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The Independent Crossword July 27 2024 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 123 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword July 27 2024 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 123 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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Horse that won the Grand National in 1973, 1974 and 1977REDRUM6Across1 Sea's energy heading for reef, a lot wiped outTIDALPOWER10Across1 Climbing plant's stemBINE4Across1 Channel portDOVER5Across3 The capital of Nova ScotiaHALIFAX7Across5 Flawed character intrinsic to sporty PolynesiansTYPO4Across7 Navigation instrumentSEXTANT7Across8 Fish attending competition late in the dayEVENTIDE8Across9 Billiards shotINOFF5Across9 Mike Leigh play that opened at the Hampstead Theatre in April 1977ABIGAILSPARTY13Across9 Travel documentBOARDINGPASS12Across10 Bay's attraction pushing learners to the limitsLAUREL6Across10 Refuse to acknowledgeDISOWN6Across11 Air's foul with daughter rarely having a showerARID4Across11 Foundation garmentCORSET6Across12 Presumably pro now second in finals?EXAMS5Across12 The capital of the state of Bavaria, on the Isar RiverMUNICH6Across13 The chief port of SpainBARCELONA9Across14 With this spy might be quietly intrusiveNOSY4Across14 Land an uppercut, good making connectionHITCHING8Across15 The capital of the United KingdomLONDON6Across15 Penny-pinchingPARSIMONIOUS12Across15 1923 novel by D H Lawrence set in AustraliaKANGAROO8Across16 Whisky for elevenses? Poor showAMDRAM6Across17 A rhythmic group of eight lines of verseOCTAVE6Across17 Variety of beetCHARD5Across18 Brightest star in the constellation CygnusDENEB5Across18 Camera partSHUTTER7Across19 Dangerous section of reef, as nutters recalledUNSAFE6Across19 Any number swamped by record break - might one save four?LONGSTOP8Across20 ArchetypeMODEL5Across20 A mega wavePERM4Across21 American medical sitcom that ran from 2001 to 2010SCRUBS6Across21 TotDRAM4Across21 A young unfledged bird, especially a pigeonSQUAB5Across23 Bachelor, one on board, finds footingBASIS5Across23 Polynesian faces endless ocean with nothing in itMOAI4Across24 John Denver's second US number one singleANNIESSONG10Across24 Men on boards in troubleORDEAL6Across25 Swap ends in very long cricket matches, at intervalsEPISODIC8Across26 Polar explorer associated with the ship EnduranceERNESTSHACKLETON16Across26 Golden balls, though that's not allORBS4Across27 The capital of FrancePARIS5Across27 Teacher has said no running around for new studentsADMISSIONS10Across28 A cultivated variety of cabbage also called turnip cabbageKOHLRABI8Across28 The capital of ChinaBEIJING7Across30 Russian city that is capital of the Chechen RepublicGROZNY6Across32 Port in W France at the head of the Loire estuary associated with a 1598 EdictNANTES6Across34 City in San Diego County, California, nicknamed "The Big Box"ELCAJON7Across36 The practice of joining a political party with the intention of changing its principles and policiesENTRYISM8Across38 The capital of JapanTOKYO5Across40 1967 Top Ten hit single for Manfred MannHAHASAIDTHECLOWN16Across41 The second largest city in the United StatesLOSANGELES10Across44 The capital of GhanaACCRA5Across45 A port and resort in Emilia-Romagna on Italy's Adriatic coastRIMINI6Across46 See 9ABIGAILSPARTY13Across47 The capital of MaliBAMAKO6Across49 A mixed drink that doesn't contain alcoholMOCKTAIL8Across51 The outer and thinner of the two bones between the knee and ankle of the legFIBULA6Across55 1965 comedy Western starring Jane Fonda and Lee MarvinCATBALLOU9Across56 The capital of GermanyBERLIN6Across57 A 1993 collection of short stories by William SleatorODDBALLS8Across58 The anhydrous commercial form of sodium carbonateSODAASH7Across59 1945 short story by J D Salinger whose eponymous heroine lives in the BronxELAINE6Across60

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OccupiedBUSY4Down1 HarmfulNOXIOUS7Down2 Fashionable model turning the other wayINVERSION9Down2 Genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae to which the leaf vegetable rocket belongsERUCA5Down2 FeatureDETAIL6Down3 Another name for a pluviometerRAINGAUGE9Down3 Hackney's hackneyed according to quotation spotted on mugACNED5Down3 The second most populous state in India after Uttar PradeshMAHARASHTRA11Down4 Demure English child revolting when everyone's watchingPRIMETIME9Down4 BoastfulVAINGLORIOUS12Down4 Opposite sides with row in the middle between spells troubleWOE3Down5 Play by Harold Brighouse set in Salford in 1880HOBSONSCHOICE13Down5 Spanish wineRIOJA5Down5 PrejudicedNARROWMINDED12Down6 Register surfer's opening moves on the wavesROLLS5Down6 Small constellation containing the star VegaLYRA4Down6 Compensate forOFFSET6Down7 Beefy French dish surfed onto rocks without forceTOURNEDOS9Down7 Girolamo ___, Italian Baroque composer whose works include the liturgical organ music collection Fiori musicaliFRESCOBALDI11Down7 A cattle-rearing people of southern Africa, living chiefly in South AfricaXHOSA5Down8 They stand in the surf with boards underfootPIERS5Down8 King of Mycenae who led the Greeks at the siege of TroyAGAMEMNON9Down9 Eric ___, Monty Python member who co-wrote and sang the theme tune to the TV series One Foot in the GraveIDLE4Down10 Woody Allen film for which Diane Keaton won a Best Actress OscarANNIEHALL9Down11 PortrayDEPICT6Down11 BBC Radio 4 programme presented by Ned Sherrin from 1998 to 2006LOOSEENDS9Down12 Yankee wears large pants and small socksARGYLES7Down13 StammerSTUTTER7Down13 Roman magistrateCONSUL6Down14 Cold water without risk is boringCHARMLESS9Down16 DomainREALM5Down16 Casting off, huge breaks they can't believeAGNOSTICS9Down17 Percussion instrumentDRUM4Down17 Love helping at a partyADORATION9Down18 ___ Dimittis, the Latin name for the Canticle of SimeonNUNC4Down19 Common name for a deep-sea echinoderm of the genus ScotoplanesSEAPIG6Down20 A Brazilian dance similar to the sambaCARIOCA7Down22 Fear wiping out's terminal blunderERROR5Down22 Turn over a thick plank, possible surfboard materialBALSA5Down23 Insect whose larva is often called a "doodlebug" in North AmericaANTLION7Down24 Polynesian communist stateMAORI5Down24 Nicolas ___, President of France from 2007 to 2012SARKOZY7Down25 Tiller doesn't use hard woodELM3Down26 The principal port city of SyriaLATAKIA7Down29 Caravaggio painting in the Uffizi Gallery, FlorenceBACCHUS7Down30 Coastal town in Norfolk at the mouth of the River YareGREATYARMOUTH13Down31 Horse that won the 2000 Guineas, Derby, Eclipse Stakes and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes in 1989NASHWAN7Down33 Large town in Berkshire immortalised by John Betjeman in a 1937 poemSLOUGH6Down35 Actor who created the role of Juan Perón in the musical Evita opposite Elaine PaigeJOSSACKLAND11Down37 1952 play by Arthur Miller about the Salem witch trialsTHECRUCIBLE11Down39 English actress whose TV shows included In Loving Memory, Hallelujah! and Last of the Summer WineTHORAHIRD9Down40 Rugby union players that traditionally wear 9 and 10HALFBACKS9Down41 A member of a South American Indian people whose empire centred on PeruINCA4Down42 Horse that won the Derby, the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in 1995LAMMTARRA9Down43 Part of the body whose technical name is the pollexTHUMB5Down48 The innermost of Jupiter's known moonsMETIS5Down50 In Greek mythology, a Thessalian king punished by Zeus for his love of Hera by being bound to a perpetually-revolving wheelIXION5Down52 See 11ANNIEHALL9Down53 Mountainous Italian island that was Napoleon Bonaparte's first place of exileELBA4Down54

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, July 27, 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.