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The Independent Crossword June 8 2024 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 108 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword June 8 2024 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 108 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#
Drunk used to be lout, many years agoWASTED6Across1 Forced openPRISED6Across1 Lion's cryROAR4Across4 C Kent's partner gets bad back in market townLLANELLI8Across5 Ornamental shrubRHODODENDRON12Across7 Simple announcement of "A lemon tree, my dear Watson"?HOMESPUN8Across9 Dutch cheeseEDAM4Across9 NicePLEASANT8Across10 Cat eats a rat's head and part of respiratory tractLARYNX6Across10 Hawaiian boxer who beat England's Terry Allen in 1950 become World flyweight championDADOMARINO10Across11 Greatly value what happened in a very quick tennis match?SETSTOREBY10Across11 ServiceableUSEFUL6Across12 Theodore ___, American poet awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1954 for his book The WakingROETHKE7Across12 Primordial matter found in mouldy lemonsYLEM4Across12 Reddish metalCOPPER6Across13 BBC sitcom written by Carla Lane that starred Felicity Kendal as Gemma PalmerSOLO4Across13 Unpleasant shower drink after tai-chi oddly cancelledACIDRAIN8Across13 English dramatist, poet and translator whose plays include Tamburlaine the Great and The Jew of MaltaCHRISTOPHERMARLOWE18Across14 A domed or vaulted semicircular or polygonal recess, especially at the east end of a churchAPSE4Across15 Back and forthTOANDFRO8Across15 Flavours of fish, hint of smoke moving to the foreSPICES6Across16 Greek comic dramatist whose only complete extant comedy is DyskolosMENANDER8Across16 A song that Cinderella would like to reply to?BALLAD6Across17 Opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel SchikanederTHEMAGICFLUTE13Across17 Very smallTINY4Across18 Mimic cricket matches, in partPARODIST8Across19 See 31WARRENBEATTY12Across19 Judith Rossner's last published novelPERFIDIA8Across20 Estate-owning aristocratsLANDEDGENTRY12Across20 Violent personTHUG4Across21 Tree or shrub of the genus SalixWILLOW6Across21 Cloak is carbon copyCAPE4Across21 Safety officer rewired fan incorrectlyFIREWARDEN10Across22 Souped-up carHOTROD6Across22 A wealthy baronet in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's play The RivalsANTHONYABSOLUTE15Across23 Large quill pens keySPLINE6Across25 1996 Tony Scott film starring Robert De Niro and Wesley SnipesTHEFAN6Across26 Introduces gangs during scrapBRINGSIN8Across26 Supply pear tree, which is what Partridge wanted on showREPARTEE8Across27 1959 film, based on the short story Rodolphe et le Revolver by Noel Calef, starring John Mills and his real life daughter Hayley in her first major film roleTIGERBAY8Across27 Another name for the white poplarABELE5Across28 Flashy and fishy?GARISH6Across28 The largest reservoir in the United States in terms of water capacityLAKEMEAD8Across29 Actor and director whose elder sister is Shirley MacLaineWARRENBEATTY12Across31 Author whose novels include At Risk and Present DangerSTELLARIMINGTON15Across33 Beetle regarded by the ancient Egyptians as divineSCARAB6Across35 A small Old World rodent of the family GliridaeDORMOUSE8Across37 The part of the human body enclosed by the ribsTHORAX6Across39 English writer best known for his children's book Swallows and AmazonsARTHURRANSOME13Across42 Latin form of Hail MaryAVEMARIA8Across43 Stage name of Deborah Anne Dyer, lead vocalist of Skunk AnansieSKIN4Across44 One-act play by Tennessee Williams that opened off Broadway in January 1958, as part of a double bill with Something UnspokenSUDDENLYLASTSUMMER18Across45 A multihulled sailing vessel found primarily in the Malay Archipelago and the South PacificPROA4Across47 The large feline mammal Panthera pardusLEOPARD7Across48 Anabolic steroid for which Petr Korda, Shoaib Akhtar and Linford Christie all tested positiveNANDROLONE10Across49

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Very fine soft wool from long-haired Asian goatsCASHMERE8Down1 EternityPERPETUITY10Down1 American lecturer regularly taking ecstasy by herselfALONE5Down2 Italian language opera buffa by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart whose libretto was written by Lorenzo Da PonteCOSIFANTUTTE12Down2 Set apartISOLATE7Down2 Swear about losing a hairpieceTRESS5Down3 Annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protectionEARTHDAY8Down3 River islandEYOT4Down3 Old map I revised for academic qualificationDIPLOMA7Down4 Heating deviceRADIATOR8Down4 1968 novel by Arthur Hailey adapted into a film starring Burt LancasterAIRPORT7Down4 English comedian, actor and writer whose comedy partner is David MitchellROBERTWEBB10Down5 Hawaiian greetingALOHA5Down5 Left behind end of extension for sun lampLANTERN7Down5 American singer, songwriter and musician who joined The Byrds in 1968 and formed The Flying Burrito Brothers with fellow Byrd Chris Hillman in 1969GRAMPARSONS11Down6 Prison roomCELL4Down6 Observant of passages in English? On the contraryALLEYES7Down6 1986 book, derived from material from the unpublished diaries of Anaïs Nin, on which a 1990 film was basedHENRYANDJUNE12Down7 I err badly, upsetting worm-catcherEARLYBIRD9Down7 People hanging round Italy abandoning women's underwear with arse exposedLINGERERS9Down8 Substance also known as bleaching powderCHLORINATEDLIME15Down8 Naively idealisticSTARRYEYED10Down8 The plant Chrysanthemum parthenium, formerly used medicinallyFEVERFEW8Down9 Song by Sir Noël Coward that originated in his 1929 operetta Bitter SweetILLSEEYOUAGAIN14Down10 Working animalGUIDEDOG8Down11 American basketball player drafted by the Orlando Magic with the first overall pick in the 1992 NBA DraftSHAQUILLEONEAL14Down13 ArtistPAINTER7Down14 Charlie helps after banks rejected father saving up for fruit treeCRABAPPLE9Down14 Life of luxury portrayed in absurd old Conservative show about lady's rise to powerDOLCEVITA9Down15 FloodedAWASH5Down16 ImpoliteRUDE4Down17 Change course, wanting to take LatinDEFLECT7Down18 2003 Christmas film starring Will FerrellELF3Down18 Allegorical story of Scotsman dividing pastyPARABLE7Down19 ProhibitionVETO4Down19 Author arguing about ladies, primarilyROWLING7Down20 1975 Top Ten hit for Frankie ValliMYEYESADOREDYOU15Down22 I acknowledge that wordy compiler must shorten 20D's openingROGER5Down23 1930 Marx Brothers film in which Groucho Marx plays explorer Captain SpauldingANIMALCRACKERS14Down23 Team up to restrict temperature changesEDITS5Down24 Viktor ___, prime minister of Hungary from 2010ORBAN5Down24 See 13SHAQUILLEONEAL14Down25 Trilogy of action films starring Liam Neeson, beginning in 2008TAKEN5Down26 Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1959-60 under Hugh GaitskellANEURINBEVAN12Down28 Birmingham-based manufacturer of railway carriages and wagons founded in 1863METROCAMMELL12Down30 Fictional country in central Europe which forms the setting for The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony HopeRURITANIA9Down32 Isabella ___, actress daughter of Ingrid Bergman whose films include Blue Velvet and Death Becomes HerROSSELLINI10Down34 The capital of BelgiumBRUSSELS8Down36 State of Nigeria whose capital is IbadanOYO3Down38 The government department in charge of financeTREASURY8Down39 Arab philosopher and physician whose medical work Qanun greatly influenced medieval medicineAVICENNA8Down40 See 6GRAMPARSONS11Down41 In Greek mythology, a queen of Sparta who was the mother of Helen and Pollux by Zeus, who visited her in the form of a swanLEDA4Down46

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, June 8, 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.