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The Independent Crossword June 15 2024 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 117 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword June 15 2024 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 117 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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RegretRUE3Across1 Building blockBRICK5Across3 Primate's rage directed at bandGREATAPE8Across6 Greyish-yellowECRU4Across7 InsinuationINNUENDO8Across8 Looking happy - agreed about keeping money I leftSMILEY6Across8 Fashion-starterTRENDSETTER11Across9 Car one American can makeAUSTIN6Across10 The nontechnical name for the scapulaSHOULDERBLADE13Across11 Still being here, take car outside (can I get into reverse?)SURVIVAL8Across11 B1 unconvincing about China according to MacronTHIAMIN7Across12 Glazed twisted doughnutYUMYUM6Across12 DoctrineGOSPEL6Across13 See 29ANNEHATHAWAY12Across13 England football manager 1990–1993GRAHAMTAYLOR12Across14 Animal in motion panicking - too rightPOTOROO7Across15 Positive and negative aspectsPROSANDCONS11Across15 England football manager 1963–1974ALFRAMSEY9Across15 In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, the wife of Caesar, whose dream predicts her husband's deathCALPHURNIA10Across16 Go for champs in broadcastCHOOSE6Across17 Swing with nurse in frontVENEER6Across18 Aubergine (US)EGGPLANT8Across18 English inventor whose thermosiphon forms the basis of most modern central heating systemsTHOMASFOWLER12Across18 Didn't prevent Bale getting punished in finalENABLED7Across20 PortentOMEN4Across20 The second largest city in AfghanistanKANDAHAR8Across21 Inquire deeplyDELVE5Across21 Senior embracing sex without agreement, say? It's Trump's forteSNOOKER7Across22 TurfSOD3Across22 Town that served as the port of ancient RomeOSTIA5Across23 A rodent of the genus DasyproctaAGOUTI6Across24 Tire out Pole labouring and abruptly slowing downRITENUTO8Across25 The capital of MaliBAMAKO6Across27 Ability parking gets worse after crashPOWERS6Across27 England football manager 1996–1999GLENNHODDLE11Across28 Unskilled worker an associate of Bill? That's not trueCOOLIE6Across29 William Shakespeare's wifeANNEHATHAWAY12Across29 Tea with a touch of nutmeg added in is extremely freshBRANDNEW8Across30 England football manager 1999–2000KEVINKEEGAN11Across30 Sir Patrick ___, English town planner who created the County of London Plan in 1943 and the Greater London Plan in 1944ABERCROMBIE11Across32 US state whose capital is Salt Lake CityUTAH4Across37 England football manager 1982–1990BOBBYROBSON11Across38 The large bovid mammal Ovibos moschatusMUSKOX6Across41 Singer and songwriter whose albums include Purple Rain and Sign o' the TimesPRINCE6Across43 Ruth's mother-in-law in the Old TestamentNAOMI5Across44 England football manager 1974–1977DONREVIE8Across45 England football manager 2008-2012FABIOCAPELLO12Across47 The second largest city in PanamaLACHORRERA10Across49 Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea coast in the extreme south of DalmatiaDUBROVNIK9Across51 A young unmarried French girl or woman, usually used as a title equivalent to "Miss"MADEMOISELLE12Across54 North American river that rises in the Rocky Mountains and flows to the PacificCOLUMBIA8Across56 England football manager 1994–1996TERRYVENABLES13Across57

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Point creature's head outEAST4Down1 The largest peninsula in the Adriatic SeaISTRIA6Down1 WealthyRICH4Down1 Old lady eating one's breadNAAN4Down2 Society founded by the Reverend Tubby Clayton in 1919TOCH4Down2 Royal attendantEQUERRY7Down2 Guy drinks noisilyTEASE5Down3 Boulder on the coast of Massachusetts traditionally thought to be the landing place of the Pilgrim Fathers in 1620PLYMOUTHROCK12Down3 ProhibitionBAN3Down3 Government official gets a rise (slightly less than fifty percent)TSAR4Down4 A dental appliance for holding a loose tooth or prosthetic device in positionRETAINER8Down4 MotionlessINERT5Down4 Excellent knockout I'd welcomed in self-defenceAIKIDO6Down5 Max ___, former world heavyweight boxing champion whose son played Jethro Bodine in The Beverly HillbilliesBAER4Down5 Rice, egg and fish dishKEDGEREE8Down5 SpiceCINNAMON8Down6 Nigerian multi-instrumentalist musician and composer and pioneer of afrobeat music who died in 1997FELAKUTI8Down6 BBC sitcom starring Lenny Henry that ran from 1993 to 1996CHEF4Down7 Soldiers knocked over - that's horrible part of courseROUGH5Down7 1911 Edith Wharton novel set in the fictitious town of Starkfield, MassachusettsETHANFROME10Down8 The capital of PolandWARSAW6Down9 Cause to love early Corrie legend (special one)? Not half!ENAMOUR7Down9 Airline established in 1995 by Stelios Haji-IoannouEASYJET7Down10 WisdomSAGACITY8Down10 Grossly offendedOUTRAGED8Down11 Genre of English stage entertainment originating in the 18th century consisting of racy and satirical songs set to popular tunesBALLADOPERA11Down12 Hard for regulars to make troubleADO3Down13 Child is a girlISSUE5Down14 CurvySINUOUS7Down14 Green upset with article for Indian? Could beOCEAN5Down16 Flower partSEPAL5Down16 Time con spent in Latin America's not very muchCENTIMO7Down17 Italian city that is the setting for most of the action in Shakespeare's The Taming of the ShrewPADUA5Down17 RepairMEND4Down17 The sons and daughters of Uranus and Gaea in Greek mythologyTITANS6Down18 I returned dirty look Liberal ignoredEGO3Down19 Region of New Zealand, site of the country's first universityOTAGO5Down19 PrimateAPE3Down19 The smallest region of Finland, which received autonomy by a 1920 decision of the League of NationsALAND5Down20 Hammer old carBEETLE6Down21 An Italian sweet almond-flavoured liqueurAMARETTO8Down22 Sinister country Spain on reflectionEERIE5Down23 Don't believe what was said before but uncertainDOUBT5Down24 Happy ___, American folk musician who cut the first recorded version of Blowin' In The Wind with his group, the New World SingersTRAUM5Down25 Pietro ___, Italian painter noted especially for his portraits of President Kennedy and Queen Elizabeth IIANNIGONI8Down26 Exploits non-British carriersUSES4Down26 Private Eye has nothing about singerPIAF4Down27 Over in Florida was this often dried up?WADI4Down28 Dustin ___, former comedy partner of Les Dennis who died in 1986GEE3Down28 In Greek mythology, the fluid said to flow in the veins of the godsICHOR5Down31 French national holiday which is celebrated on 14 July each yearBASTILLEDAY11Down33 1985 film written and directed by Akira KurosawaRAN3Down34 1953 film starring Audrey Hepburn, in an Oscar-winning role, and Gregory PeckROMANHOLIDAY12Down35 Disputed territory in the Balkans whose capital is PristinaKOSOVO6Down36 American singer and actor whose real first names were Harry LillisBINGCROSBY10Down38 ___ and Booster, children's cartoon series originally shown on the BBC's Blue PeterBLEEP5Down39 1983 Barbra Streisand film based on short story by Isaac Bashevis SingerYENTL5Down40 Young castrated bull or male ox, especially one that is being reared for beefSTEER5Down42 ___ 1963 (Oh, What A Night), 1975 hit single by The Four SeasonsDECEMBER8Down45 Style of jazz that originated with The Jazz Messengers in the mid-1950sHARDBOP7Down46 The third album by The Corrs, released in 2000INBLUE6Down48 1995 album by Joan Osborne featuring the hit single One of UsRELISH6Down50 The tenth and last of the antediluvian Patriarchs in the Old TestamentNOAH4Down52 See 6FELAKUTI8Down53 Rugby union player who played in the Australian team alongside his brothers Gary and GlenMARKELLA8Down54

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, June 15, 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.