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The Independent Crossword May 11 2024 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 106 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword May 11 2024 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 106 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#
Obtain by spongingCADGE5Across1 ElderlyOLD3Across4 Somehow hide panic with Liz Truss – oddly it's something Boris used to enjoyDUALCITIZENSHIP15Across5 Song of praiseHYMN4Across7 Fortress in ParisBASTILLE8Across8 Verse for childrenNURSERYRHYME12Across9 Funny business caught on motorwayCOMIC5Across9 RavineCANYON6Across10 Film fan's crunchy snack?BRAZILNUT9Across10 Naked cycling can get better as a groupINTHEALTOGETHER15Across11 Despondent when making ladies say stuff to get awardGRAMMY6Across12 Region of north-east Italy which contains the cities Padua, Treviso and VicenzaVENETO6Across12 AvoidESCHEW6Across13 1971 single and album by John LennonIMAGINE7Across13 Theatrical Chancellor of the Exchequer's going after small tax paymentsSCENIC6Across14 Song with which Abba won the Eurovision Song ContestWATERLOO8Across14 Nursery rhyme character who could eat no fatJACKSPRAT9Across15 Day bedCHAISELONGUE12Across15 ___ Bennett, Welsh actor best known for playing the title role in the sitcom ShelleyHYWEL5Across16 Type of West Indian popular music with a strongly-accented upbeatREGGAE6Across17 City in the Sudan that was the scene of an 1898 victory for Lord Kitchener's forcesOMDURMAN8Across18 The day before Good FridayMAUNDYTHURSDAY14Across19 Membership fee is 10p assuming boss taking credit – its growth is important, but not profitSUBSISTENCECROP15Across19 LazyINDOLENT8Across19 DischargeEMIT4Across20 Common name for the cactus Opuntia humifusaINDIANFIG9Across20 LabelTAG3Across21 Offensively assertivePUSHY5Across22 Month since North American League formed with eight sidesOCTAGONAL9Across22 A widely used type of local area networkETHERNET8Across22 Roman statesman and writer noted for his relentless opposition to CarthageCATO4Across23 I maybe losing volts on lead to tumble drierTOWEL5Across23 Working on radio with Clive Anderson narrating documentary principally about famous artistLEONARDODAVINCI15Across24 Tailless macaque monkey associated with the Rock of GibraltarBARBARYAPE10Across26 An ornamental centrepiece for a tableEPERGNE7Across28 A wild goat with large backward-curving hornsIBEX4Across30 1972 single by The Osmonds that reached number 2 in the UKCRAZYHORSES11Across31 Hoax in which bone fragments found in a gravel pit in East Sussex were presented as the fossilised remains of an early humanPILTDOWNMAN11Across33 English rock supergroup formed in 1981 whose original lineup was John Wetton, Carl Palmer, Geoff Downes and Steve HoweASIA4Across34 A deep purplish red that is the complementary colour of greenMAGENTA7Across35 Caribbean island whose capital is Fort-de-FranceMARTINIQUE10Across37 The West Indian shrub Indigofera suffruticosa, which is a source of indigoANIL4Across39 Measure of computer storage capacity equal to a thousand gigabytesTERABYTE8Across40 The insect Lymantria dispar disparGYPSYMOTH9Across42 The small ferocious carnivorous marsupial Sarcophilus harrisiTASMANIANDEVIL14Across45 Reginald Perrin's middle name in the sitcom starring Leonard RossiterIOLANTHE8Across48 The mother of the prophet Samuel in the Old TestamentHANNAH6Across50 Light snacks or appetisers, usually eaten with drinks in Spanish barsTAPAS5Across51 A close-fitting woollen hood that covers the ears and neckBALACLAVA9Across52 Song performed by Secret Garden that won the 1995 Eurovision Song Contest for NorwayNOCTURNE8Across53 The ___, Raymond Briggs book first published in 1978SNOWMAN7Across54 The male reproductive organ of a flowerSTAMEN6Across55

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On reflection, butter cat up to get rodentMARMOT6Down1 The 23rd president of the United StatesBENJAMINHARRISON16Down1 South American rodentCOYPU5Down1 Cool dish and ceramic plate's back requires sprayingICECREAM8Down2 Melina ___ , Greek actress and singer who became the country's first female Minister for Culture in 1981MERCOURI8Down2 Sequence of hereditary rulersDYNASTY7Down2 Whole of hospital department having extremely deficient sirenENTIRE6Down3 Technical name for the backDORSUM6Down3 Glowing coalEMBER5Down3 Hit feature gets cheersCHINCHIN8Down4 Serie A football team nicknamed La ViolaFIORENTINA10Down4 WatchOBSERVE7Down4 GodDEITY5Down5 1981 Milos Forman film based on a novel by E L DoctorowRAGTIME7Down5 Form of public humiliation being in middle of Wigan, covered in bird pooDUCKINGSTOOL12Down5 Record coverSLEEVE6Down6 Forbidden City's flattened structureTABULA6Down6 An outline drawing named after a French politicianSILHOUETTE10Down6 Fanatic seeing Tenable on TV regularly if following ultimate in quiz showsZEALOT6Down7 A collective of musicians who attempted to engage young people with politics in the period leading up to the 1987 general electionREDWEDGE8Down7 Shakespeare comedy subtitled What You WillTWELFTHNIGHT12Down8 At one point, Doctor Who's in Time Lord trousers by Top ShopPETERCAPALDI12Down8 1980 Woody Allen film shot in black and whiteSTARDUSTMEMORIES16Down9 City in Belgium that was the centre of the medieval European wool and cloth tradeBRUGES6Down10 The largest city in CameroonDOUALA6Down11 EsotericARCANE6Down11 SavingsNESTEGG7Down12 Dream I'm in boat at seaAMBITION8Down13 AdmitCONFESS7Down14 Original copyright over revolutionary Queen musical withdrawnCREATIVE8Down15 Up aboveALOFT5Down16 See 8PETERCAPALDI12Down16 IlluminatedLITUP5Down17 High Street done badlySTONED6Down17 Make oneUNIFY5Down18 11 peacekeepers joining 150 on active duty for startersUNCLAD6Down18 See 5DUCKINGSTOOL12Down19 Not 18 and ready to driveINGEAR6Down20 County cricket club whose one-day side is called SteelbacksNORTHAMPTONSHIRE16Down21 Spool back on airREWIND6Down21 A dry red wine produced in TuscanyCHIANTI7Down23 A short story by Roald Dahl, originally published in The New Yorker, included in his 1960 collection Kiss KissTHEWAYUPTOHEAVEN16Down24 The longest river in Great BritainSEVERN6Down25 Informal term for the style of play of the England cricket team under Brendon McCullumBAZBALL7Down27 1995 novel by Robert Harris about a young mathematician stationed in Bletchley ParkENIGMA6Down29 Lead singer of The WhoROGERDALTREY12Down32 The world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles. founded in 1979ACTIVISION10Down36 Welsh actor and director, born Alfred Reginald Jones, who won a Best Actor Oscar for The Lost WeekendRAYMILLAND10Down38 The capital of HungaryBUDAPEST8Down41 The second-largest city and the last royal capital of MyanmarMANDALAY8Down43 US state whose capital is MontgomeryALABAMA7Down44 Legendary island on which King Arthur's sword Excalibur was forgedAVALON6Down46 Unit of angular measure equal to one sixtieth of a degreeMINUTE6Down47 Insect that travels in vast swarms, stripping large areas of vegetationLOCUST6Down49

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, May 11, 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.