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The Independent Crossword May 18 2024 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 106 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword May 18 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#
Denunciation of fighting around capital in Central AmericaACCUSATION10Across1 InsufficiencyLACK4Across1 SofaSETTEE6Across3 Study of Nordic countries overlooks noise pollution of those who fly?SCAN4Across6 Eye partCORNEA6Across7 Horse-drawn carriageCHAISE6Across8 DebasedADULTERATED11Across9 Especially popular football player seemingly unpreparedSPUROFTHEMOMENT15Across9 German painter and printmaker regarded as the greatest artist of the Northern RenaissanceALBRECHTDURER13Across10 Single by The Cure that was a hit in 1985 and, in a remixed version, in 1990CLOSETOME9Across11 Let inADMIT5Across11 Dignified refusal ignoring every other aspect of beliefNOBLE5Across11 Deep gorgeABYSS5Across12 Subsequent return on investment backed by blogger perhapsPOSTERIOR9Across12 Sustained attack by clerical assistant for auditor?CANNONADE9Across13 England defender who joined Manchester City from Everton in 2016JOHNSTONES10Across14 Herbaceous plant of the genus Doronicum with large yellow flowersLEOPARDSBANE12Across15 Tell stories about entertaining old lady's messageEMAIL5Across16 Pleasant but tinged with sadnessBITTERSWEET11Across16 Astronomical phenomenon attributable to the Doppler effect that occurs when a light source moves away from an observerREDSHIFT8Across16 Former Zimbabwe cricketer who in 1999 became England's first foreign coachDUNCANFLETCHER14Across17 Leg boneFIBULA6Across17 Terminal porter possibly finished early after carrying extra baggageFATAL5Across17 Boxer born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr in 1942MUHAMMADALI11Across18 My ring contains gold materialCORPOREAL9Across18 Weather map lineISOBAR6Across18 BoilSEETHE6Across20 Current students of similar ability on displayAIRSTREAM9Across20 Worshipped imageIDOL4Across21 American novelist whose works include Goodbye, Columbus and Portnoy's ComplaintPHILIPROTH10Across21 City hospital treated suffering due to scabies?ITCHY5Across22 Cast of no discernment is essential for those in theatreINFORMEDCONSENT15Across24 Passage whose inclusion could create a scandalGATE4Across25 What XL represents generally speakingBYANDLARGE10Across26 Florida city famous for its International SpeedwayDAYTONABEACH12Across26 ITV talk show whose presenters include Christine Lampard and Dame Kelly HolmesLOOSEWOMEN10Across28 Nigerian city that is capital of Oyo stateIBADAN6Across29 A bioengineered or biorobotic being created by the Tyrell Corporation in the film Blade RunnerREPLICANT9Across31 1979 Australian film starring Mel GibsonMADMAX6Across33 Guitarist and founding member of The Sex PistolsSTEVEJONES10Across34 US state whose capital is HarrisburgPENNSYLVANIA12Across36 Best Actor Oscar-winner for In the Heat of the NightRODSTEIGER10Across39 Oratorio for soloists, chorus and orchestra by Edward Elgar first performed in 1903THEAPOSTLES11Across40 The world's largest single piece of limestone, in southern AustraliaNULLARBORPLAIN14Across43 Radioactive element whose atomic number is 89ACTINIUM8Across47 Former middle-distance runner who was Conservative MP for Falmouth and Camborne from 1992 to 1997SEBASTIANCOE12Across50 An archaic name for the gannetSOLANGOOSE10Across51 Corrosion-resistant metallic element used in X-ray windowsBERYLLIUM9Across52 American talent manager whose productions include the musical Oh! Calcutta! on Broadway and the film Alice's RestaurantHILLARDELKINS13Across53

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As appropriate, king leaves after 12ARSENIC7Down1 US vice president from 1993 to 2001ALGORE6Down1 Dancer's garmentLEOTARD7Down1 Contemptible individual is short of goodnessCRUMB5Down2 Part of an engine that translates reciprocating linear piston motion into rotationCRANKSHAFT10Down2 TinCAN3Down2 In the end, prefer to alert changes introduced by menSOONERORLATER13Down3 Free from dangerSECURE6Down3 Aristocratic family centered around Piacenza in Northern Italy that claims descendancy from the Clan DouglasSCOTTI6Down3 London airport that is the largest base for RyanairSTANSTED8Down4 Trade union splits very good sumTOTUP5Down4 Easily controlledTRACTABLE9Down4 FacilitatedEASED5Down5 Mexican tortilla containing cheese and other ingredients, folded in half to form a half-moon shapeQUESADILLA10Down5 Foreman taking time to respond to guidance more than necessaryOVERSTEER9Down5 Cocktail that originated in Harry's Bar in VeniceBELLINI7Down6 SoilEARTH5Down6 Traditional name of Beta Cancri, the brightest star in the constellation CancerALTARF6Down7 Snap judgement ultimately had adjusted price in advanceCREPITATE9Down7 1992 film starring Shirley MacLaine, Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy and Marcello MastroianniUSEDPEOPLE10Down8 Character on staff who clearly has aptitude for job?NATURAL7Down8 Word for a fine or penalty derived from FrenchAMENDE6Down9 Move into a role possibly seen as melodramaticOVEREMOTIONAL13Down10 Form of investmentUNITTRUST9Down10 1932 novel by Erskine Caldwell about Georgia sharecroppersTOBACCOROAD11Down12 Begin a voyageSETSAIL7Down13 1978 Michael Crichton film based on the 1977 novel of the same name by Robin CookCOMA4Down13 Conduct oneselfBEHAVE6Down14 Money made by academic in grid computing technologyNETPROFIT9Down14 Leader of the Opposition hence organised military patrolsARCHENEMY9Down15 Savoury jellyASPIC5Down15 Light brownBEIGE5Down16 Bright red tailless birdFLAMING7Down17 UnusualODD3Down19 The capital of MongoliaULANBATOR9Down19 New arrival's stuff passed round at the same timeLAYETTE7Down19 1884 opéra comique in five acts by Jules Massenet based on a novel by the Abbé PrévostMANON5Down20 What's bottled up by soldier around commanding officer?MACON5Down21 Board game named from the Greek for 'leap'HALMA5Down22 King who is father to Perdita in Shakespeare's play The Winter's TaleLEONTES7Down23 Conspicuous group appearing in article more than onceCLEAR5Down23 Mineral that is the chief source of ironHAEMATITE9Down24 Crustaceans of the infraorder Caridea within the order DecapodaSHRIMPS7Down25 African country whose capital is BujumburaBURUNDI7Down27 Former Leeds United and Aston Villa manager whose 722 appearances for Arsenal are a club recordDAVIDOLEARY11Down30 The narrow strip along which fencing bouts take placePISTE5Down32 Swedish city that hosted the 2024 Eurovision Song ContestMALMO5Down33 English agriculturalist who invented the seed drillJETHROTULL10Down35 70s sitcom that featuring the real-life married couple of Pauline Collins and John Alderton as Clara and Charles DanbyNOHONESTLY10Down37 1850 novel by Charles Kingsley written in sympathy with the Chartist movementALTONLOCKE10Down38 Young ward of Chancery in Charles Dickens's novel Bleak House who falls in love with Richard CarstoneADACLARE8Down41 2006 top 10 hit for The Zutons covered by Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse in 2007VALERIE7Down42 Worldwide distributed Internet discussion system founded in 1979 by Tom Truscott and Jim EllisUSENET6Down44 Another name for the psalterium, the third compartment of the stomach of ruminantsOMASUM6Down45 A mischievous or evil spirit also called Robin GoodfellowPUCK4Down46 Small insectivorous Madagascan mammalTENREC6Down48 Adjective relating to bearsURSINE6Down49

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, May 18, 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.