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The Independent Crossword November 16 2024 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 112 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword November 16 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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Old lovers view sex differentlyEXWIVES7Across1 AgriculturistFARMER6Across1 It's Spooner's dad who's reserved takeaway?PIESHOP7Across5 Body of waterSEA3Across5 1952 American musical comedy film featuring the characters Don Lockwood, Cosmo Brown and Lina LamontSINGININTHERAIN15Across8 PilesHAEMORRHOIDS12Across8 Sellers gaze across the far side of marketPETER5Across9 How about drink before setting?SUPPOSING9Across10 PulsesBEANS5Across10 Opponent of technological innovationLUDDITE7Across11 Insubstantial brownies? First piece dispatchedAIRYFAIRY9Across11 Rhythmic use of words shows man in Paris to be FrenchMETRE5Across12 TemptENTICE6Across12 Island in the Inner Hebrides that is the site of Fingal's CaveSTAFFA6Across12 Retiring personal assistant gets colourful ringIRIS4Across13 Vote Little Richard 'exhilarating'ELECTRIC8Across14 Japanese golfer whose real first name is MasashiJUMBOOZAKI10Across14 Short-sightednessMYOPIA6Across14 The tallest structure in Africa between 1961 and 1971CAIROTOWER10Across15 The mafia's conspiracy of silenceOMERTA6Across16 See 20ALEXOXLADECHAMBERLAIN21Across17 HugEMBRACE7Across17 Comprehensive contract covers terminationDETAILED8Across18 DangerPERIL5Across19 Stone wall's bare, needing work on faceOPAL4Across19 Working at a second jobMOONLIGHTING12Across20 England midfielder who joined Besiktas from Liverpool in 2023ALEXOXLADECHAMBERLAIN21Across20 Indicate assentNOD3Across21 A rich crumbly biscuit with a large proportion of butterSHORTBREAD10Across21 Why, for the most part, entertaining fellas regularly fail to payWELSH5Across22 Spring flowersTULIPS6Across22 Slander cricketer possessing unnatural ability?BESPATTER9Across24 Actress, comedienne and singer whose hit singles included cover versions of They Don't Know and Move Over DarlingTRACEYULLMAN12Across24 Perhaps baptism’s slammed in memoirsIMMERSION9Across26 1999 Frank Oz film written by and starring Steve MartinBOWFINGER9Across26 One who follows march in dull clothesHINDU5Across27 Natural earth used as a yellow or red pigmentOCHRE5Across28 Decline brought surgical procedure and occupational therapyGOTOPOT7Across28 Time for Biden to wander around shopping centre?WESTEND7Across29 A gold-coloured alloy of copper, tin, or zinc used to decorate furniture, mouldings, etcORMOLU6Across29 Australian golfer who won the USPGA Championship in 1979 and the US Open in 1981DAVIDGRAHAM11Across30 Yevgeny ___, Russian poet whose works include Babi YarYEVTUSHENKO11Across32 Song written by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren for the film Orchestra Wives, famously covered by Etta James in 1960ATLAST6Across36 In Greek mythology, a monster with nine heads, each of which was replaced by two new ones when cut offHYDRA5Across38 Tod ___, English actor whose films include King of the Underworld and Murder at Scotland YardSLAUGHTER9Across40 Dudley-born tennis player who won the ladies' singles title at Wimbledon in 1934 and 1937DOROTHYROUND12Across42 German international defender who was part of Leicester City's Premier League title-winning team in 2016ROBERTHUTH10Across43 Island in the Channel Islands ruled by a hereditary seigneur or dameSARK4Across45 2011 film starring Michelle Williams, Kenneth Branagh and Eddie Redmayne, based on books by Colin ClarkMYWEEKWITHMARILYN17Across47 The primary source of Jewish religious law, consisting of the Mishnah and the GemaraTALMUD6Across50 See 15CAIROTOWER10Across51 The fish Salmo truttaBROWNTROUT10Across53 Taiwanese-born director, screenwriter and producer whose films include Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Brokeback Mountain and Life of PiANGLEE6Across55 1927 novel by Virginia Woolf centring on the Ramsays and their visits to the Isle of SkyeTOTHELIGHTHOUSE15Across56

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Forceful politician, hard one to quote without getting upsetEMPHATIC8Down1 Morbid fear of catsAILUROPHOBIA12Down1 Devious wiretap traps Panama's top ecstasy/marijuana transporterWATERPIPE9Down2 A former Indian copper coin, worth one sixteenth of a rupeeANNA4Down2 UnyieldingADAMANT7Down2 Precise guards provided evidenceVERIFY6Down3 Daughter to Simonides and Pericles' wife in the play Pericles, Prince of TyreTHAISA6Down3 Epidemic parotitisMUMPS5Down3 Country whose capital is SuvaFIJI4Down4 American brought up his poorly prepared foodSUSHI5Down4 SeldomRARELY6Down4 Heroin supplier went soft inside, letting head dropPOPPYSEED9Down5 Fantasy fictionSCIFI5Down5 Popular song from Mary Poppins, composed by Robert B Sherman and Richard M ShermanASPOONFULOFSUGAR16Down5 ResponsibleANSWERABLE10Down6 Greatness can emerge from Harpenden (or MIT/Yale)ENORMITY8Down6 Grey mineral that is the chief source of leadGALENA6Down6 Of poor qualitySHODDY6Down7 Rob Holding expects Ipswich to start with speediest wingersHEIST5Down7 Michael Jackson's first solo album on Epic Records, produced by Quincy JonesOFFTHEWALL10Down7 Sanctimonious German writer's filthy accommodationPIGPEN6Down8 Another name for a male turkeyGOBBLER7Down9 Royal Navy sailorABLESEAMAN10Down9 The god of the sea, fishing and prosperity in Norse mythologyNJORD5Down10 Title shared by albums by Little Walter and Robert WyattROCKBOTTOM10Down11 1960 Russ Conway single that was EMI's last 78rpm recordROYALEVENT10Down13 CribCRADLE6Down13 Former politician maybe reading first books: he likes the ones with stickers!EXLIBRIST9Down14 Root vegetablePARSNIP7Down15 Inept old minister initially shaken, church members not being up for serviceIMPOTENCE9Down15 StatureHEIGHT6Down16 Bent cop's car carries heroin, a reliable money-makerCASHCROP8Down16 Wheels are so versatileALLROUND8Down17 Vital fluidBLOOD5Down18 Character in Last of the Summer Wine played by Peter SallisCLEGG5Down18 Plant partPETAL5Down19 The European freshwater fish Rutilus rutilusROACH5Down19 Shade diminishing as wife moves southAWNING6Down20 Mapmakers following city descentBATHOS6Down21 1971 top ten hot for Ray Stevens subtitled The Queen of The BluesBRIDGETTHEMIDGET16Down22 An Old World variety of sorghum cultivated for grain and fodderDURRA5Down23 Put a brake on Coot's drunken arrestsLIMIT5Down23 Unit of luminance named after an 18th century German physicistLAMBERT7Down25 Fibrous tissue is held up, previously unseenSINEW5Down25 Region of New Zealand's North Island whose major centre is the city of HamiltonWAIKATO7Down27 American International Master and New York Times chess columnist who wrote many books about chessALHOROWITZ10Down31 James ___, Belgian expressionist painter, associated with the group Les XX, noted for his macabre subjectsENSOR5Down33 American actress whose films include Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy, Wimbledon and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless MindKIRSTENDUNST12Down34 Suburb of Birmingham that produced such notable performers as Steel Pulse, Joan Armatrading and Benjamin ZephaniahHANDSWORTH10Down35 Composer of Rule Britannia, which appears in his masque AlfredTHOMASARNE10Down37 A playing card or dice with two pips or spotsDEUCE5Down39 1986 release by Public Image Ltd, also known as Compact Disc or Cassette depending on the formatALBUM5Down41 Portuguese goalkeeper who played 20 league games for Chelsea between 2006 and 2014HILARIO7Down44 Anil ___, the only Indian cricketer to have taken all 10 wickets in a Test inningsKUMBLE6Down46 Cousin of Juliet killed by Romeo in a duel in Shakespeare's playTYBALT6Down48 Jochen ___, the only driver to win the Formula 1 World Drivers' Championship posthumouslyRINDT5Down49 The crosswise yarns that fill the warp yarns in weaving, also called weftWOOF4Down52 ___ da Polga, fictional guinea pig in a series of children's books by Paddington Bear author Michael BondOLGA4Down54

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, November 16, 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.