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The Independent Crossword January 20 2024 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 112 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword January 20 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#
Squirrel's nestDREY4Across1 HuskyHOARSE6Across3 Engineer in Essex partly responsible for disturbing natureEERINESS8Across7 Heavy knifeCLEAVER7Across8 Show embarrassment about author being rather rudeBLUISH6Across9 FadCRAZE5Across9 Feeble hosts live it up in a punishing mannerPUNITIVELY10Across10 Unwilling to compromiseINTRANSIGENT12Across10 American screenwriter, director and actor whose films include ManhattanWOODYALLEN10Across11 Except whenUNLESS6Across11 You are to be removed from office young manBEAU4Across11 CondimentPEPPER6Across12 American vessel brought back monarch from abroadRAJA4Across12 Men's singles champion at Wimbledon in 1975ARTHURASHE10Across12 One million standing for unwelcome burdenIMPOSITION10Across13 Series of cars manufactured by Honda since 1972CIVIC5Across13 PreludeINTRODUCTION12Across14 Limits of cognate sense affected meaningESSENCE7Across15 The last line of this classic comedy series was "I'm afraid it's started to rain again"FAWLTYTOWERS12Across15 The study of handwriting, especially to analyse the writer's characterGRAPHOLOGY10Across16 Formed a union started by takeover apparentlyCOUPLED7Across17 See 19STEVEMILLER11Across17 German submarineUBOAT5Across18 American guitarist and singer-songwriter whose band's hits include Fly Like An Eagle and Take the Money and RunSTEVEMILLER11Across19 Explosive materialCORDITE7Across19 Determined to catch grey cuckoo, immediately before heronSNOWYEGRET10Across20 1969 memoir by Henri Charrière about his imprisonment at a penal colony in French GuianaPAPILLON8Across20 PostureSTANCE6Across20 Young male horseCOLT4Across21 Sound content for each broadcastPURR4Across22 Song written by George M Cohan for his 1904 musical Little Johnny JonesGIVEMYREGARDSTOBROADWAY23Across23 Prog rock band wanting second album to sound like Howling Wolf?YELP4Across24 Add compound interest to begin with or default badlyFLUORIDATE10Across25 Steal inside information to finish off crimeTIPTOE6Across26 English poet, short story writer and novelist best known for his poem The ListenersWALTERDELAMARE14Across26 Sustained blow to the face?HEADWIND8Across27 Max ___, German film director whose works include La Ronde and Lola MontesOPHULS6Across29 See 12ARTHURASHE10Across31 King of Persia who founded the Persian empireCYRUSTHEGREAT13Across32 Small duck such as Anas creccaTEAL4Across35 A watch chain with a bar at one end for attaching to a buttonholeALBERT6Across36 Levy on the profits of a company or other incorporated bodyCORPORATIONTAX14Across38 Common rendering of the wounded Mercutio's curse on the Montague and Capulet families in Shakespeare's Romeo and JulietAPLAGUEONBOTHYOURHOUSES23Across41 The highest mountain in Great BritainBENNEVIS8Across44 Léo Delibes opera in three acts to a libretto by Edmond Gondinet and Philippe GilleLAKME5Across46 The hard white substance that covers the crown of each toothENAMEL6Across48 Crustacean with a small triangular body and very long legsSPIDERCRAB10Across50 1928 play by George Bernard Shaw subtitled A Political ExtravaganzaTHEAPPLECART12Across53 A tree of the genus BetulaBIRCH5Across55 In Greek mythology, a gorgon beheaded by PerseusMEDUSA6Across56 The body of all qualified votersELECTORATE10Across57

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Pack (of cards)DECK4Down1 Misty appearance of mass removed from whisked albumenNEBULA6Down1 In the Old Testament, a Hebrew prophet who was swallowed by a great fishJONAH5Down1 PerpetualETERNAL7Down2 The capital of South AustraliaADELAIDE8Down2 Put the finishing touches to flier that is about taxTITIVATE8Down2 Wading birdHERON5Down3 The only golfer in the 20th century to win the Open in three different decadesGARYPLAYER10Down3 Small group receiving former record company's 50% share of album?SEMICIRCLE10Down3 Be controlled by veneer of orthodoxy?OBEY4Down4 Building designARCHITECTURE12Down4 The Muse of historyCLIO4Down4 Ant-eater paralysed ants regularlyNUMBAT6Down5 ReptileSNAKE5Down5 Friedrich ___, German political philosopher who collaborated with Karl Marx on The Communist ManifestoENGELS6Down5 Cut leak outside empty toiletESCALOPE8Down6 Now and againEVERYSOOFTEN12Down6 American golfer who won seven majors, including the 1946 OpenSAMSNEAD8Down6 Insect of the family Lucanidae, the males of which have large branched mandiblesSTAGBEETLE10Down7 RestrictFETTER6Down7 Plain stage in auditoriumSTEPPE6Down8 Scottish island in the Inner Hebrides north-east of IslayJURA4Down8 Rabbi, born in Babylonia, who was president of the Sanhedrin and the first to formulate principles of biblical interpretationHILLEL6Down9 In cricket, an instance of getting out to one's first ball in both innings of a matchKINGPAIR8Down10 One of a kindUNIQUE6Down11 StipulationPROVISO7Down13 1923 collection of poetry by Khalil GibranTHEPROPHET10Down14 Lacking money for fare from ScotlandSHORTBREAD10Down14 Game fishTROUT5Down15 Type missing certain characteristics of liberal fairnessSANSERIF8Down16 Male relativeUNCLE5Down16 Band around the waistBELT4Down17 Quiet high-pitched sound associated with English swallowPIPEDOWN8Down18 The small graceful animal Capreolus capreolusROEDEER7Down18 King that hurt sycophant's position?CROUCH6Down19 Spanish painter whose works include Les Demoiselles d'Avignon and GuernicaPABLOPICASSO12Down20 Does possibly delay one seizing powerWAPITI6Down21 Sultanate whose capital in MuscatOMAN4Down21 See 20PABLOPICASSO12Down22 Keep moving in part of person's sphere of visionRETINA6Down23 Surname of the second and sixth presidents of the United StatesADAMS5Down24 District of Hackney whose name is thought to have derived from Deorlaf’s tunDALSTON7Down25 Female leader leaves children land with strings attachedFIEF4Down25 Well-known seduction poem by John DonneTHEFLEA7Down27 In the book of Genesis, the second son of Jacob and ZilpahASHER5Down28 In Greek mythology, a statue of a maiden brought to life by Aphrodite in response to the prayers of the sculptor PygmalionGALATEA7Down30 Marxist revolutionary who played a pivotal role in the Cuban RevolutionCHEGUEVARA10Down32 1989 film telling the story of a regiment of African-American soldiers in the American Civil WarGLORY5Down33 English synthpop duo comprising songwriter and keyboardist Vince Clarke and singer Andy BellERASURE7Down34 French for "three"TROIS5Down37 Colour with the chemical formula CoAl2O4COBALTBLUE10Down38 A supposed descendant of the son of Abraham and HagarISHMAELITE10Down39 Fencing sword similar to the foil but with a larger guard and a heavier bladeEPEE4Down40 Pop group whose members include Gary Barlow and Mark OwenTAKETHAT8Down42 1980 Robert Zemeckis film starring Kurt Russell and Jack WardenUSEDCARS8Down43 Album by Badfinger on which the song Without You first appearedNODICE6Down45 Cathedral city in DevonEXETER6Down47 The Muse of love poetryERATO5Down49 See 10KINGPAIR8Down51 Large fast-running flightless bird inhabiting the open plains of South AmericaRHEA4Down52 Town on the Isle of Man that is home to the island's only cathedralPEEL4Down54

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, January 20, 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.