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The Independent Crossword March 23 2024 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 104 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword March 23 2024 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 104 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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First king of IsraelSAUL4Across1 Union pay for party and sportASSOCIATIONFOOTBALL19Across1 Rubber wheel-coveringTYRE4Across3 Matter for discussionTALKINGPOINT12Across7 Colour-changing lizardCHAMELEON9Across8 ElectOPT3Across10 Car manufacturer on power networkPLEXUS6Across10 Japanese port almost completely destroyed by the second atomic bomb dropped by the US in 1945NAGASAKI8Across11 Remember playground in its entiretyRECALL6Across11 WaylayACCOST6Across12 Reddish dye obtained from the powdered leaves of the plant Lawsonia inermisHENNA5Across12 Terribly tiny self-assembly boxesDISMALLY8Across12 Block of drugs including speed seized at the startECLIPSE7Across13 Come outEMERGE6Across14 Ultimately Francis Scott Fitzgerald's right – excellentSTELLAR7Across14 A former French gold coin worth 20 francsNAPOLEON8Across14 British actor, famous for playing Grant Mitchell in EastEndersROSSKEMP8Across15 Michael ___, British TV and film director whose films include Coal Miner's DaughterAPTED5Across16 I see grandparent stopping stupidlyINANELY7Across16 PossessOWN3Across16 American gangster who led a Prohibition-era crime syndicate in ChicagoALCAPONE8Across17 Boiled sweetLEMONDROP9Across17 Once somebody new pursues terms for North Sea gas workerHASBEEN7Across18 1985 novel by Bret Easton Ellis named after a song by Elvis CostelloLESSTHANZERO12Across18 Gymnastics apparatusPARALLELBARS12Across19 Animals that have all four limbs specialised for walkingQUADRUPEDS10Across20 ChopHACK4Across21 Degenerate's time inside never to be forgottenIMMORTAL8Across21 River islandEYOT4Across22 Coniferous tree with needle-like evergreen leaves and erect barrel-shaped conesCEDAR5Across22 Dictator's annoyance with journalist reached its highest levelPEAKED6Across23 Coral island of Japan, the largest of the Ryukyu IslandsOKINAWA7Across24 A&E dressing wound – doctor's stern and more urgently pressingACUTER6Across24 Union advice: Uri Geller is a conman performing magic essentiallyMARRIAGECOUNSELLING19Across25 Canadian city that is capital of AlbertaEDMONTON8Across26 Argentine tennis player who won the women's singles title at the US Open in 1990GABRIELASABATINI16Across27 An elementary school in FranceECOLE5Across28 Eastern dish of spiced ricePILAU5Across29 Kate Bush single that reached number five in the UK chart in 1980BABOOSHKA9Across30 The capital of Cape VerdePRAIA5Across31 Small edible marine decapod crustacean with a long tail and two pairs of pincersPRAWN5Across33 Sport played by the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers, for exampleAMERICANFOOTBALL16Across34 Mineral form of mercuric sulphide that is the main commercial source of mercuryCINNABAR8Across36 See 40HIGHPLAINSDRIFTER17Across38 A medium-sized smooth-haired breed of dog with a short nose and a docked tailBOXER5Across39 1973 Western film directed by and starring Clint EastwoodHIGHPLAINSDRIFTER17Across40 2001 fantasy novel by Neil Gaiman whose central character is ShadowAMERICANGODS12Across42 Private research university in California founded in 1891STANFORD8Across45 The first single from DJ Khaled’s fourth studio album Victory, featuring Usher, Young Jeezy, Rick Ross and DrakeFEDUP5Across47 1984 Joe Dante film starring Zach Galligan and Phoebe CatesGREMLINS8Across48 A drink made with advocaat and lemonadeSNOWBALL8Across50 Leo ___, singer-songwriter whose first hit single was The Show Must Go On in 1973SAYER5Across51 Well-known Neapolitan song written in 1898 by Giovanni Capurro and Eduardo di CapuaOSOLEMIO8Across52

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The second largest city in PakistanLAHORE6Down1 Latin dance styleSALSA5Down1 Job sorting out AI isn't ...SITUATION9Down2 US state whose capital is TopekaKANSAS6Down2 WorldwideUNIVERSAL9Down2 ... ours oddly – experts must bring in 50 future consultants?ORACLES7Down3 The title character of Dick King-Smith's 1983 book The Sheep-PigBABE4Down3 In additionTOO3Down3 Trick that is used to keep flat in retirementILLUDE6Down4 Caribbean island divided into Haiti and the Dominican RepublicHISPANIOLA10Down4 BitternessRANCOUR7Down4 Group who had a US Top 10 hit with the single Bend Me, Shape Me in 1968THEAMERICANBREED16Down5 Two classes prepared for printingTYPESET7Down5 With short, clipped notesSTACCATO8Down5 ConcurAGREE5Down6 Perhaps Carmen's old fruit hat stripped down to the baseOPERA5Down6 The largest electronic screen-based equity securities trading market in the United StatesNASDAQ6Down6 Subject taught in commercial premises at lastHOMEECONOMICS13Down7 Novel by Leo Tolstoy published in serial instalments from 1873 to 1877ANNAKARENINA12Down7 Stars produce this type of family animationNUCLEARENERGY13Down8 Organisation for which Captain Scarlet is an agent in the Gerry Anderson puppet series Captain Scarlet and the MysteronsSPECTRUM8Down8 In cricket, a fielder who stands a little way behind and to the offside of the wicketkeeperSLIP4Down9 In name onlyNOMINALLY9Down9 Novel by R D Blackmore subtitled A Romance of ExmoorLORNADOONE10Down10 Intrude unlawfullyTRESPASS8Down11 June 21 in Canada, celebrating the First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples of CanadaNATIONALABORIGINALDAY21Down13 Choral workCANTATA7Down13 SaunterAMBLE5Down15 Suspect Brian Lara briefly touring India is one who might quieten the crowd?LIBRARIAN9Down15 Soap hotel left out working eventuallyLATERON7Down17 CookROAST5Down18 Costume Peter Lorre conclusively wears to horrifyAPPAREL7Down19 A stock comic character originating in the commedia dell’arte, usually represented in diamond-patterned multicoloured tights and a black maskHARLEQUIN9Down19 Light dessert potentially following meat course's conclusionFLAMBE6Down20 Diving birdAUK3Down20 1929 German silent film directed by G W Pabst and starring Louise BrooksPANDORASBOX11Down21 In Ulster, a dish of mashed potatoes and spring onions or leeksCHAMP5Down22 Trump exposed partyOUTDO5Down22 American actress whose films include Blade Runner, Splash, Wall Street and RoxanneDARYLHANNAH11Down23 The first film the Marx Brothers made for MGM after their departure from ParamountANIGHTATTHEOPERA16Down25 Genus of plants that includes the spurges and poinsettiaEUPHORBIA9Down28 American oboist who wrote the 2005 memoir Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs, and Classical MusicBLAIRTINDALL12Down30 Larry ___, harmonica-player who won an Oscar nomination for his work on the soundtrack of the 1953 film GenevieveADLER5Down32 A member of a people who occupied the southern coast of Canaan listed in Genesis as being descended from HamPHILISTINE10Down33 London station opened in 1863 as the terminus of the original Metropolitan RailwayFARRINGDON10Down35 Scottish castle purchased by Queen Victoria's consort Prince Albert in 1852BALMORAL8Down37 Form of Islam practised by guitarist Richard ThompsonSUFISM6Down41 The kitchen of a ship, boat or aircraftGALLEY6Down43 Former name of the Polish city of GdanskDANZIG6Down44 A small semiaquatic amphibian such as Triturus vulgarisNEWT4Down46 The legal alias of the Archbishops of YorkEBOR4Down49

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, March 23, 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.