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The Independent Crossword November 2 2024 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 121 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword November 2 2024 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 121 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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Never miss quiz show which inspired four groups of four in this gridONLYCONNECT11Across1 Gift of the MagiMYRRH5Across1 See 1ONLYCONNECT11Across3 CreatedMADE4Across4 London landmarkNELSONSCOLUMN13Across8 Lump of something turning young horse's stomachCLOT4Across9 Grain refuseBRAN4Across9 American international centre-back who left Fulham for Charlotte FC in AugustTIMREAM7Across10 Avoid the missing vowels round? Great resolution!HDTV4Across10 MarsupialKANGAROO8Across10 University city in central Germany on the river SaaleJENA4Across11 Excuse getting both Caliban and Cain out of prisonALIBI5Across11 1993 film starring Patrick Swayze and Halle BerryFATHERHOOD10Across12 AssembleGATHER6Across12 High-kicking danceCANCAN6Across13 Something in your eye when drinking last of precious wineRETSINA7Across13 Winners of football's European Championships in 1976CZECHOSLOVAKIA14Across14 Two informants – one going undergroundMOLERAT7Across14 Several points covered in oddly airy responseANSWER6Across15 Amorphous mineral that is a source of ironLIMONITE8Across15 Tight-fitting stretchy trousersLEGGINGS8Across16 Winners of football's European Championships in 1984 and 2000FRANCE6Across16 Footballer put off outside goalDEFENDER8Across16 Winners of football's European Championships in 1992, despite failing to qualify for the tournamentDENMARK7Across17 Politician's lying finally finished – and also notGOVERNOR8Across18 In cricket, rounders, etc, a team's or individual batsman's turn at battingINNINGS7Across18 SnoozeDOZE4Across18 None too soonNOTBEFORETIME13Across20 Small rodentsMICE4Across21 Dahl character - a Salt knocked back after seeing some geese?VERUCA6Across21 Naturally occurring granular material often composed of silica in the form of quartzSAND4Across21 Stout Russian whipKNOUT5Across22 Fictional Japanese secret agent created by American author John P MarquandMRMOTO6Across22 The seabird Larus argentatus, which has black-tipped white wings and pink legsHERRINGGULL11Across24 Foot spy dipped into water? On the contrarySPONDEE7Across25 Unprofessional cop openly pockets a little drinkALCOPOP7Across26 1827 novel by James Fenimore Cooper, the third featuring Natty Bumppo, subtitled A TaleTHEPRAIRIE10Across27 Organs of state heartlessly start on immigrantsUTERI5Across28 One bouncing off the walls ultimately became lethargic couch potatoECHO4Across29 Get shot of initially agreeable relativePAPA4Across30 Inaugural winners of football's European Championships in 1960SOVIETUNION11Across30 Students of French enthralled by derrièresREADERS7Across31 Pop art?DADA4Across32 English translation of a German proverb that first appeared in the medieval German beast epic Reinhart Fuchs by Heinrich der GlïchezäreBLOODISTHICKERTHANWATER23Across34 Winners of football's European Championships in 1988NETHERLANDS11Across37 A flock of ravensUNKINDNESS10Across39 Winners of football's European Championships in 1972 and 1980WESTGERMANY11Across41 Canadian singer who won the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest for SwitzerlandCELINEDION10Across45 Winners of football's European Championships in 1996GERMANY7Across49 Town in Bridgend County Borough, Wales, whose name translates as 'fair field'MAESTEG7Across51 A martial arts instructorSENSEI6Across53 Plant such as Galanthus nivalis, which has white bell-shaped flowers that bloom in early springSNOWDROP8Across55 Speaker of the House of Commons from 1992 to 2000BETTYBOOTHROYD14Across57 Poem written by Horace c. 19 BC and first translated into English in 1566 by Thomas DrantARSPOETICA10Across58 Mixture of flour and fat used as the thickening agent in several classical French saucesROUX4Across59 Character in Dallas played by Larry HagmanJREWING7Across60

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Prestigious award presented by no-mark?OSCAR5Down1 Type of restaurant, the oldest of which still operating today was founded in Naples in 1738PIZZERIA8Down1 Bewildering (Informal)MINDBOGGLING12Down1 Shakespearean king determined Christmas must be overturnedLEONTES7Down2 An eight-legged invertebrate animal in the subphylum ChelicerataARACHNID8Down2 DependentRELIANT7Down2 The capital of the former province of West PakistanLAHORE6Down3 Ungulate's footHOOF4Down3 Maybe Methuselah cracked almondOLDMAN6Down4 LoseMISLAY6Down4 The basic SI unit of thermodynamic temperatureKELVIN6Down4 The large Eurasian passerine bird Corvus monedulaJACKDAW7Down5 Means of scoring in rugbyDROPGOAL8Down5 Happening around the fifth, something burning this monthNOVEMBER8Down5 Rotary fileBURR4Down6 Winners of football's European Championships in 1968 and 2021ITALY5Down6 King casually calls for toast with pork pieCHARLIE7Down6 Public statementANNOUNCEMENT12Down7 The head or general of the CossacksHETMAN6Down7 Legendary hunter mounting leopard or minotaur hidesNIMROD6Down7 Another name for gorseWHIN4Down8 Leading lady disseminating OC triviaVICTORIA8Down8 Winners of football's European Championships in 2016PORTUGAL8Down9 Dietary deficiency diseaseBERIBERI8Down11 Top spy replaces lead for fancy audio equipmentMIKE4Down12 Italian jockey who won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in 2017 and 2018 aboard EnableFRANKIEDETTORI14Down12 With Estragon, one of the two main characters in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for GodotVLADIMIR8Down13 Spicy Spanish sausageCHORIZO7Down14 Take no notice ofIGNORE6Down15 One who founded dynasty in America after gold rushAUGUSTUS8Down15 EntranceGATE4Down17 After bungling order, he'd be on a plankBONEHEAD8Down17 Dutch multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered in AmsterdamING3Down19 Pull sharplyJERK4Down19 No end of nutrition for wild flowerVIOLET6Down19 Socialist policy which may be a deal breakerREDLINE7Down20 The part of a firearm behind the barrel or boreBREECH6Down20 American city whose port is the busiest cruise ship passenger port in the worldMIAMI5Down22 I could go on horse to make an impressionETCH4Down22 English name for the fifth sign of the zodiacTHELION7Down23 A slap-up spread somewhere in ScandinaviaUPPSALA7Down23 Clergyman's a bit of a booby, possibly dropping a tabletFATHER6Down24 German band formed in Düsseldorf in 1971 by Klaus Dinger and Michael Rother after their split from KraftwerkNEU3Down25 City in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, where the Fox River enters Lake WinnebagoOSHKOSH7Down26 Frolic on adult beach in SpainPLAYA5Down27 Daughter of Zeus and Leda whose abduction by Paris brought about the Trojan WarHELEN5Down28 William ___, English chemist noted for his modification of the atomic theory in the early 19th centuryPROUT5Down29 In printing, another name for a solidusVIRGULE7Down31 Municipality in the Province of Batangas, Philippines, politically subdivided into 26 barangaysIBAAN5Down32 Chris ___, Welsh radio broadcaster who received a Variety Club of Great Britain Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009NEEDS5Down33 2006 top ten hit single by Diddy featuring Christina AguileraTELLME6Down35 Jack ___, American actor best known for his work with director David Lynch, such as his role as Henry Spencer in EraserheadNANCE5Down36 A female sheepEWE3Down38 A magician and duke in the medieval German epic poem ParzivalKLINGSOR8Down40 Real first name of singer Billie HolidayELEANORA8Down42 Name of the Enchanter played by John Cleese in the film Monty Python and the Holy GrailTIM3Down43 African country whose capital is WindhoekNAMIBIA7Down44 American author best known for The Da Vinci CodeDANBROWN8Down46 1980s BBC1 TV series starring Rob Heyland as vet Donald TurnerONEBYONE8Down47 See 12FRANKIEDETTORI14Down48 Cordlike bundles of fibres to which the adjective neural relatesNERVES6Down50 Glandular organ situated below the thyroid that atrophies with age and is almost nonexistent in adultsTHYMUS6Down52 In Zen Buddhism, the state of sudden indescribable intuitive enlightenmentSATORI6Down53 Winners of football's European Championships in 1964, 2008, 2012 and 2024SPAIN5Down54 A type of film transition where one shot replaces another by travelling from one side of the frame to the otherWIPE4Down56

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, November 2, 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.