The Independent Crossword February 17 2024 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 114 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 114 clues from the The Independent Crossword for February 17 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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Short play by Harold Pinter premièred by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1969, directed by Peter Hall71 AcrossReveal answer → Untruth31 AcrossReveal answer → CV giving complete references151 AcrossReveal answer → Mercy73 AcrossReveal answer → See 16205 AcrossReveal answer → Simple organism67 AcrossReveal answer → Dock for pleasure boats68 AcrossReveal answer → Unintentional119 AcrossReveal answer → Audacity of Spurs' wingers going after two cups59 AcrossReveal answer → Something believed in certain cultures to be the embodiment of a spirit or magical powers69 AcrossReveal answer → Mock short Disney film's boring plot - Dumbo's debut910 AcrossReveal answer → Clear everyone is following introduction to board game711 AcrossReveal answer → Heavy curtains612 AcrossReveal answer → Lawman is going back over the woman's fines712 AcrossReveal answer → Increase twofold613 AcrossReveal answer → End it with European six-footer713 AcrossReveal answer → Likeness1114 AcrossReveal answer → Relative intervenes when one becomes old714 AcrossReveal answer → The Hebrew word for life and a prominent Jewish symbol414 AcrossReveal answer → British children's TV series presented by Phillip Schofield and Sarah Greene915 AcrossReveal answer → 2000 Coen Brothers film loosely based on Homer’s Odyssey2016 AcrossReveal answer → It's my round - getting shot of whisky, finally inspiring ...716 AcrossReveal answer → The only person to have won the Cheltenham Gold Cup, Champion Hurdle and Grand National as both jockey and trainer1017 AcrossReveal answer → Chirping insect617 AcrossReveal answer → Pitiable618 AcrossReveal answer → Engelbert Humperdinck single that spent five weeks at number one in the UK in 19671218 AcrossReveal answer → Indian cottage cheese619 AcrossReveal answer → ... sad songs recalling date army charged on shed719 AcrossReveal answer → Perfumed720 AcrossReveal answer → The local representative of the king in a shire until the early 11th century521 AcrossReveal answer → Score in rugby321 AcrossReveal answer → Not so foul proposition - not so wrong721 AcrossReveal answer → Actor whose TV roles include Simon Templar in The Saint and Lord Brett Sinclair in The Persuaders!1022 AcrossReveal answer → On reflection it's part of the Kop's ebullient custom723 AcrossReveal answer → American action figure launched in the UK as Action Man in 1966524 AcrossReveal answer → Dry debate about toy924 AcrossReveal answer → Sound like a hack's nearly swallowing pill525 AcrossReveal answer → Another name for the flowering plant Campanula carpatica, native to the Carpathian Mountains1725 AcrossReveal answer → One whose chair was set up by the throne1526 AcrossReveal answer → English novelist best known for Black Beauty1028 AcrossReveal answer → American film producer, screenwriter and director who created Star Wars and Indiana Jones1130 AcrossReveal answer → See 37832 AcrossReveal answer → A mammal of the family Ursidae434 AcrossReveal answer → Boxer originally called Cassius Clay1135 AcrossReveal answer → Home ground of Macclesfield Town FC837 AcrossReveal answer → Edith Wharton novel which won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize1739 AcrossReveal answer → Moroccan runner who won the 5000m at the 1984 Olympics1044 AcrossReveal answer → In the Old Testament, the eldest son of Aaron546 AcrossReveal answer → Airline of the United Arab Emirates and sponsors of Manchester City FC647 AcrossReveal answer → Welsh footballer who scored Great Britain's first goal at an Olympic Games since 1960 in a 1–1 draw with Senegal in 20121248 AcrossReveal answer → The only driver to win the Triple Crown of Motorsport: the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Indianapolis 500 and Formula One World Championship1051 AcrossReveal answer → The second album by The The, released in 1986853 AcrossReveal answer → Another name for a sponsor at a christening954 AcrossReveal answer → Greek hero, son of King Telamon, considered the second greatest warrior after Achilles455 AcrossReveal answer → See 281056 AcrossReveal answer → Town in County Durham noted for steel-making from 1840 to 1980757 AcrossReveal answer → In J R R Tolkien's works, a new breed of orc, no longer afraid of daylight, that emerged in the Third Age758 AcrossReveal answer →

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Cleverly, say, incriminate best shot151 DownReveal answer → Leading light81 DownReveal answer → Men fitting plug reordered electrical component72 DownReveal answer → In Greek mythology, the fluid which flows in the veins of the gods52 DownReveal answer → Day before32 DownReveal answer → Shaking a coin tin close to bus conductor93 DownReveal answer → Former Manchester City striker who captains the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team93 DownReveal answer → Members of the Society of Friends73 DownReveal answer → The capital of Sardinia84 DownReveal answer → Confess54 DownReveal answer → Decide to do this a second time74 DownReveal answer → Large hairy spider95 DownReveal answer → Heard about any trouble involving India's eternal foe75 DownReveal answer → Ladder step46 DownReveal answer → Welsh actor who played Lord John Marbury in The West Wing96 DownReveal answer → Price of kitbag is completely eclipsed by uniform56 DownReveal answer → Plant that is the national emblem of Scotland77 DownReveal answer → Sells disheartened rescue dogs77 DownReveal answer → Note softened her up - reaching breaking point158 DownReveal answer → Plant of the genus Buphthalmum with daisy-like flower heads58 DownReveal answer → E M ___, author whose novels include Where Angels Fear to Tread and Howards End79 DownReveal answer → Belittle910 DownReveal answer → Any of various brightly coloured tropical freshwater fishes of the genus Hemigrammus and related genera510 DownReveal answer → The Eurasian rose, Rosa rubiginosa, also called eglantine1011 DownReveal answer → Briskness811 DownReveal answer → French poet, novelist, and dramatist best known for the novels Les Misérables and Notre-Dame de Paris1012 DownReveal answer → The second largest city in the United States1013 DownReveal answer → Discussed713 DownReveal answer → Glorify515 DownReveal answer → From that day on Church follows English translation with nothing missing915 DownReveal answer → Lodgings (Informal)416 DownReveal answer → Slow cycling through swamp for one of obstinate courage717 DownReveal answer → Perhaps dial 999 and put empty gesture on the record718 DownReveal answer → Perform319 DownReveal answer → Saloon maybe seen on drive after erratic motorist initially gets ban719 DownReveal answer → A 1986 sci-fi film directed by James Cameron620 DownReveal answer → Press stories left out examples of subtle humour720 DownReveal answer → Turned up to support shy South American native522 DownReveal answer → In the Old Testament, the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau722 DownReveal answer → An animal such as Didelphis marsupialis of North, Central and South America723 DownReveal answer → The largest city and former administrative capital of Sri Lanka726 DownReveal answer → The Indo-European language of modern Iran527 DownReveal answer → Peter ___, French philosopher and theologian who loved Heloise729 DownReveal answer → Evergreen shrub of the genus Ulex, also called furze and whin530 DownReveal answer → In the Old Testament, the valley below Jerusalem where children were sacrificed731 DownReveal answer → The largest peninsula in the Adriatic Sea, shared by Croatia, Slovenia and Italy633 DownReveal answer → Lerner and Loewe musical based on George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion1035 DownReveal answer → Athenian statesman and general in the Peloponnesian War who led the victories at Abydos and Cyzicus1036 DownReveal answer → English author whose novels include The Rainbow1038 DownReveal answer → Guyana-born musician whose 1982 single I Don't Wanna Dance spent three weeks at number one in the UK chart940 DownReveal answer → Home ground of Yeovil Town FC942 DownReveal answer → An easterly wind in the western Mediterranean area, especially in the late summer843 DownReveal answer → Electronic dance music duo consisting of brothers Phil and Paul Hartnoll745 DownReveal answer → Drownings during the Reign of Terror at Nantes746 DownReveal answer → The ancient Greek goddess of peace549 DownReveal answer → Horse that gave trainer "17 Across" his fourth and final Grand National victory in 1966550 DownReveal answer → A domesticated South American cud-chewing mammal used as a beast of burden552 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, February 17, 2024. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.