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The Independent Crossword February 17 2024 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 114 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword February 17 2024 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 114 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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Across

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Short play by Harold Pinter premièred by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1969, directed by Peter HallSILENCE7Across1 UntruthLIE3Across1 CV giving complete referencesCHAPTERANDVERSE15Across1 MercyQUARTER7Across3 See 16OBROTHERWHEREARTTHOU20Across5 Simple organismAMOEBA6Across7 Dock for pleasure boatsMARINA6Across8 UnintentionalINADVERTENT11Across9 Audacity of Spurs' wingers going after two cupsBRASS5Across9 Something believed in certain cultures to be the embodiment of a spirit or magical powersFETISH6Across9 Mock short Disney film's boring plot - Dumbo's debutSIMULATED9Across10 Clear everyone is following introduction to board gameNETBALL7Across11 Heavy curtainsDRAPES6Across12 Lawman is going back over the woman's finesSHERIFF7Across12 Increase twofoldDOUBLE6Across13 End it with European six-footerTERMITE7Across13 LikenessRESEMBLANCE11Across14 Relative intervenes when one becomes oldSTEPSON7Across14 The Hebrew word for life and a prominent Jewish symbolCHAI4Across14 British children's TV series presented by Phillip Schofield and Sarah GreeneGOINGLIVE9Across15 2000 Coen Brothers film loosely based on Homer’s OdysseyOBROTHERWHEREARTTHOU20Across16 It's my round - getting shot of whisky, finally inspiring ...IMBUING7Across16 The only person to have won the Cheltenham Gold Cup, Champion Hurdle and Grand National as both jockey and trainerFREDWINTER10Across17 Chirping insectCICADA6Across17 PitiableTRAGIC6Across18 Engelbert Humperdinck single that spent five weeks at number one in the UK in 1967THELASTWALTZ12Across18 Indian cottage cheesePANEER6Across19 ... sad songs recalling date army charged on shedELEGIES7Across19 PerfumedSCENTED7Across20 The local representative of the king in a shire until the early 11th centuryREEVE5Across21 Score in rugbyTRY3Across21 Not so foul proposition - not so wrongILLICIT7Across21 Actor whose TV roles include Simon Templar in The Saint and Lord Brett Sinclair in The Persuaders!ROGERMOORE10Across22 On reflection it's part of the Kop's ebullient customBESPOKE7Across23 American action figure launched in the UK as Action Man in 1966GIJOE5Across24 Dry debate about toyTEDDYBEAR9Across24 Sound like a hack's nearly swallowing pillNEIGH5Across25 Another name for the flowering plant Campanula carpatica, native to the Carpathian MountainsTUSSOCKBELLFLOWER17Across25 One whose chair was set up by the throneREGIUSPROFESSOR15Across26 English novelist best known for Black BeautyANNASEWELL10Across28 American film producer, screenwriter and director who created Star Wars and Indiana JonesGEORGELUCAS11Across30 See 37MOSSROSE8Across32 A mammal of the family UrsidaeBEAR4Across34 Boxer originally called Cassius ClayMUHAMMADALI11Across35 Home ground of Macclesfield Town FCMOSSROSE8Across37 Edith Wharton novel which won the 1921 Pulitzer PrizeTHEAGEOFINNOCENCE17Across39 Moroccan runner who won the 5000m at the 1984 OlympicsSAIDAOUITA10Across44 In the Old Testament, the eldest son of AaronNADAB5Across46 Airline of the United Arab Emirates and sponsors of Manchester City FCETIHAD6Across47 Welsh footballer who scored Great Britain's first goal at an Olympic Games since 1960 in a 1–1 draw with Senegal in 2012CRAIGBELLAMY12Across48 The only driver to win the Triple Crown of Motorsport: the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Indianapolis 500 and Formula One World ChampionshipGRAHAMHILL10Across51 The second album by The The, released in 1986INFECTED8Across53 Another name for a sponsor at a christeningGODPARENT9Across54 Greek hero, son of King Telamon, considered the second greatest warrior after AchillesAJAX4Across55 See 28ANNASEWELL10Across56 Town in County Durham noted for steel-making from 1840 to 1980CONSETT7Across57 In J R R Tolkien's works, a new breed of orc, no longer afraid of daylight, that emerged in the Third AgeURUKHAI7Across58

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Cleverly, say, incriminate best shotCABINETMINISTER15Down1 Leading lightLUMINARY8Down1 Men fitting plug reordered electrical componentADAPTOR7Down2 In Greek mythology, the fluid which flows in the veins of the godsICHOR5Down2 Day beforeEVE3Down2 Shaking a coin tin close to bus conductorTOSCANINI9Down3 Former Manchester City striker who captains the Bosnia and Herzegovina national teamEDINDZEKO9Down3 Members of the Society of FriendsQUAKERS7Down3 The capital of SardiniaCAGLIARI8Down4 ConfessADMIT5Down4 Decide to do this a second timeRESOLVE7Down4 Large hairy spiderTARANTULA9Down5 Heard about any trouble involving India's eternal foeNEMESIS7Down5 Ladder stepRUNG4Down6 Welsh actor who played Lord John Marbury in The West WingROGERREES9Down6 Price of kitbag is completely eclipsed by uniformVALUE5Down6 Plant that is the national emblem of ScotlandTHISTLE7Down7 Sells disheartened rescue dogsRETAILS7Down7 Note softened her up - reaching breaking pointENDOFONESTETHER15Down8 Plant of the genus Buphthalmum with daisy-like flower headsOXEYE5Down8 E M ___, author whose novels include Where Angels Fear to Tread and Howards EndFORSTER7Down9 BelittleDEPRECATE9Down10 Any of various brightly coloured tropical freshwater fishes of the genus Hemigrammus and related generaTETRA5Down10 The Eurasian rose, Rosa rubiginosa, also called eglantineSWEETBRIER10Down11 BrisknessALACRITY8Down11 French poet, novelist, and dramatist best known for the novels Les Misérables and Notre-Dame de ParisVICTORHUGO10Down12 The second largest city in the United StatesLOSANGELES10Down13 DiscussedDEBATED7Down13 GlorifyEXALT5Down15 From that day on Church follows English translation with nothing missingEVERSINCE9Down15 Lodgings (Informal)DIGS4Down16 Slow cycling through swamp for one of obstinate courageBULLDOG7Down17 Perhaps dial 999 and put empty gesture on the recordGETHELP7Down18 PerformACT3Down19 Saloon maybe seen on drive after erratic motorist initially gets banEMBARGO7Down19 A 1986 sci-fi film directed by James CameronALIENS6Down20 Press stories left out examples of subtle humourIRONIES7Down20 Turned up to support shy South American nativeCOYPU5Down22 In the Old Testament, the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and EsauREBECCA7Down22 An animal such as Didelphis marsupialis of North, Central and South AmericaOPOSSUM7Down23 The largest city and former administrative capital of Sri LankaCOLOMBO7Down26 The Indo-European language of modern IranFARSI5Down27 Peter ___, French philosopher and theologian who loved HeloiseABELARD7Down29 Evergreen shrub of the genus Ulex, also called furze and whinGORSE5Down30 In the Old Testament, the valley below Jerusalem where children were sacrificedGEHENNA7Down31 The largest peninsula in the Adriatic Sea, shared by Croatia, Slovenia and ItalyISTRIA6Down33 Lerner and Loewe musical based on George Bernard Shaw's play PygmalionMYFAIRLADY10Down35 Athenian statesman and general in the Peloponnesian War who led the victories at Abydos and CyzicusALCIBIADES10Down36 English author whose novels include The RainbowDHLAWRENCE10Down38 Guyana-born musician whose 1982 single I Don't Wanna Dance spent three weeks at number one in the UK chartEDDYGRANT9Down40 Home ground of Yeovil Town FCHUISHPARK9Down42 An easterly wind in the western Mediterranean area, especially in the late summerLEVANTER8Down43 Electronic dance music duo consisting of brothers Phil and Paul HartnollORBITAL7Down45 Drownings during the Reign of Terror at NantesNOYADES7Down46 The ancient Greek goddess of peaceIRENE5Down49 Horse that gave trainer "17 Across" his fourth and final Grand National victory in 1966ANGLO5Down50 A domesticated South American cud-chewing mammal used as a beast of burdenLLAMA5Down52

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, February 17, 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.