth largest city in South Korea, after Seoul, Busan and IncheonTAEGU5Down32 Body of water in the lower Hudson River basin located in Carmel Hamlet, New YorkLAKEGILEAD10Down37 The first linebacker to win the Super Bowl MVP Award on the winning Super Bowl teamRAYLEWIS8Down39 Ion ___, President of Romania from 1989 to 1996, and from 2000 to 2004ILIESCU7Down41 English actor whose films include The Collector, Far From The Madding Crowd and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the DesertTERENCESTAMP12Down43 Lleyton ___, Australian tennis player who won the 2002 Wimbledon men's singles titleHEWITT6Down44 A small parachute released behind a jet aircraft to reduce its landing speedDROGUE6Down45 In Greek mythology, a nymph dwelling in a lake, river, spring or fountainNAIAD5Down46 The approximate US and Canadian equivalent of a British housemanINTERN6Down47 A 6th century BC Greek lyric poetess of LesbosSAPPHO6Down48 Ancient Greek city on the slopes of Mount Parnassus, site of an oracleDELPHI6Down49

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, December 21, 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.