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The Independent Crossword February 3 2024 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 112 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword February 3 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#
Join togetherWELD4Across1 Fake map, one covering US cityCHARLATAN9Across1 ReposeREST4Across3 Church taking risk, trimmed tree from biblical landCEDAR5Across6 Keep upMAINTAIN8Across7 StuffCRAM4Across8 Number provided by computer’s last logic circuitNOR3Across9 Army officerFIELDMARSHAL12Across9 Uranium, now stolen, sadly restricts researcher’s latest contribution to fissionSLOWNEUTRON11Across10 Large waspHORNET6Across10 Spanish tennis player who has won 22 Grand Slam men's singles titles, including a record 14 French Open titlesRAFAELNADAL11Across10 Astronomical observatory in Cheshire whose radio telescope has a steerable parabolic dishJODRELLBANK11Across11 Changes in climate? Blame representativeEMBLEMATICAL12Across11 DestinyKISMET6Across13 A member of a Roman Catholic religious order founded by Ignatius Loyola in 1534JESUIT6Across14 Performer, tenor, is in role (not lead)ARTIST6Across14 Centre of operationsHEADQUARTERS12Across15 Japanese camera manufacturer founded in Nagano in 1949YASHICA7Across15 Ex-soldier? I will have mostly nasty one in prisonCIVILIAN8Across16 British group whose biggest hit was ViennaULTRAVOX8Across16 Scorer of one of England's goals in the 1966 World Cup FinalMARTINPETERS12Across17 Unexpected change in direction from company acquired by wealthy alienRICOCHET8Across18 Gathering to have silver initially loaded on board famous shipBEAGLE6Across19 NeedyPOOR4Across19 1861 novel by Ellen Wood whose central character is Lady Isabel CarlyleEASTLYNNE9Across20 Female underwearKNICKERS8Across20 AnxietyFEAR4Across21 Value in working with valid variety performerVAUDEVILLIAN12Across21 Central partCORE4Across22 1940 George Cukor film starring Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart and Ruth HusseyTHEPHILADELPHIASTORY20Across22 Scientific study of blood overlooking blood group in clustersMATHEMATICS11Across25 The American equivalent of a stag nightBACHELORPARTY13Across26 Copy recording, deleting first itemAPE3Across26 Stark rocks in limestone sceneryKARST5Across27 Daughter isn’t adopting team, choosing to follow another?DISSIDENT9Across28 Town in the West Bank near Jerusalem that was the birthplace of JesusBETHLEHEM9Across28 Scottish band whose tenth album, As the Love Continues, reached number one in the UK Albums Chart in 2021MOGWAI6Across31 A chemical substance secreted by an animal which influences the behaviour of others of its speciesPHEROMONE9Across32 Title applied to Indian nobleman and religious teacher Gautama SiddharthaBUDDHA6Across33 All Saints' first UK number one hit singleNEVEREVER9Across35 1991 Terry Gilliam film starring Robin Williams and Jeff BridgesTHEFISHERKING13Across37 Play by William Shakespeare based on a tale from Boccaccio's DecameronALLSWELLTHATENDSWELL20Across40 TV presenting duo whose surnames are McPartlin and DonnellyANTANDDEC9Across44 British javelin thrower who set a world record of 89.58m in July 1990STEVEBACKLEY12Across45 A golden horse with a cream or white mane and tailPALOMINO8Across49 The act or process of officially proving the authenticity and validity of a willPROBATE7Across51 Channel 4 sitcom created, written by and starring Simon Pegg and Jessica StevensonSPACED6Across53 "The face that launched a thousand ships"HELENOFTROY11Across55 1939 Marx Brothers film in which Groucho Marx plays Attorney J Cheever LoopholeATTHECIRCUS11Across56

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Source of light awkwardly balanced on 14CANDELABRA10Down1 The national airline of Belgium from 1923 to 2001SABENA6Down1 Dock platformWHARF5Down1 Actor with basic moves? These are more elaborate movesACROBATICS10Down2 The capital of AzerbaijanBAKU4Down2 Portable lightLANTERN7Down2 What’s offered in school is lesson materialLISLE5Down3 A protein that is eliminated from the diet in cases of coeliac diseaseGLUTEN6Down3 PlunderRANSACK7Down3 Small South American rodent of which the guinea pig is a typeCAVY4Down4 Internet threat, item remaining to be picked up before start of yearTROJAN6Down4 Hosiery itemsSOCKS5Down4 HairlessBALD4Down5 Ironing out source of disagreement in description of airshipNONRIGID8Down5 Fictional collie dog created by Eric Knight in a short story that spawned several filmsLASSIE6Down5 Chap I have going round America is having an effectCAUSATIVE9Down6 Container for wineCARAFE6Down6 American actor whose films include Alexander's Ragtime Band and CocoonDONAMECHE9Down6 Official language of PakistanURDU4Down7 Gloomy day on rescue vesselDARK4Down7 A minute particle occurring in the blood of vertebrates and involved in clottingPLATELET8Down8 Operates historic site, perhaps, closing off central sectionRUNS4Down8 Game invented by British Army officers stationed in IndiaSNOOKER7Down9 US stateOREGON6Down11 With servant around, one left on depressing journeyPILGRIMAGE10Down12 Essex town which contains the sub-district of BockingBRAINTREE9Down12 Lorry driverTRUCKER7Down12 Blokes pursuing seabird to be brought into international custodyINTERNMENT10Down13 Rudolf ___, German engineer who invented a type of internal-combustion engine in 1892DIESEL6Down13 Converse withSPEAKTO7Down14 State capital having no love for religious riteSACRAMENT9Down15 Mournful songDIRGE5Down16 IncursionRAID4Down17 That chap will take on advertising industry to make a pointHEADLAND8Down17 Be of useSERVE5Down18 2004 Girls Aloud single that reached number two in the chartsTHESHOW7Down18 Leonhard ___, 1707-1783, pre-eminent Swiss mathematicianEULER5Down19 Trustee, skipping troubles, benefitsAVAILS6Down20 Of a triangle, having all sides of unequal lengthSCALENE7Down21 A cloth for drying washed crockery, cutlery and glassesTEATOWEL8Down22 Girl given one sweet drinkLASSI5Down22 Pupil, mistress and wife of AbelardHELOISE7Down23 Not bad after morning in a frenzyAMOK4Down23 A jewelled crown or headband worn as a symbol of sovereigntyDIADEM6Down24 Excellent beginning, but not endingSTAR4Down24 The simplest aliphatic alcoholMETHANOL8Down25 Egyptian deity whose feminine counterpart was SeshatTHOTH5Down27 Book of the New Testament between Philemon and JamesHEBREWS7Down29 A sugar-coated sweet containing a nut or seedCOMFIT6Down30 Song that gave Nat 'King' Cole and Alvin Stardust top ten hits in 1953 and 1981 respectivelyPRETEND7Down32 F W ___, South African president who legalised the ANC and released Nelson Mandela from prisonDEKLERK7Down34 Lioness who scored her first World Cup goal against Australia in the 2023 semi-finalELLATOONE9Down36 John Millington ___, Irish playwright best known for The Playboy of the Western WorldSYNGE5Down38 English seaside resort famous for its tower and illuminationsBLACKPOOL9Down39 Unfinished 1817 novel by Jane Austen, originally called The BrothersSANDITON8Down41 Asian plant with aromatic leaves, used as a condiment and in perfumery and folk medicineHYSSOP6Down42 In Greek mythology, a statue of a maiden brought to life by Aphrodite in response to the prayers of the sculptor PygmalionGALATEA7Down43 Card game for two played with 32 cards and king highECARTE6Down46 Region of France, between the Vosges mountains and the Rhine, famous for its winesALSACE6Down47 Ancient Greek primordial deity personifying darknessEREBUS6Down48 Horse that won the 1999 DerbyOATH4Down50 In Greek mythology, a nymph spurned by Narcissus who pined away until only her voice remainedECHO4Down52 Mediterranean port city on the northern coastal plain of IsraelACRE4Down54

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, February 3, 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.