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The Independent Crossword December 7 2024 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 111 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword December 7 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#
Game birdsDUCKDUCKGOOSE13Across1 Marine molluscWHELK5Across1 DroneHUM3Across4 ConfuseBEWILDER8Across7 Speed, beginning to pass point of no returnPACE4Across8 ImmenseVAST4Across8 Roll joint, getting one blown awayTUMBLEWEED10Across9 Of short durationTRANSITORY10Across9 I hate this way south for hikesBOOSTS6Across10 Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale about a tiny girlTHUMBELINA10Across11 NutCASHEW6Across11 King Lear's mad, holding heartless test to reveal snakesRATTLERS8Across11 Bush changed history in foreign affairs, primarilyFORSYTHIA9Across12 1983 single by Joan Armatrading that was her only US hitDROPTHEPILOT12Across12 Shooting starMETEOR6Across13 Survey that is collected by car manufacturerVIEW4Across14 A street in Jerusalem believed to be the path that Jesus walked on the way to his crucifixionVIADOLOROSA11Across14 2024 Gary Dauberman film based on a 1975 novel by Stephen KingSALEMSLOT9Across15 Source of fake news about protestRAIL4Across15 American dessertKEYLIMEPIE10Across15 Mediterranean plant whose young leaves have a cucumber-like flavour and are sometimes used in saladsBORAGE6Across16 100 daguerreotypes? They're coolCOLDSNAPS9Across16 2015 sequel to the Rocky film series featuring Tony BellewCREED5Across17 The highest voice in a barbershop quartetTENOR5Across18 Maori war chantHAKA4Across19 Chesspiece also called a castleROOK4Across19 1990s BBC drama series whose cast includes Jack Davenport, Amita Dhiri and Andrew LincolnTHISLIFE8Across20 Made a priestORDAINED8Across20 Time soon mends feelingsEMOTIONS8Across20 Newt (Archaic)EFT3Across21 More than one way to prepare a tomatoSUNDRY6Across21 RequirementsNEEDS5Across22 Jana ___, Czech tennis player who won the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 1998NOVOTNA7Across22 Old gangster turned into evil political iconOVALOFFICE10Across23 John Travolta's beginning to get sackLOOT4Across24 The largest of the Channel IslandsJERSEY6Across24 Penalty in back of the net has decent shotDEATHSENTENCE13Across25 Rashid ___, former wicket keeper who captained Pakistan in 2003LATIF5Across25 Giacomo ___, German composer of operas such as Robert le diable and Les HuguenotsMEYERBEER9Across27 Character created by Enid Blyton in 1949NODDY5Across30 Genus of flowering plants also known as woodruffASPERULA8Across31 State of NE India with the heaviest rainfall in the worldASSAM5Across32 Stage name of Michael Lee AdayMEATLOAF8Across33 Former name for a Number 3 wood in golfSPOON5Across35 1988 film by John Waters which formed the basis of a musical that became a film in 2007HAIRSPRAY9Across36 1981 hit single and album by Altered ImagesHAPPYBIRTHDAY13Across37 Russian newspaper first published in 1912 whose name means 'truth'PRAVDA6Across38 Brand name for the Post Office's Viewdata technology developed during the late 1970sPRESTEL7Across39 See 37HAPPYBIRTHDAY13Across41 Cultivated variety of cabbage, Brassica oleracea acephala, with crinkled leavesKALE4Across43 In weightlifting, a lift in which the weight is raised to shoulder level and then above the headPRESS5Across44 Welsh county created in 1972 from the administrative counties of Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and PembrokeshireDYFED5Across46 A form of Christian service used for each of a group of occasionsCOMMON6Across47 A course of hors d'oeuvres in an Italian mealANTIPASTO9Across48 Former full back who managed Luton Town and Sheffield United in the 1970sHARRYHASLAM11Across50 Creeping or trailing plant of tropical America such as Tradescantia fluminensis or Zebrina pendulaWANDERINGJEW12Across51 A range of chalk hills that extends from the Itchen Valley in Hampshire to Beachy Head in East SussexSOUTHDOWNS10Across52

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
SongbirdWHEATEAR8Down1 British range that includes Windy Gyle, Bloodybush Edge and Carlin ToothCHEVIOTHILLS12Down1 Spinner's round pitch, backing upDIABOLO7Down1 Eats cold cutsCHEWS5Down2 American actress whose films include American Hustle, Big Eyes and ArrivalAMYADAMS8Down2 Tombstone inscriptionEPITAPH7Down2 Ta-da! All the information's hereDATASET7Down3 Donkey in the Winnie-the-Pooh books by A A MilneEEYORE6Down3 PrestigeKUDOS5Down3 Hang aroundHOVER5Down4 The Gay ___, 1934 American musical film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger RogersDIVORCEE8Down4 No matter what half of all comedies raised, normal show is nextCOMERAINORSHINE15Down4 On reflection, love story ending in wedding is sweetGELATO6Down5 The majorityMOST4Down5 2004 film starring Jon Heder in the title roleNAPOLEONDYNAMITE16Down5 For the time being (Latin)PROTEM6Down6 Men fine with one article by Blair?ORWELLIAN9Down6 King of England who defeated Henry VI in the Wars of the "28 Down"EDWARDIV8Down6 Academic reported on EastEnders for cover of SpectatorEYEBROW7Down7 English county whose administrative centre is DorchesterDORSET6Down7 In Greek mythology, a maiden who agreed to marry any man who could defeat her in a running raceATALANTA8Down8 British cartoonist who created The Cloggies and The Fosdyke SagaBILLTIDY8Down9 Bernard ___, officer who successfully commanded Allied forces at the Battle of El AlameinMONTGOMERY10Down10 Of no fixed abodeHOMELESS8Down10 Hit hard (Informal)WALLOP6Down12 Patchwork elephant in a series of children's books by David McKeeELMER5Down13 Scrap Conservative implicated in crime — everyone's upset with itSCINTILLA9Down13 Cut of beefTOPSIDE7Down14 Shed drove me nutsREMOVED7Down15 PreciseEXACT5Down16 Democrat's launched oppositionDISSENT7Down17 Cricket fielding positionMIDON5Down17 Design colour that's largely relabelled?PURPOSE7Down18 NoblewomanDAME4Down18 One rubbing husband, a halfwit, up the wrong wayLOOFAH6Down19 Former Republic of Ireland footballer who was renowned for his long throwsRORYDELAP9Down19 Highly contagious viral disease also called grippeINFLUENZA9Down21 Stocking filler for horny lonersNYLON5Down22 1985 John Boorman film set in the Brazilian RainforestTHEEMERALDFOREST16Down23 English actress, author and entrepreneur who got engaged to Paul McCartney in 1967JANEASHER9Down24 Paris museum that opened on 10 August 1793THELOUVRE9Down26 Irish county whose county town is NavanMEATH5Down27 See 44PAPERROSES10Down28 Card game based on collecting sets and sequencesRUMMY5Down29 Shania Twain's first crossover hit which also won Single of the Year at the Canadian Country Music Awards in 1995ANYMANOFMINE12Down34 The most virtuous knight of the Round TableSIRGALAHAD10Down35 Long-tailed gallinaceous bird of the family PhasianidaePHEASANT8Down39 Pioneer of American modern dance knighted by the King of Denmark for his work with the Royal Danish BalletTEDSHAWN8Down40 Influential American blues guitarist and singer who was a member of Muddy Waters' band in the 1960sBUDDYGUY8Down41 2015 musical by Lin-Manuel MirandaHAMILTON8Down42 Marie Osmond single that got to number two in the UK in 1973PAPERROSES10Down44 The capital of (the Former Yugoslav Republic of) MacedoniaSKOPJE6Down45 A Latin-American ballroom dance with small steps and swaying hip movementsCHACHA6Down47 See 9BILLTIDY8Down49

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, December 7, 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.