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The Independent Crossword May 25 2024 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 112 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword May 25 2024 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 112 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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FlatfishPLAICE6Across1 Evil spiritGHOUL5Across5 ForgetfulABSENTMINDED12Across8 Stunned in struggle for possession, led by a pointAWESTRUCK9Across9 Serving dishPLATTER7Across9 See 5SKELETONINTHECUPBOARD21Across10 Strong windGALE4Across10 The North Pacific animal Enhydra lutris, formerly hunted for its thick furSEAOTTER8Across10 Dog treats 22 across 26?BONES5Across11 Any one of 92 members of the House of Lords whose entitlement is inheritedHEREDITARYPEER14Across12 Go away!SHOO4Across12 Film of some value that's all over the Oscars?GOLDPLATE9Across12 News boss about to join army shows meritDESERVE7Across13 Mare that won the 1948 Grand NationalSHEILASCOTTAGE14Across14 Tyre so bald, sons twice pulled out foot-leverTREADLE7Across14 Door fastenerBOLT4Across14 Port in Greece between the Gulfs of Corinth and Patras that was the scene of a 1571 naval battleLEPANTO7Across15 A priest's cassock in the Roman Catholic ChurchSOUTANE7Across16 Adoptee supposedly lucky to miss first courseASCOT5Across16 Female horseMARE4Across17 UnlawfulILLEGAL7Across18 Wrong end of torpedo going offSIN3Across18 1949 Alfred Hitchcock film starring Michael Wilding, Ingrid Bergman and Joseph CottenUNDERCAPRICORN14Across18 Fold left trapped by decaying vegetable matterPLEAT5Across19 1800 play by Friedrich Schiller used as the basic for an opera by Gaetano DonizettiMARYSTUART10Across20 British comedian whose real name was Charlie OldenTEDRAY6Across21 Nick quiet: quiet sitting in cageCOPSHOP7Across21 MeteorSHOOTINGSTAR12Across21 Match between local teamsDERBY5Across22 Extremely dull romance developed with shy doctorLEONARDMCCOY12Across22 The Australian cockatoo Kakatoe roseicapillaGALAH5Across23 AbruptSUDDEN6Across23 Butcher's dividing merchandise, fetching propertyGOODLOOKS9Across24 Tunisian-born Italian actress whose films include The Leopard and The Pink PantherCLAUDIACARDINALE16Across26 See 22 acrossLEONARDMCCOY12Across26 Show remorse having sent off one right wingerEGRET5Across27 US shooter Jack disrupted nationTARANTINO9Across28 Set of two facing cymbals operated by a foot pedalHIHAT5Across29 Country whose capital is TallinnESTONIA7Across30 La Liga football club based in PamplonaOSASUNA7Across32 Pierre-Paul ___, French Romantic painter and draughtsman whose 1805 Portrait of Joséphine de Beauharnais hangs in the LouvrePRUDHON7Across34 Small shrub in the family Labiatae with a strong mintlike odourTHYME5Across37 Colombian racing driver whose first Formula One win was the 2001 Italian Grand PrixJUANPABLOMONTOYA16Across38 The holiest city of IslamMECCA5Across41 The brightest star in the skySIRIUS6Across42 Italian romantic novelist and poet best known for his historical novel I Promessi sposiALESSANDROMANZONI17Across43 Italian poet who wrote the Divina CommediaDANTEALIGHIERI14Across47 See 43ALESSANDROMANZONI17Across51 Italian city that is home to the oldest university in the Western worldBOLOGNA7Across52 Snack food that comes in Linoleic, high oleic and Nusun varietiesSUNFLOWERSEEDS14Across53 General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982LEONIDBREZHNEV14Across55 French city that is capital of the Eure-et-Loir departmentCHARTRES8Across56

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Great day! Old boy needs raincoat going up countryCAMBODIA8Down1 In the New Testament, a pool in Jerusalem reputed to have healing powersBETHESDA8Down1 Group around bar suffering reversal in gameTENNIS6Down2 The first of Slade's six UK number one singlesCOZILUVYOU10Down2 DefameLIBEL5Down2 After a terrible start score with some difficultyATASTRETCH10Down3 British author whose novels include The Mask of Dimitrios and The Light of DayERICAMBLER10Down3 ImaginingIDEATION8Down3 Soldier in Cornish resort's something smuggled in swimwear?BUDGIE6Down4 An athlete such as Randy Barnes or Geoff CapesSHOTPUTTER10Down4 One or the otherEITHER6Down4 Jean-Robert ___, French mathematician who devised a diagram that displays complex numbersARGAND6Down5 Collection of 11 on to be cooked with butcher paid — scandalous fact?SKELETONINTHECUPBOARD21Down5 ForbiddingGRIM4Down5 EccentricODDBALL7Down6 Feeble type with mischievous childWIMP4Down6 See 46JAGGEDEDGE10Down6 1990 film starring Bette Midler based on a 1920 novel by Olive Higgins ProutySTELLA6Down7 Accounts bookLEDGER6Down7 Put pins round seat covering tailor's frameSTRADDLE8Down7 One name for the pest Myzus persicaeSPINACHAPHID12Down8 Idolise at all during Religious Education?REVERE6Down8 Jean ___, French film director whose works include La grande illusionRENOIR6Down9 Series of small cars produced from 1957 to 1991 by former East German car manufacturer VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerke ZwickauTRABANT7Down11 PreoccupiedOBSESSED8Down11 ___ of Hentzau, sequel to The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope published in 1898RUPERT6Down13 Give shelter toHARBOUR7Down13 EntertainedAMUSED6Down15 Blokes inside Ptolemy disturbed, creating workEMPLOYMENT10Down15 Window shadesBLINDS6Down16 The governor or prefect of a modern Greek provinceEPARCH6Down17 Universal poacher initially going in wears bears outSUPPORTS8Down18 1984 American war film starring Patrick Swayze and Charlie SheenREDDAWN7Down19 SayingADAGE5Down19 RemainSTAY4Down20 Old rocker in sexy underwear — I'm thrilled!TEDDYBOY8Down20 Small seal called out for young creature in riverCYGNET6Down21 Stefanos ___, Greek tennis player who won the 2019 ATP Finals on his debut in the year-end tournamentTSITSIPAS9Down21 Radiance of religious figure drawn into temptationLUSTRE6Down22 In the Old Testament, the second son of Adam and EveABEL4Down22 Freezing cold in lorryARCTIC6Down23 See 27LYSETTEANTHONY14Down24 Escapee at Sodom hard and reluctantLOTH4Down25 The northernmost town on the British mainlandTHURSO6Down25 English actress who appeared in Woody Allen's film Husbands And Wives and the sitcom Three Up, Two DownLYSETTEANTHONY14Down27 Painting by Vincent van Gogh that became the most expensive painting ever sold in 1987IRISES6Down28 Compound used in a blowpipe for cutting or welding metals at high temperaturesOXYACETYLENE12Down31 The world's second-most spoken native language after Mandarin ChineseSPANISH7Down33 English production duo comprising Nigel Champion and Mark Franklin whose biggest UK hit was Anthem in 1991NJOI4Down35 German vocal group whose hits include Rivers of Babylon and Mary's Boy Child/Oh My LordBONEYM6Down36 The capital of the Slovak RepublicBRATISLAVA10Down39 Italian painter of the Venetian school whose original name was Jacopo RobustiTINTORETTO10Down40 Spanish drink of red wine, sugar, fruit juice and iced sodaSANGRIA7Down44 Animal known as a caribou in North AmericaREINDEER8Down45 1985 film starring Glenn Close and Jeff BridgesJAGGEDEDGE10Down46 See 3ERICAMBLER10Down48 City in Ecuador that is capital of the Imbabura ProvinceIBARRA6Down49 A climate pattern that occurs across the tropical Pacific Ocean roughly every five yearsELNINO6Down50 Roni ___, stage name of record producer and DJ Ryan Owen Granville WilliamsSIZE4Down53 Texas city associated with a 1993 siege involving the the Branch DavidiansWACO4Down54

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, May 25, 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.