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The Independent Crossword July 6 2024 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 112 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword July 6 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#
Long flagPENNON6Across1 Receiving signal, criminal stamped in frustrationDISAPPOINTMENT14Across1 Delicate shotDINK4Across4 Short whipCROP4Across7 Biblical vesselNOAHSARK8Across8 Dance arranged at school with zero publicityPROMO5Across9 LanguidLISTLESS8Across9 Biplane got the rim tangledTIGERMOTH9Across10 Four aliens returned without a wordTETEATETE9Across11 The fibre of the abaca plantMANILAHEMP10Across12 Best replacement name, right?STARR5Across12 Unit of astronomical distancePARSEC6Across12 Phil Collins's second US No. 1 single, following Against All OddsONEMORENIGHT12Across13 Team removing lead supporter by choiceIDEALLY7Across13 Gadoid food fish of the genus MerlucciusHAKE4Across14 Australian prime minister's backed outASLEEP6Across14 QuickSPEEDY6Across14 LocalREGIONAL8Across15 Girl group whose hits include Never Ever and Pure ShoresALLSAINTS9Across15 Whiskey distilled from a mash of corn, malt and rye, aged in charred oak barrelsBOURBON7Across16 1969 road movie written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Terry SouthernEASYRIDER9Across17 Less prudent breakfast optionRASHER6Across18 Area of Cardiff that is the birthplace of Shirley BasseyTIGERBAY8Across18 General Motors' largest European brandOPEL4Across19 MementoSOUVENIR8Across19 RequirementNEED4Across20 Artist probing yellowish-brown and dark brownCARAMEL7Across20 Home in Grasmere to William and Dorothy WordsworthDOVECOTTAGE11Across21 Group of cowsHERD4Across21 Earnest requestBEHEST6Across22 German high-performance car manufacturer based in StuttgartPORSCHE7Across23 Kind of Rugby LeagueUNION5Across24 North Leeds transformed by Stallone foreverENDLESSLY9Across26 Perfume covering lake, breaking Parisian agreementPATCHOULI9Across27 Capital of Ghana losing exterior bitsHANOI5Across28 Province of Canada whose capital is WinnipegMANITOBA8Across28 Dog in manger confused steerGERMANSHEPHERD14Across29 The state capital of NebraskaLINCOLN7Across30 Italian football manager who has won the Champions League a record five times as a coach, plus two more as a playerCARLOANCELOTTI14Across31 1974 studio album by David BowieDIAMONDDOGS11Across32 English actor who had success as a singer with his Soldier Soldier co-star Robson GreenJEROMEFLYNN11Across33 Covering for the head and face, worn by Muslim womenHIJAB5Across37 The lead singer of Simple MindsJIMKERR7Across39 Technology entrepreneur and engineer who is lead designer of SpaceX and product architect of Tesla, IncELONMUSK8Across40 La Liga football club based in PamplonaOSASUNA7Across41 Character in Herman Melville's Moby-Dick who is hunting for the whale to get revengeCAPTAINAHAB11Across42 German kitchen appliance company that introduced the first microwave oven in 1957NEFF4Across47 A housing for a ship's compassBINNACLE8Across48 A small celestial body orbiting the sun that hasn't entered the earth's atmosphereMETEOROID9Across49 Figure in the legend of King Arthur depicted as being responsible for his downfallMORDRED7Across51 See 31CARLOANCELOTTI14Across52 City on the French Riviera founded by Phocaeans in about the 3rd century BCNICE4Across54 Storyteller of One Thousand and One NightsSCHEHERAZADE12Across55 British singer who won the third series of The X Factor in 2006LEONALEWIS10Across56

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Second job keeping recordDEPUTY6Down1 1971 Woody Allen comedy, set in the fictional republic of San MarcosBANANAS7Down1 One-sidedPARTISAN8Down1 Seen with acneSPOTTED7Down2 1990 film based on Stephen King's 1987 novel of the same nameMISERY6Down2 Favouritism to relativesNEPOTISM8Down2 Unit of weightOUNCE5Down3 Spread support with semiprecious stonePROPAGATE9Down3 South Korean film that won four Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director for Bong Joon-hoPARASITE8Down3 TwilightDUSK4Down4 Actor who played Ashley Wilkes in Gone with the WindLESLIEHOWARD12Down4 Just toting unusual heft spontaneouslyONTHEFLY8Down4 Arm going up to win goldNUGGET6Down5 The capital and largest city of SamoaAPIA4Down5 StandardNORM4Down5 Blackcurrant cordialCASSIS6Down6 Scottish snooker player who won the first of his four world titles in 1998JOHNHIGGINS11Down6 No longer ready for German philosopher to be announcedMARKS5Down6 Highly contagious viral disease whose technical name is rubeolaMEASLES7Down7 Bright colour worried babyNEONATE7Down7 American singer-songwriter and rapper who came to fame in the group New EditionBOBBYBROWN10Down8 Style of music unknown in support of The Cure?THERAPY7Down8 See 43AMERICANBEAUTY14Down9 RepudiateRENOUNCE8Down10 Dutch reality TV franchise created by Endemol in 1999BIGBROTHER10Down10 The pipe on a set of bagpipes on which the melody is playedCHANTER7Down11 ContiguousADJACENT8Down11 Circle of lightCORONA6Down13 Exotic vehicle happening to follow special onesSPACESHIP9Down15 Happiness of one in top hotelTRIUMPH7Down16 OvereatGORGE5Down16 Polish overheard that submarine, saySANDWICH8Down17 Temporary traffic markerCONE4Down17 KeenAVID4Down18 Sweet pinSKITTLE7Down19 BBC sitcom about two Glaswegian pensioners created by Ford Kiernan and Greg HemphillSTILLGAME9Down20 Delicatessen ceases stocking spiritESSENCE7Down21 Narcotic drug extracted from the unripe seed capsules of a poppyOPIUM5Down22 Small horse nearly getting shinerSEQUIN6Down22 Farm worker, lacking aid, raised millions?MYRIAD6Down23 Maryland-bred horse that won the 1984 DerbySECRETO7Down24 Drone carrying an upturned bookNAHUM5Down25 First name of the child witch in the 1960s US sitcom BewitchedTABITHA7Down25 Tom Rush song that gave the Walker Brothers and Midge Ure top ten hits in the UKNOREGRETS9Down26 Celtic language recognised by the UK government under Part II of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages in 2002CORNISH7Down27 Arts-based BBC documentary series that ran from 1967 to 2003OMNIBUS7Down29 Boy band comprising Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and, until 2015, Zayn MalikONEDIRECTION12Down34 A subsidiary or intermediate theorem in an argument or proofLEMMA5Down35 Drugs, such as propranolol, that inhibits the activity of the nerves that are stimulated by adrenalineBETABLOCKER11Down36 Puerto Rican actor who won a Best Actor Oscar for Cyrano de BergeracJOSEFERRER10Down38 Californian pop duo whose biggest hit was Surf CityJANANDDEAN10Down39 Oscar-winning 1999 film starring Kevin Spacey and Annette BeningAMERICANBEAUTY14Down43 English actor, comedian and presenter whose TV series include Not Going Out and Would I Lie to You?LEEMACK7Down44 The capital of VenezuelaCARACAS7Down45 Food item whose name is derived from the French for 'twice-cooked'BISCUIT7Down46 Purple anthropomorphic Tyrannosaurus rex whose children's TV show debuted in the US in 1992BARNEY6Down48 Complex of enzymes used in cheese productionRENNET6Down50 Opera by Alban Berg, first performed posthumously in 1937LULU4Down53

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, July 6, 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.