The Independent Crossword May 18 2024 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 106 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 106 clues from the The Independent Crossword for May 18 2024. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Denunciation of fighting around capital in Central America101 AcrossReveal answer → Insufficiency41 AcrossReveal answer → Sofa63 AcrossReveal answer → Study of Nordic countries overlooks noise pollution of those who fly?46 AcrossReveal answer → Eye part67 AcrossReveal answer → Horse-drawn carriage68 AcrossReveal answer → Debased119 AcrossReveal answer → Especially popular football player seemingly unprepared159 AcrossReveal answer → German painter and printmaker regarded as the greatest artist of the Northern Renaissance1310 AcrossReveal answer → Single by The Cure that was a hit in 1985 and, in a remixed version, in 1990911 AcrossReveal answer → Let in511 AcrossReveal answer → Dignified refusal ignoring every other aspect of belief511 AcrossReveal answer → Deep gorge512 AcrossReveal answer → Subsequent return on investment backed by blogger perhaps912 AcrossReveal answer → Sustained attack by clerical assistant for auditor?913 AcrossReveal answer → England defender who joined Manchester City from Everton in 20161014 AcrossReveal answer → Herbaceous plant of the genus Doronicum with large yellow flowers1215 AcrossReveal answer → Tell stories about entertaining old lady's message516 AcrossReveal answer → Pleasant but tinged with sadness1116 AcrossReveal answer → Astronomical phenomenon attributable to the Doppler effect that occurs when a light source moves away from an observer816 AcrossReveal answer → Former Zimbabwe cricketer who in 1999 became England's first foreign coach1417 AcrossReveal answer → Leg bone617 AcrossReveal answer → Terminal porter possibly finished early after carrying extra baggage517 AcrossReveal answer → Boxer born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr in 19421118 AcrossReveal answer → My ring contains gold material918 AcrossReveal answer → Weather map line618 AcrossReveal answer → Boil620 AcrossReveal answer → Current students of similar ability on display920 AcrossReveal answer → Worshipped image421 AcrossReveal answer → American novelist whose works include Goodbye, Columbus and Portnoy's Complaint1021 AcrossReveal answer → City hospital treated suffering due to scabies?522 AcrossReveal answer → Cast of no discernment is essential for those in theatre1524 AcrossReveal answer → Passage whose inclusion could create a scandal425 AcrossReveal answer → What XL represents generally speaking1026 AcrossReveal answer → Florida city famous for its International Speedway1226 AcrossReveal answer → ITV talk show whose presenters include Christine Lampard and Dame Kelly Holmes1028 AcrossReveal answer → Nigerian city that is capital of Oyo state629 AcrossReveal answer → A bioengineered or biorobotic being created by the Tyrell Corporation in the film Blade Runner931 AcrossReveal answer → 1979 Australian film starring Mel Gibson633 AcrossReveal answer → Guitarist and founding member of The Sex Pistols1034 AcrossReveal answer → US state whose capital is Harrisburg1236 AcrossReveal answer → Best Actor Oscar-winner for In the Heat of the Night1039 AcrossReveal answer → Oratorio for soloists, chorus and orchestra by Edward Elgar first performed in 19031140 AcrossReveal answer → The world's largest single piece of limestone, in southern Australia1443 AcrossReveal answer → Radioactive element whose atomic number is 89847 AcrossReveal answer → Former middle-distance runner who was Conservative MP for Falmouth and Camborne from 1992 to 19971250 AcrossReveal answer → An archaic name for the gannet1051 AcrossReveal answer → Corrosion-resistant metallic element used in X-ray windows952 AcrossReveal answer → American talent manager whose productions include the musical Oh! Calcutta! on Broadway and the film Alice's Restaurant1353 AcrossReveal answer →

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As appropriate, king leaves after 1271 DownReveal answer → US vice president from 1993 to 200161 DownReveal answer → Dancer's garment71 DownReveal answer → Contemptible individual is short of goodness52 DownReveal answer → Part of an engine that translates reciprocating linear piston motion into rotation102 DownReveal answer → Tin32 DownReveal answer → In the end, prefer to alert changes introduced by men133 DownReveal answer → Free from danger63 DownReveal answer → Aristocratic family centered around Piacenza in Northern Italy that claims descendancy from the Clan Douglas63 DownReveal answer → London airport that is the largest base for Ryanair84 DownReveal answer → Trade union splits very good sum54 DownReveal answer → Easily controlled94 DownReveal answer → Facilitated55 DownReveal answer → Mexican tortilla containing cheese and other ingredients, folded in half to form a half-moon shape105 DownReveal answer → Foreman taking time to respond to guidance more than necessary95 DownReveal answer → Cocktail that originated in Harry's Bar in Venice76 DownReveal answer → Soil56 DownReveal answer → Traditional name of Beta Cancri, the brightest star in the constellation Cancer67 DownReveal answer → Snap judgement ultimately had adjusted price in advance97 DownReveal answer → 1992 film starring Shirley MacLaine, Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy and Marcello Mastroianni108 DownReveal answer → Character on staff who clearly has aptitude for job?78 DownReveal answer → Word for a fine or penalty derived from French69 DownReveal answer → Move into a role possibly seen as melodramatic1310 DownReveal answer → Form of investment910 DownReveal answer → 1932 novel by Erskine Caldwell about Georgia sharecroppers1112 DownReveal answer → Begin a voyage713 DownReveal answer → 1978 Michael Crichton film based on the 1977 novel of the same name by Robin Cook413 DownReveal answer → Conduct oneself614 DownReveal answer → Money made by academic in grid computing technology914 DownReveal answer → Leader of the Opposition hence organised military patrols915 DownReveal answer → Savoury jelly515 DownReveal answer → Light brown516 DownReveal answer → Bright red tailless bird717 DownReveal answer → Unusual319 DownReveal answer → The capital of Mongolia919 DownReveal answer → New arrival's stuff passed round at the same time719 DownReveal answer → 1884 opéra comique in five acts by Jules Massenet based on a novel by the Abbé Prévost520 DownReveal answer → What's bottled up by soldier around commanding officer?521 DownReveal answer → Board game named from the Greek for 'leap'522 DownReveal answer → King who is father to Perdita in Shakespeare's play The Winter's Tale723 DownReveal answer → Conspicuous group appearing in article more than once523 DownReveal answer → Mineral that is the chief source of iron924 DownReveal answer → Crustaceans of the infraorder Caridea within the order Decapoda725 DownReveal answer → African country whose capital is Bujumbura727 DownReveal answer → Former Leeds United and Aston Villa manager whose 722 appearances for Arsenal are a club record1130 DownReveal answer → The narrow strip along which fencing bouts take place532 DownReveal answer → Swedish city that hosted the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest533 DownReveal answer → English agriculturalist who invented the seed drill1035 DownReveal answer → 70s sitcom that featuring the real-life married couple of Pauline Collins and John Alderton as Clara and Charles Danby1037 DownReveal answer → 1850 novel by Charles Kingsley written in sympathy with the Chartist movement1038 DownReveal answer → Young ward of Chancery in Charles Dickens's novel Bleak House who falls in love with Richard Carstone841 DownReveal answer → 2006 top 10 hit for The Zutons covered by Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse in 2007742 DownReveal answer → Worldwide distributed Internet discussion system founded in 1979 by Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis644 DownReveal answer → Another name for the psalterium, the third compartment of the stomach of ruminants645 DownReveal answer → A mischievous or evil spirit also called Robin Goodfellow446 DownReveal answer → Small insectivorous Madagascan mammal648 DownReveal answer → Adjective relating to bears649 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, May 18, 2024. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.