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The Independent Crossword March 16 2024 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 112 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword March 16 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#
Wet dirtMUD3Across1 Nearest neighbours exemplify tact, initially holding voteNEXT4Across1 Hold in respectHONOUR6Across3 Police deployed around pound arresting rogue for minor sinPECCADILLO10Across4 Type of numberORDINAL7Across7 CadaverBODY4Across8 One month besieging Brown SectorOCTANT6Across9 Bit on the side in Paris very inspired by escapeMISTRESS8Across10 NCOLANCECORPORAL13Across10 The first black footballer to represent England in a full international matchVIVANDERSON11Across10 American guitarist who died in London in 1970JIMIHENDRIX11Across11 Docked in unusually still seaTAILLESS8Across11 Fix securelyANCHOR6Across12 Hoarder's minute silver dishMAGPIE6Across13 Oscar-winning actress whose children include Kate HudsonGOLDIEHAWN10Across14 Sharing cost of portion alfresco?HELPINGOUT10Across14 Felt or velvet hatFEDORA6Across14 Guitarist whose groups included Cream and Blind FaithERICCLAPTON11Across15 Sport gun Republican avoidsLUGE4Across16 Bedroom furniture itemDRESSINGTABLE13Across16 The Italian word for coffeeCAFFE5Across16 Contraction of insanity intermittently observedISNT4Across17 MonarchKING4Across18 Song by Ray Charles, released as a single in 1959WHATDISAY9Across18 Toy hippos loosely stuffed with twisted rag -- that's about rightSPIROGRAPH10Across19 David ___, English bowls champion who won the Commonwealth Games singles bowls championship on four occasionsBRYANT6Across20 Sloping roof beamsRAFTERS7Across20 HitSTRUCK6Across21 Island and county off the northwest coast of Wales known as Ynys Môn in WelshANGLESEY8Across21 Layman apolitically embraces a vision to die for?NAPOLI6Across22 Chimney (Scottish)LUM3Across22 The guitarist in Led ZeppelinJIMMYPAGE9Across22 Put off after page 1POSTPONE8Across23 River giving its name to what is usually considered the first battle of the Crimean WarALMA4Across24 7 band member tipped 3 to cavort with 16GUERILLA8Across25 An antimicrobial substance applied to living tissue to reduce the possibility of infectionANTISEPTIC10Across26 Braggart turns out second hatBOATER6Across26 Distention following injury causes tissue inflammationTENDONITIS10Across27 Equipment located by English and Scottish corporationKITE4Across28 The ___, 1957 autobiography by Eliot NessUNTOUCHABLES12Across29 Island country in the eastern Caribbean Sea whose capital is CastriesSAINTLUCIA10Across31 Nontechnical name for the clavicleCOLLARBONE10Across32 Italian former footballer, awarded the Ballon d'Or in 1969, who became an MEPGIANNIRIVERA12Across35 Aria composed by George Gershwin for the opera Porgy and Bess, with lyrics by DuBose HeywardSUMMERTIME10Across37 A small usually ornamented case for holding needles, cosmetics, or other small articlesETUI4Across39 The southern school of Buddhism, literally "the teaching of the elders"THERAVADA9Across40 Guitarist who had a 1967 hit with Hi Ho Silver LiningJEFFBECK8Across42 A wall or jetty built out from a riverbank or seashore to control erosionGROYNE6Across44 James ___, British prime minister from 1976 to 1979CALLAGHAN9Across46 Rubén ___, Nicaraguan poet who initiated the Spanish-American literary movement known as modernismoDARIO5Across47 English rugby league footballer named Man of Steel for the 2020 seasonPAULMCSHANE11Across48 English blues guitarist who founded Fleetwood MacPETERGREEN10Across50 BBC drama series in which Nigel Le Vaillant originally played the central roleDANGERFIELD11Across52 1990 sci-fi film starring Tim Matheson, Charlton Heston and Peter BoyleSOLARCRISIS11Across53

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A clergyman attached to a cathedral who is not a member of the chapterMINORCANON10Down1 Cricket fielding positionMIDON5Down1 Isolated group subject turns son into ConservativeENCLAVE7Down2 1976 live album by Bob DylanHARDRAIN8Down2 RiskyDANGEROUS9Down2 Run into train trackTRAIL5Down3 “___ is fatal only to the mediocre” (Albert Camus)IDLENESS8Down3 ClingHOLDON6Down3 Withdrawn hint is minePIT3Down4 Thoroughfare in New York City famous for its theatresBROADWAY8Down4 Pen partNIB3Down4 ExperienceUNDERGO7Down5 Stirs just over half of food round?COMESTO7Down5 Bass guitarist of The Who who died in 2002JOHNENTWISTLE13Down5 Heedlessly rashFOOLHARDY9Down6 Suppositions Maoists spun freelyASSUMPTIONS11Down6 Vaslav ___, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer of Polish descent who died in 1950NIJINSKY8Down6 See 25MAEVEBINCHY11Down7 Disorderly old tax collectors going as predicted?IRREGULAR9Down7 The brightest star in the constellation LyraVEGA4Down8 Doris, say, arguably more "out" before end of eveningLESSING7Down8 UncomfortableILLATEASE9Down9 Laurent ___, French cyclist who won the Tour de France twice, in 1983 and 1984FIGNON6Down9 AbundantPLENTIFUL9Down11 Unbounded sport expertise starts to enrich new county townENNISKILLEN11Down12 In ancient Greece, a passionate choral hymn in honour of DionysusDITHYRAMB9Down12 A toxic silvery-white metallic element of the lanthanide series, occurring principally in monaziteNEODYMIUM9Down13 Live in harmonyCOEXIST7Down13 Old place name red-top rag reprintedPETROGRAD9Down15 Waterproof jacketANORAK6Down15 See 43FEDERICOFELLINI15Down17 FishBREAM5Down17 Law takes time to block representationSTATUTE7Down18 A word imputing a characteristic to a noun or pronounADJECTIVE9Down19 WildebeestGNU3Down19 American author and poet, best remembered for his accounts of pioneering life in CaliforniaBRETHARTE9Down20 Mike, flexible, fully promotes one prosthetic fillerIMPLANT7Down20 Sharp play on words chap supportsPUNGENT7Down21 One of the royal cities of the Canaanites, called "the glory of Israel" by MicahADULLAM7Down23 Exercise strategy that goes up to 11?PLANK5Down24 Irish novelist whose works include Circle of Friends and Light a Penny CandleMAEVEBINCHY11Down25 Brother or sister pops up twiceBIS3Down26 See 5JOHNENTWISTLE13Down27 A sulphur-containing amino acid important in the metabolism of fatsTAURINE7Down28 The head of government of IrelandTAOISEACH9Down30 See 42JONATHANSWIFT13Down31 The second album by U2, released in 1981OCTOBER7Down33 Sam ___, American actor after whom a theatre next to the Globe Theatre in London is namedWANAMAKER9Down34 Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist who co-founded the band Buffalo Springfield with Stephen StillsNEILYOUNG9Down36 The NW division of Oceania, which includes the Mariana, Caroline, Marshall, and Kiribati island groups, and Nauru IslandMICRONESIA10Down38 BBC TV sitcom set in a small-town café in Nazi-occupied France during WWIIALLOALLO8Down41 Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, who wrote Gulliver's TravelsJONATHANSWIFT13Down42 Italian film director whose works include the 1960 film La Dolce VitaFEDERICOFELLINI15Down43 The official currency unit of IndonesiaRUPIAH6Down45 A young and handsome lieutenant under Othello's command in Shakespeare's play OthelloCASSIO6Down46 French brandy distilled from the remains of grapes pressed for wine-makingMARC4Down49 The bow of a vesselPROW4Down50 See 2HARDRAIN8Down51

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, March 16, 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.