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The Independent Crossword July 13 2024 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 113 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword July 13 2024 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 113 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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SkillART3Across1 Spring term at Oxford UniversityHILARY6Across3 Shade of redCERISE6Across7 Day that is longDIE3Across7 Grate the last piece of bread after tea is cookedCHARGRILLED11Across8 LanguageTONGUE6Across8 Fine woolCASHMERE8Across9 Put the wrong end of foot into broken gumshoeDETECTIVE9Across10 Singer in All Saints who was a contestant on Celebrity Race Across the WorldMELANIEBLATT12Across11 Back, no back, no back, back?BACON5Across11 Vegetable from greengrocers we'd establishedSWEDE5Across12 Ten year periodDECADE6Across12 Eric Carmen song from the film Dirty Dancing that was a top ten hit in the USHUNGRYEYES10Across13 Printed fabricCHINTZ6Across13 Deputy anaesthetist to inject whiskeyNUMBERTWO9Across13 Tibetan name for the abominable snowmanYETI4Across14 Distinguishing badgeINSIGNIA8Across14 Small rug from Barking Habitat I exchanged for moneyBATHMAT7Across15 1966 novel by Paul Scott that begins his Raj QuartetTHEJEWELINTHECROWN18Across15 Hockey venue that's 'horrible', girl admittedICERINK7Across16 Detective created by G K ChestertonFATHERBROWN11Across16 Any of various papilionaceous plants of the genus PhaseolusBEAN4Across17 Caribbean fruitPAPAYA6Across18 Town in Calabria, Italy that is the traditional site of a sea monster in Greek mythologySCILLA6Across18 Usually, I'm alone in a bar - about 1,000 beers I've drunkSEMIBREVE9Across19 Strive for high thingsASPIRE6Across19 SnuggleNESTLE6Across20 Swiss conductor who was the principal conductor of Diaghilev's Ballets RussesERNESTANSERMET14Across20 ArgumentROW3Across21 English singer-songwriter who had top ten hits with Misfit and Under the Thumb as a teenagerAMYSTUDT8Across22 Family member in local taking top off and beginning to yodelAUNTY5Across22 TV series created and written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, based on her one-woman show first performed in 2013FLEABAG7Across24 Going in a particular direction, academic follows points on the compassENDON5Across24 Without belief in God, this man exists in a higher placeATHEISTIC9Across25 Right claimed by errant ageing heads of state in old England?SEIGNIORAGE11Across26 Felt hat mainly worn by cowboysSTETSON7Across27 Every second of Dolph Lundgren's strip-search is available to watch onlineOUT3Across27 Speyside single malt Scotch whisky distillery in Dufftown, Scotland owned by William Grant & SonsBALVENIE8Across28 1938 novel by Jean-Paul SartreNAUSEA6Across30 African country whose capital is NairobiKENYA5Across32 ITV crime drama series starring David Tennant and Olivia ColmanBROADCHURCH11Across33 Cheshire town with a major railway junctionCREWE5Across34 A richly-seasoned French stew of meat or poultry and vegetablesRAGOUT6Across37 See 20ERNESTANSERMET14Across39 The daughter of Icarius in Greek mythologyERIGONE7Across40 American actor best known for playing the title role in the detective series CannonWILLIAMCONRAD13Across43 An imaginary country of tiny inhabitants in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's TravelsLILLIPUT8Across44 Founder member of the Hollies who was part of a supergroup with David Crosby and Stephen StillsGRAHAMNASH10Across46 See 43WILLIAMCONRAD13Across48 ___ de Chile, Santiago-based club that has won 18 Primera División titles in ChileUNIVERSIDAD11Across52 BBC sitcom created by Dawn French and Jennifer SaundersABSOLUTELYFABULOUS18Across55 1980 album by GenesisDUKE4Across57 French daily newspaper founded in Paris by Jean-Paul Sartre and Serge July in 1973LIBERATION10Across58 English punk band who had hits with Swords of a Thousand Men and WünderbarTENPOLETUDOR12Across59

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Something that protects you from bottom-smackSEATBELT8Down1 Belgian surrealist artist whose works include The Treachery of ImagesRENEMAGRITTE12Down1 SeveralAFEW4Down1 Murder rock group's rendition of Tutti Frutti?ICECREAM8Down2 A cruciferous plant of the genus Raphanus cultivated for its edible rootRADISH6Down2 ExcursionTRIP4Down2 Stringed instrument trio meant to play Beethoven's 2nd, 3rd or 8thMARIONETTE10Down3 Italian painter of the Venetian school whose original name was Jacopo RobustiTINTORETTO10Down3 Emerge from an eggHATCH5Down3 Extract from Othello - 'green-eyed monster'OGRE4Down4 Beatles album with an iconic cover featuring a zebra crossingABBEYROAD9Down4 Women's underwearLINGERIE8Down4 A freshwater carnivorous musteline mammal such as Lutra lutraOTTER5Down5 Gently bite flower full of beesNIBBLE6Down5 Gambling gameROULETTE8Down5 Source of dangerMENACE6Down6 Bring about 50 here for Vanessa Paradis, and for her clothesELICIT6Down6 Songbird also called a butcherbirdSHRIKE6Down6 Repeatedly carry out the termination of birds - now they're extinctDODOS5Down7 In formal correspondence, of the present monthINSTANT7Down7 Village site of The Prancing Pony inn in the works of J R R TolkienBREE4Down8 Attach number label to the foot of brown hedge sparrowDUNNOCK7Down9 Son of William the Conqueror, crowned king of England in the absence of his elder brother, Robert in 1100HENRYI6Down9 American lawyer, Union general and governor of New Mexico Territory best known for his historical adventure story Ben-Hur: A Tale of the ChristLEWWALLACE10Down10 FragileDELICATE8Down10 Engine partCAMSHAFT8Down11 In North America, a sunken enclosure giving access to a basementAREAWAY7Down12 CulminationCLIMAX6Down13 Liberal aimed to join new leader in constituencyMAIDENHEAD10Down14 Forest clearingGLADE5Down15 One in motorcycle gang knocked out by American musicians on the streetBUSKERS7Down15 GoadSPUR4Down16 One sitting with a paper, late in the morning, in bare feetEXAMINEE8Down17 Ship's companyCREW4Down17 Key enters in it prior to Bluebird runningIGNITION8Down18 The Greek goddess of the moon, whose Roman counterpart is LunaSELENE6Down18 American actor and comedian best known for playing Michael Scott in the NBC version of The OfficeSTEVECARELL11Down19 Part of leaf from flyer one's picked upMIDRIB6Down20 Grandma's piercing bleat - 'a giant gorilla wants to eat me!'BANANA6Down21 Collapsed Lung hit single used as the theme music for the Radio 4 series Mark Steel's in TownEATMYGOAL9Down21 German crew supporting the stern of ferry boatYACHT5Down23 A partial or full set of artificial teethDENTURE7Down23 Own a car with nothing insideAVOW4Down25 A yellow fuming corrosive mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acid that dissolves metals, including goldAQUAREGIA9Down25 A playing card or dice with two pips or spotsDEUCE5Down26 Dance music producer whose single Killer, introducing Seal as a vocalist, topped the charts in 1990ADAMSKI7Down29 1960s British rock supergroup comprising bassist Jack Bruce, guitarist Eric Clapton and drummer Ginger BakerCREAM5Down31 American singer and songwriter nicknamed "The Queen of Rockabilly"WANDAJACKSON12Down35 Brand of cigarettes launched by W D & H O Wills in 1959 and withdrawn in the early 1960sSTRAND6Down36 American actress whose roles include Trudy Campbell in Mad MenALISONBRIE10Down38 The lead singer of the TroggsREGPRESLEY10Down41 Russian city, founded as a fortress in 1777, known as Voroshilovsk from 1940 to 1944STAVROPOL9Down42 A flightless marine bird of the order Sphenisciformes of cool southern regionsPENGUIN7Down45 A member of the Plantagenet royal line descended from Geoffrey, Count of AnjouANGEVIN7Down47 Greek island that is the largest of the DodecaneseRHODES6Down49 Ancient city on the coast of Asia Minor whose modern name is IzmirSMYRNA6Down51 Rare soft metallic element whose atomic number is 49INDIUM6Down53 Mediterranean republic whose capital is VallettaMALTA5Down54 US state settled by Mormons in 1847UTAH4Down56

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, July 13, 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.