The Independent Crossword November 2 2024 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 121 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 121 clues from the The Independent Crossword for November 2 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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Never miss quiz show which inspired four groups of four in this grid111 AcrossReveal answer → Gift of the Magi51 AcrossReveal answer → See 1113 AcrossReveal answer → Created44 AcrossReveal answer → London landmark138 AcrossReveal answer → Lump of something turning young horse's stomach49 AcrossReveal answer → Grain refuse49 AcrossReveal answer → American international centre-back who left Fulham for Charlotte FC in August710 AcrossReveal answer → Avoid the missing vowels round? Great resolution!410 AcrossReveal answer → Marsupial810 AcrossReveal answer → University city in central Germany on the river Saale411 AcrossReveal answer → Excuse getting both Caliban and Cain out of prison511 AcrossReveal answer → 1993 film starring Patrick Swayze and Halle Berry1012 AcrossReveal answer → Assemble612 AcrossReveal answer → High-kicking dance613 AcrossReveal answer → Something in your eye when drinking last of precious wine713 AcrossReveal answer → Winners of football's European Championships in 19761414 AcrossReveal answer → Two informants – one going underground714 AcrossReveal answer → Several points covered in oddly airy response615 AcrossReveal answer → Amorphous mineral that is a source of iron815 AcrossReveal answer → Tight-fitting stretchy trousers816 AcrossReveal answer → Winners of football's European Championships in 1984 and 2000616 AcrossReveal answer → Footballer put off outside goal816 AcrossReveal answer → Winners of football's European Championships in 1992, despite failing to qualify for the tournament717 AcrossReveal answer → Politician's lying finally finished – and also not818 AcrossReveal answer → In cricket, rounders, etc, a team's or individual batsman's turn at batting718 AcrossReveal answer → Snooze418 AcrossReveal answer → None too soon1320 AcrossReveal answer → Small rodents421 AcrossReveal answer → Dahl character - a Salt knocked back after seeing some geese?621 AcrossReveal answer → Naturally occurring granular material often composed of silica in the form of quartz421 AcrossReveal answer → Stout Russian whip522 AcrossReveal answer → Fictional Japanese secret agent created by American author John P Marquand622 AcrossReveal answer → The seabird Larus argentatus, which has black-tipped white wings and pink legs1124 AcrossReveal answer → Foot spy dipped into water? On the contrary725 AcrossReveal answer → Unprofessional cop openly pockets a little drink726 AcrossReveal answer → 1827 novel by James Fenimore Cooper, the third featuring Natty Bumppo, subtitled A Tale1027 AcrossReveal answer → Organs of state heartlessly start on immigrants528 AcrossReveal answer → One bouncing off the walls ultimately became lethargic couch potato429 AcrossReveal answer → Get shot of initially agreeable relative430 AcrossReveal answer → Inaugural winners of football's European Championships in 19601130 AcrossReveal answer → Students of French enthralled by derrières731 AcrossReveal answer → Pop art?432 AcrossReveal answer → English translation of a German proverb that first appeared in the medieval German beast epic Reinhart Fuchs by Heinrich der Glïchezäre2334 AcrossReveal answer → Winners of football's European Championships in 19881137 AcrossReveal answer → A flock of ravens1039 AcrossReveal answer → Winners of football's European Championships in 1972 and 19801141 AcrossReveal answer → Canadian singer who won the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest for Switzerland1045 AcrossReveal answer → Winners of football's European Championships in 1996749 AcrossReveal answer → Town in Bridgend County Borough, Wales, whose name translates as 'fair field'751 AcrossReveal answer → A martial arts instructor653 AcrossReveal answer → Plant such as Galanthus nivalis, which has white bell-shaped flowers that bloom in early spring855 AcrossReveal answer → Speaker of the House of Commons from 1992 to 20001457 AcrossReveal answer → Poem written by Horace c. 19 BC and first translated into English in 1566 by Thomas Drant1058 AcrossReveal answer → Mixture of flour and fat used as the thickening agent in several classical French sauces459 AcrossReveal answer → Character in Dallas played by Larry Hagman760 AcrossReveal answer →

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Prestigious award presented by no-mark?51 DownReveal answer → Type of restaurant, the oldest of which still operating today was founded in Naples in 173881 DownReveal answer → Bewildering (Informal)121 DownReveal answer → Shakespearean king determined Christmas must be overturned72 DownReveal answer → An eight-legged invertebrate animal in the subphylum Chelicerata82 DownReveal answer → Dependent72 DownReveal answer → The capital of the former province of West Pakistan63 DownReveal answer → Ungulate's foot43 DownReveal answer → Maybe Methuselah cracked almond64 DownReveal answer → Lose64 DownReveal answer → The basic SI unit of thermodynamic temperature64 DownReveal answer → The large Eurasian passerine bird Corvus monedula75 DownReveal answer → Means of scoring in rugby85 DownReveal answer → Happening around the fifth, something burning this month85 DownReveal answer → Rotary file46 DownReveal answer → Winners of football's European Championships in 1968 and 202156 DownReveal answer → King casually calls for toast with pork pie76 DownReveal answer → Public statement127 DownReveal answer → The head or general of the Cossacks67 DownReveal answer → Legendary hunter mounting leopard or minotaur hides67 DownReveal answer → Another name for gorse48 DownReveal answer → Leading lady disseminating OC trivia88 DownReveal answer → Winners of football's European Championships in 201689 DownReveal answer → Dietary deficiency disease811 DownReveal answer → Top spy replaces lead for fancy audio equipment412 DownReveal answer → Italian jockey who won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in 2017 and 2018 aboard Enable1412 DownReveal answer → With Estragon, one of the two main characters in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot813 DownReveal answer → Spicy Spanish sausage714 DownReveal answer → Take no notice of615 DownReveal answer → One who founded dynasty in America after gold rush815 DownReveal answer → Entrance417 DownReveal answer → After bungling order, he'd be on a plank817 DownReveal answer → Dutch multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered in Amsterdam319 DownReveal answer → Pull sharply419 DownReveal answer → No end of nutrition for wild flower619 DownReveal answer → Socialist policy which may be a deal breaker720 DownReveal answer → The part of a firearm behind the barrel or bore620 DownReveal answer → American city whose port is the busiest cruise ship passenger port in the world522 DownReveal answer → I could go on horse to make an impression422 DownReveal answer → English name for the fifth sign of the zodiac723 DownReveal answer → A slap-up spread somewhere in Scandinavia723 DownReveal answer → Clergyman's a bit of a booby, possibly dropping a tablet624 DownReveal answer → German band formed in Düsseldorf in 1971 by Klaus Dinger and Michael Rother after their split from Kraftwerk325 DownReveal answer → City in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, where the Fox River enters Lake Winnebago726 DownReveal answer → Frolic on adult beach in Spain527 DownReveal answer → Daughter of Zeus and Leda whose abduction by Paris brought about the Trojan War528 DownReveal answer → William ___, English chemist noted for his modification of the atomic theory in the early 19th century529 DownReveal answer → In printing, another name for a solidus731 DownReveal answer → Municipality in the Province of Batangas, Philippines, politically subdivided into 26 barangays532 DownReveal answer → Chris ___, Welsh radio broadcaster who received a Variety Club of Great Britain Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009533 DownReveal answer → 2006 top ten hit single by Diddy featuring Christina Aguilera635 DownReveal answer → Jack ___, American actor best known for his work with director David Lynch, such as his role as Henry Spencer in Eraserhead536 DownReveal answer → A female sheep338 DownReveal answer → A magician and duke in the medieval German epic poem Parzival840 DownReveal answer → Real first name of singer Billie Holiday842 DownReveal answer → Name of the Enchanter played by John Cleese in the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail343 DownReveal answer → African country whose capital is Windhoek744 DownReveal answer → American author best known for The Da Vinci Code846 DownReveal answer → 1980s BBC1 TV series starring Rob Heyland as vet Donald Turner847 DownReveal answer → See 121448 DownReveal answer → Cordlike bundles of fibres to which the adjective neural relates650 DownReveal answer → Glandular organ situated below the thyroid that atrophies with age and is almost nonexistent in adults652 DownReveal answer → In Zen Buddhism, the state of sudden indescribable intuitive enlightenment653 DownReveal answer → Winners of football's European Championships in 1964, 2008, 2012 and 2024554 DownReveal answer → A type of film transition where one shot replaces another by travelling from one side of the frame to the other456 DownReveal answer →

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