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The Independent Crossword March 9 2024 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 109 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword March 9 2024 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 109 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#
Used an oarROWED5Across1 Party united? Nonsense - riven by tense insecurities!DOUBTS6Across1 SpiritMETTLE6Across4 Worthless Russian fighter turned to hard drugGIMCRACK8Across5 Woollen itemsKNITWEAR8Across7 Skin conditionACNE4Across8 Queen might have to cough up for this unfurnished vestibule, according to SpoonerHAIRBALL8Across9 Mildly indecentSUGGESTIVE10Across9 Least demanding exam spanning the morningTAMEST6Across10 £51 retired authentic Hindu put through a blenderLIQUIDISED10Across11 Colourless gas with a chlorine-like odour, formed by an electric discharge in oxygenOZONE5Across11 The annual flowering plant love-in-a-mistNIGELLADAMASCENA16Across12 Untidy writingSCRAWL6Across12 Oath once occasionally seen in England?EGAD4Across12 Beginning to frame a kerb crawling toff out of timeBREAKOFF8Across13 See 31SIMONCOWELL11Across14 Metal standTRIVET6Across14 Village in Hertfordshire best known for its film and TV studiosELSTREE7Across15 Make one's home chair less softRESIDE6Across15 Divorce documentDECREENISI10Across15 Small vehicle by Autobahn, a BeetleSCARAB6Across16 Genus of yeasts including one which causes thrushCANDIDA7Across16 1963 novel by Alistair MacLean filmed by John Sturges in 1968ICESTATIONZEBRA15Across17 Weaving apparatusLOOM4Across18 György ___, Transylvanian-born composer whose works include the opera Le Grand MacabreLIGETI6Across18 A Christian American lancing boilsANGLICAN8Across18 Addictive drugNARCOTIC8Across19 Oscar-winning 1935 film directed by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur that was Noel Coward's film debut in a speaking roleTHESCOUNDREL12Across19 Ursa Minor last seen in Banana RepublicCUBA4Across20 Health centreCLINIC6Across21 Great cup tie broadcast run in wide vision mode?BIGPICTURE10Across21 Stage name of Ian Fraser Kilmister of Hawkwind and MotörheadLEMMY5Across22 SubjectTHEME5Across22 See 36BRADPITT8Across23 After cycling, Ravi necks a good stiffenerVIAGRA6Across23 Capital facial hair, Clark!TASHKENT8Across24 Wake-up call dislodging one initially reluctant partygoerREVELLER8Across25 Invitational international ice hockey tournament held on five occasions between 1976 and 1991CANADACUP9Across25 That "one year wonder" failed at the outsetYONDER6Across26 1979 album by Rainbow on which Ritchie Blackmore was reunited with Deep Purple bandmate Roger GloverDOWNTOEARTH11Across27 The anterior portion of the brain of vertebrates, also called the telencephalonCEREBRUM8Across29 Chief executive of the entertainment company SycoSIMONCOWELL11Across31 The insect Delia antiquaONIONFLY8Across32 Scottish guitarist and singer-songwriter who was a member of the folk groups The Boys of the Lough and Five Hand ReelDICKGAUGHAN11Across33 Cypriot sculptor who falls in love with one of his sculptures in Ovid's MetamorphosesPYGMALION9Across34 American actor who was married to actresses Jennifer Aniston and Angelina JolieBRADPITT8Across36 Character in the The Addams Family in the form of a disembodied handTHING5Across37 Social science associated with Margaret Mead and Bronislaw MalinowskiANTHROPOLOGY12Across38 See 47KENNETHCLARKE13Across41 Chuck Berry song to which John Travolta and Uma Thurman dance in Quentin Tarantino's film Pulp FictionYOUNEVERCANTELL15Across44 Former Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer created a baron in 2020KENNETHCLARKE13Across47 1988 children's novel by Roald DahlMATILDA7Across48 The sixth-largest city in IsraelASHDOD6Across49 Term popularised by the practice of Dr Adolf Lorenz of Vienna at the beginning of the 20th centuryBLOODLESSSURGERY16Across50 The third planet from the sunEARTH5Across51

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A statue, obelisk, column, etc. cut from one block of stoneMONOLITH8Down1 RepudiateRENOUNCE8Down1 Arab shortly heading northOMANI5Down2 Australian tennis player who won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, including Wimbledon in 1964 and 1965ROYEMERSON10Down2 MoistenWET3Down2 British admiral "Urgent - drifting English ships lost here"BERMUDATRIANGLE15Down3 Black grape used in winemaking whose name literally means "young blackbird"MERLOT6Down3 AttireDRESS5Down3 Bastard offspring stealing a gallantry medalSOANDSO7Down4 Darren ___, former England footballer who played for Portsmouth, Spurs, Birmingham City, Wolves and BournemouthANDERTON8Down4 Left-wingerMARXIST7Down4 Type of actorTRAGEDIAN9Down5 Thoreau's gag! Fell about in fits of giggles!GALESOFLAUGHTER15Down5 Son of Polixenes who falls in love with Perdita in Shakespeare's The Winter's TaleFLORIZEL8Down5 Long and limpLANK4Down6 Spanish trained killer boring, humdrum, a tad ordinaryMATADOR7Down6 American author and civil rights campaigner whose works include the novel If Beale Street Could TalkJAMESBALDWIN12Down6 Disgraced cyclist who won the Tour de France in a record-breaking seven consecutive yearsLANCEARMSTRONG14Down7 Dwarf throwing? It'll impress Knut!RUMPELSTILTSKIN15Down7 Industrial town in South Yorkshire whose football team are nicknamed The TykesBARNSLEY8Down8 A pair of Charlies together with Romeo start to annoy doom-mongerCASSANDRA9Down8 Chinese text also called the Book of ChangesICHING6Down9 SoldierGUARDSMAN9Down10 Historical German county and duchy located between the Harz Mountains and the river ElbeANHALT6Down10 SweatPERSPIRE8Down11 A white ground of plaster and size used to prepare panels or canvas for paintingGESSO5Down13 TerseLACONIC7Down13 Eremitic Levi's ulcers discovered when standing upRECLUSIVE9Down14 Wading birdEGRET5Down16 Young horseFOAL4Down17 What might follow rag-tag old baronet detained by security?BOBTAIL7Down17 Contradict article in spirit, perhapsGAINSAY7Down19 Nickname of British Vice Admiral Edward VernonOLDGROG7Down20 Lyric poemODE3Down20 Silk, wool, rayon, or cotton fabric with a transversely corded surfaceREP3Down21 Odd way to leave mountainsRANGE5Down22 Juan ___, general elected three times as President of ArgentinaPERON5Down23 Poem by Edgar Allan Poe recited by Tom Hanks in the 2004 Coen Brothers film The LadykillersTOHELEN7Down24 The most popular cheese in the United KingdomCHEDDAR7Down25 Square between Oxford Street and Bond Street, for example, on a standard UK Monopoly boardCOMMUNITYCHEST14Down26 Writer on whose stories the musical Guys and Dolls was basedDAMONRUNYON11Down27 The skin of a peach or grape, for exampleEPICARP7Down28 Name given to Castilian nobleman Rodrigo Díaz de VivarELCID5Down30 Plant that decays to form peatSPHAGNUMMOSS12Down31 Home/personal computer produced by Commodore in 1977PET3Down34 Jackson 5 single that topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1970ILLBETHERE10Down35 Area in South East England between the North and the South DownsTHEWEALD8Down37 The diameter of the opening through which light passes in an optical instrument such as a cameraAPERTURE8Down38 Song by Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul and Anne-Marie that was the 2016 Christmas number oneROCKABYE8Down39 Another name for CalvaryGOLGOTHA8Down40 The ___ Lads, 1960s sitcom featuring the characters Terry Collier and Bob FerrisLIKELY6Down42 See 27DAMONRUNYON11Down43 Teenager smuggled across the United States in the video game franchise and HBO TV series The Last of UsELLIE5Down45 The capital of NigerNIAMEY6Down46

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, March 9, 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.