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The Independent Crossword May 4 2024 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 108 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword May 4 2024 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 108 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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SuretyBAIL4Across1 Fancy dress gala is boring, bar one AmericanGLADRAGS8Across1 Roof edgeEAVES5Across3 Commandos dance in the country paradeSASHAY6Across6 Type of lagerPILSNER7Across8 Actor whose films include The Name of the Rose, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and HeathersCHRISTIANSLATER15Across9 Manufacturing series for Channel 1, streamedPRODUCTIONLINE14Across9 Grassy plainLLANO5Across9 Arab newspaper backs you peopleYEMENI6Across10 Popular mealFISHANDCHIPS12Across10 RarelySELDOM6Across11 Antimatter conjecture overlaps with 80's sci-fiPOSITRON8Across11 Country whose capital is TiranaALBANIA7Across12 Cold and unfriendlyFROSTY6Across12 The small northern sandpiper Calidris canutusKNOT4Across13 Listening to founder, agree in timeSYNC4Across13 Crater near Cumae portrayed as the entrance to the underworld in the Aeneid of VirgilAVERNUS7Across14 Hospital employeeRADIOGRAPHER12Across15 Spain's all-time top goalscorerDAVIDVILLA10Across15 Person in field with cutting almost finishedEXTRACOVER10Across15 Risky to move dislocated gonadTOUCHANDGO10Across16 Symbol consisting of a short line with dots above and below used to represent the mathematical operation of divisionOBELUS6Across17 FreightCARGO5Across17 ThrivePROSPER7Across18 Servilius ___, Roman tribune who struck the first blow in the assassination of Julius CaesarCASCA5Across18 Greeting surprises Sikh hosts from behindKISS4Across19 1965 film starring Alain Delon, Ann-Margret and Jack PalanceONCEATHIEF10Across19 PerhapsMAYBE5Across20 In ancient Greece, a festival at which competitors contended for prizes, such as the Olympic GamesAGON4Across20 Become liquidMELT4Across21 See 49ALBERTCAMUS11Across21 Doctor's notes showing Spooner's treatment given to immoral chefCASEBOOK8Across21 American actor who played Juror #4 in Sidney Lumet's film 12 Angry MenEGMARSHALL10Across22 Legendary like the Beatles were firstFABLED6Across22 Transfer of jailed mob due in 2012, sayDIAMONDJUBILEE14Across24 American golfer whose only major championship victory was in the 1977 USPGA Championship at Pebble BeachLANNYWADKINS12Across25 Decided where to sleep if homeless?INTENT6Across26 One taking hill in second/first?MOTORIST8Across27 Vladimir ___, Russian-born conductor and pianist who became a citizen of Iceland in 1972ASHKENAZY9Across28 The ___ Trail Sled Dog Race is an annual team race across AlaskaIDITAROD8Across30 City that hosted the 1988 Summer OlympicsSEOUL5Across32 Paolo ___, Italian painter of the Renaissance whose paintings include The Feast in the House of LeviVERONESE8Across33 Cheech and Chong's first feature-length film, released in 1978UPINSMOKE9Across35 Best Supporting Actress Oscar-winner for Vicky Cristina BarcelonaPENELOPECRUZ12Across36 Jamaican reggae band who had a Top 10 hit in 1978 with Now That We've Found LoveTHIRDWORLD10Across39 Yellow-flowered shrub of the genera Cytisus and SarothamnusBROOM5Across41 ___ of the Dump, children's novel by Clive King published in 1963STIG4Across43 Best Actress Oscar-winner for Monster's BallHALLEBERRY10Across46 Heinrich ___, German poet and essayist whose chief poetic work is Das Buch der LiederHEINE5Across48 French Algerian author, philosopher and journalist awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957ALBERTCAMUS11Across49 The remains of a Neolithic burial cairn, located on Anglezarke moor in LancashirePIKESTONES10Across50 Former kingdom comprising most of modern SpainCASTILE7Across51 The Scottish Gaelic name for ScotlandALBA4Across52 Island in the Indian Ocean whose capital is Saint-DenisREUNION7Across53 Venezuelan terrorist arrested in Sudan in 1994 after years as one of the world's most wanted fugitivesCARLOSTHEJACKAL15Across54

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1976 Tom Stoppard play that is interrupted by the play New-Found-LandDIRTYLINEN10Down1 Bread rollBAP3Down1 Stealing pants nearly gets Charlie put awayLARCENY7Down2 Andrew ___, cricketer who captained England to victory in the 2009 AshesSTRAUSS7Down2 EnmityILLWILL7Down2 Kansas city to get out of?DODGE5Down3 The third largest city in SpainVALENCIA8Down3 Short trip to perform a taskERRAND6Down3 Bunch of keys?ARCHIPELAGO11Down4 A machine with a drum that rotates round a vertical spindle that is used for hauling in heavy ropes, etcCAPSTAN7Down4 Small dinosaurVELOCIRAPTOR12Down4 Hindu teacherSWAMI5Down5 The first novel by Thomas Love Peacock, published in 1815HEADLONGHALL12Down5 Legs up, darling, just a littleSNIPPET7Down5 Study of humansANTHROPOLOGY12Down6 America turned on new 400 yottawatt generatorSUN3Down6 See 10HANDBAGSANDGLADRAGS19Down6 The title of the successors of Mohammed as rulers of the Islamic world, later assumed by the Sultans of TurkeyCALIPH6Down7 Cosily warm (Informal)TOASTY6Down7 Force couple into bunk for hours at any timeSHIFTWORK9Down7 American singer and songwriter who was Bobby Hatfield's partner in The Righteous BrothersBILLMEDLEY10Down8 Tentacled creature regularly painted with submariner in its gripANEMONE7Down8 Song written by Mike d'Abo that became the theme song of the BBC series The OfficeHANDBAGSANDGLADRAGS19Down10 Name of the former summer palace of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, in PotsdamSANSSOUCI9Down11 HitSTRUCK6Down11 Persimmon managed to furnish houses auctioneer emptiedSHARONFRUIT11Down12 SpireSTEEPLE7Down13 Iced drinkFRAPPE6Down14 How to get Elan where cars are banned?CYCLELANE9Down14 Variety of wheatDURUM5Down16 Czech playwright, essayist, dissident and politician who was the last President of CzechoslovakiaVACLAVHAVEL11Down16 Man who refused to father children reversed consent repeatedlyONANDON7Down17 Peerage expected by Cummings, perhaps stopped by kingDUKEDOM7Down18 DecayROT3Down19 Rating's announced for electrical unitSIEMENS7Down20 Rose runs after very naughty boy, wanting his nameBRIAR5Down23 Swiss writer whose books include How Proust Can Change Your Life and Essays In LoveALAINDEBOTTON13Down23 The county town of Fingal in the Republic of IrelandSWORDS6Down24 Lose head in fight on the townOUT3Down25 1963 hit single by The Crystals written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Phil SpectorDADOORONRON11Down26 1938 satirical novel by Evelyn Waugh set in the world of foreign correspondenceSCOOP5Down27 The sixth moon of the planet Jupiter, and the smallest of its four Galilean satellitesEUROPA6Down29 River that forms the boundary between Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire for most of its 75 mile lengthTEIFI5Down31 English folk-rock band who had hit singles with Gaudete and All Around My HatSTEELEYESPAN12Down32 The largest Arab country in the Middle EastSAUDIARABIA11Down34 Latin phrase meaning 'beyond one's powers or authority'ULTRAVIRES10Down35 Plant similar to the daffodil, which grows from a bulb and has white or yellow flowers, often heavily scentedNARCISSUS9Down37 Morocco's largest city and chief portCASABLANCA10Down38 See 23ALAINDEBOTTON13Down40 Elvis Presley number one single issued as a double A-side with I Got StungONENIGHT8Down42 English rock band fronted by Ian AstburyTHECULT7Down44 Small smooth-haired breed of dog of African origin with an inability to barkBASENJI7Down45 In Gothic architecture, a tertiary rib connecting one rib to anotherLIERNE6Down47

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, May 4, 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.