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The Independent Crossword June 29 2024 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 110 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword June 29 2024 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 110 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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Coniferous treeFIR3Across1 Broken wind instrument finally replaced by daughterTRUMPED7Across1 IntendedMEANT5Across3 Move down and remove bad marks?DEMOTE6Across5 Tip of nose surrounded by clear skinRIND4Across8 ExtinctDEFUNCT7Across8 Delay payment to people no longer working in South America?SUSPENSION10Across9 Bristol-born writer, comedian and actor whose TV series include The Outlaws, which he co-created with Elgin JamesSTEPHENMERCHANT15Across9 Mound of stonesCAIRN5Across9 Backing singers admire characteristic of famous diva?STARLIKE8Across10 Disruptive personTROUBLEMAKER12Across10 Laugh at revolutionary socialist vision falling shortDERIDE6Across11 BoilSEETHE6Across11 1973 hit single for David Bowie, a cover of a song first recorded by the McCoysSORROW6Across12 LustrousGLOSSY6Across12 Ancient city - one having new area with restricted parkingDELPHI6Across12 1991 French film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc CaroDELICATESSEN12Across13 ConsequenceREPERCUSSION12Across14 Painting by Lord Frederic Leighton in the Metropolitan Museum of Art depicting a woman leaning against a Doric columnLACHRYMAE9Across14 British nudists surprisingly refuse to go hereDUSTBINS8Across14 Borough of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, famous for its beachCOPACABANA10Across15 Shot went quickly round short courseSPROUTED8Across15 Left arm spin bowler who played 410 first class matches for EssexRAYEAST7Across17 Seoul reportedly hosts games in publicOPENLY6Across18 NostrilsNARES5Across18 The large black passerine bird Corvus frugilegusROOK4Across18 The capital of LebanonBEIRUT6Across19 V-shaped stripeCHEVRON7Across19 Barrier of shrubsHEDGE5Across20 1996 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and SinbadJINGLEALLTHEWAY15Across20 Visionary king spared in author's criticismMYSTIC6Across20 Hotel moved during generation of map for old cityCARTHAGE8Across21 Flock of pheasantsNYE3Across21 Non-payment of fine beginning to get adult in troubleDEFAULTING10Across23 James ___, prime minister of the United Kingdom 1976-1979CALLAGHAN9Across24 A, B, C, D, F or G?NOTE4Across25 Winner of the 2002 Perrier Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for his show SomethingDANIELKITSON12Across26 Provide evidence for visiting Lord's perhapsATTEST6Across26 Abrupt rudeness upset clientENDUSER7Across27 The economic and former official capital of Côte d'IvoireABIDJAN7Across28 Musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below the continuing first statementFUGUE5Across30 The most populous city in CanadaTORONTO7Across31 November 2 in the RC Church when prayers are said for the dead in purgatoryALLSOULSDAYS12Across32 John ___, Suffolk-born Romantic painter whose works include Dedham Vale and The Hay WainCONSTABLE9Across33 1999 Woody Allen film in which Sean Penn plays a jazz guitarist called Emmet RaySWEETANDLOWDOWN15Across35 French word for 'team'EQUIPE6Across38 Austrian city after which Mozart's Symphony No. 36 is nicknamedLINZ4Across40 1975 film starring Warren Beatty as a successful Beverly Hills hairdresserSHAMPOO7Across42 2006 single by X Factor winner Shayne Ward that reached number two in the UKNOPROMISES10Across45 The longest-serving female presenter of Blue Peter, having presented it from 1997 to 2008KONNIEHUQ9Across46 English record producer, arranger, composer, conductor and musician sometimes referred to as "the Fifth Beatle"GEORGEMARTIN12Across47 2000 Guy Ritchie crime film featuring Brad Pitt, Benicio del Toro and Vinnie JonesSNATCH6Across49 1922 autobiographical novel by e e cummings about his temporary imprisonment in France during World War ITHEENORMOUSROOM15Across50

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National symbol incorporating hearts and spades separately in headingTHISTLE7Down1 Oceanid in Greek mythology who was the mother of Acragas by ZeusASTEROPE8Down1 Become less distinctFADE4Down1 Subject to series of profound errorsUNDER5Down2 Tibetan name for the abominable snowmanYETI4Down2 Sports officialREFEREE7Down2 Pities suspect caught embracing girl that's upset and gloomyPESSIMISTIC11Down3 Long-tailed gallinaceous bird of the family PhasianidaePHEASANT8Down3 Type of elementMETAL5Down3 ProficientACCOMPLISHED12Down4 Drop key objective introduced by DemocratDESCEND7Down4 Swedish boxer who defeated Floyd Patterson to win the World Heavyweight Championship in 1959INGEMARJOHANSSON16Down4 DenseTHICK5Down5 American rock and roll singer-songwriter who had a number one hit with Runaway in 1961DELSHANNON10Down5 Regularly advised to stop workingDIE3Down5 Not sanctionedUNAUTHORISED12Down6 Vile male has the power to control monarch no longerMISERABLE9Down6 See 21ANNIEOAKLEY11Down6 Coastal town known as 'the Gem of the Norfolk Coast'CROMER6Down7 VitalityENERGY6Down7 Trampled rodent running around middle of landingTRODDEN7Down7 1976 Queen single that reached number two in the UKSOMEBODYTOLOVE14Down8 2007 film starring Sam Riley as Joy Division front man Ian CurtisCONTROL7Down10 Put off by night club saying you are oldDISCOURAGED11Down11 Genus of flowering plants which includes the batflowers and arrowrootTACCA5Down11 Skirtlike garmentSARONG6Down11 Group who had a hit single in 1975 with Why Did You Do It?STRETCH7Down12 Job estimate includes start of renting flat outPROSTRATE9Down13 Highland dress itemSPORRAN7Down13 RoostPERCH5Down15 Penthouses may supply money for BillPAYMENT7Down16 The cruellest month, according to T S Eliot's poem The Waste LandAPRIL5Down16 Male relativeUNCLE5Down16 Policy behind last month's worsening performanceDECLINE7Down17 On a single occasionONCE4Down17 Less serious match?LIGHTER7Down19 American sharpshooter who starred in Buffalo Bill's Wild West showANNIEOAKLEY11Down21 Group who had a 1972 number one single with Mouldy Old DoughLIEUTENANTPIGEON16Down22 They work and work around the clockHANDS5Down22 The supreme god in Germanic mythologyWOTAN5Down23 English novelist who wrote early works as BozCHARLESDICKENS14Down24 Allow event generating more output from the serverLET3Down24 Former county, duchy and province of France corresponding largely to the present-day département of Maine-et-LoireANJOU5Down25 Edgar ___, French artist whose paintings include L'Absinthe and La Classe de DanseDEGAS5Down26 Characteristic scenery of a limestone region, including underground streams, gorges, etcKARST5Down27 The Big ___, street newspaper founded by John Bird and Gordon Roddick in 1991ISSUE5Down29 An implement used for threshing grainFLAIL5Down30 Daytime Granada Television series that ran from 1972 to 1984CROWNCOURT10Down33 Carla ___, Turin-born singer-songwriter, model and actress who married French President Nicolas Sarkozy in 2008BRUNI5Down34 Singer and songwriter of The Adverts, best known for their 1977 single Gary Gilmore's EyesTVSMITH7Down36 Another name for a googly in cricketWRONGUN7Down37 English dessert that is a crude mixture of strawberries, pieces of meringue and creamETONMESS8Down38 Amounts paid or payable, usually in regular instalments, for an insurance policyPREMIUMS8Down39 The point on the celestial sphere vertically above an observerZENITH6Down41 A Buddhist, especially a monk who has achieved enlightenment and at death passes to nirvanaARHAT5Down43 An early 16th-century trick-taking card game for two people played with a reduced deckPIQUET6Down44 Chesspiece also called a castleROOK4Down48

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, June 29, 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.