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The Independent Crossword November 9 2024 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 114 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword November 9 2024 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 114 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
StaffedMANNED6Across1 Unpredictable blunder by a jerkERRATIC7Across1 Bird devouring a little green creature?MARTIAN7Across5 Number in an octetEIGHT5Across5 Jewellery itemBRACELET8Across8 "Exercises make me exhausted" - the answer, ultimately, is a step-counterPEDOMETER9Across9 PleasantNICE4Across9 Finance officerTREASURER9Across10 Beat target after taking time to get really goodGREAT5Across10 John the Baptist's fatherZACHARIAS9Across10 Preserve the ends of celeryCANDY5Across11 Popular song by Michael Edwards and Bud Green that has been recorded by Tommy Dorsey, Patti Page and The Chimes, among othersONCEINAWHILE12Across12 Camera accessoryWIDEANGLELENS13Across12 Cat, saving skin, went haphazardly through grass then went through againREENACTED9Across12 Live at home, spinning, with wicked fairy tale characterINPROGRESS10Across13 A top ten hit single for The Who in 1965ICANTEXPLAIN12Across14 NonsenseGIBBERISH9Across15 Four nations of Britain, with king in chargeBRIC4Across15 Former England cricket captain who also played football for Yeovil Town and Scunthorpe UnitedIANBOTHAM9Across15 English cricketer best known for captaining the English team during the 1932–33 'Bodyline' Ashes tour of AustraliaDOUGLASJARDINE14Across16 Feature, part of inglenookGLEN4Across18 'Deceptively roomy' base used instead of a vacated lobbySPECIOUSLY10Across19 Coffin standBIER4Across19 Augusto ___, president of Chile from 1974 to 1990 following his overthrow of Salvador AllendePINOCHET8Across19 ScopeLATITUDE8Across20 Salad plantCRESS5Across21 Novel by Charles Dickens centred around the Chancery case of Jarndyce and JarndyceBLEAKHOUSE10Across21 Collector's itemRARITY6Across22 Formerly, the Soviet administrative department responsible for maintaining prisons and forced labour campsGULAG5Across23 Flaming spirit comes with a piece of fruitREDPEPPER9Across23 Paper neckwear worn by spymasterTIMES5Across24 American record label founded in 1971, specifically to provide a record contract for Jackson BrowneASYLUM6Across25 Another name for the larynxVOICEBOX8Across26 Bishop Saint leaving foul smell where tramps hang about?BENCH5Across26 Bluebird's little brother tipped oil on Gran's front, making a messIMBROGLIO9Across27 Frenzied mob bringing loads back round for village raffle?TOMBOLA7Across28 Former England cricket captain who established a charitable foundation in honour of his late wife RuthANDREWSTRAUSS13Across28 Filming takes place here, in genteel streetELSTREE7Across29 Scottish disco singer, born Jacqueline McKinnon, who had a 1980 UK number one with Feels Like I'm in LoveKELLYMARIE10Across33 What the C stands for in CVCURRICULUM10Across35 Captain of the England cricket team for 45 Test matches from 1999 to 2003NASSERHUSSAIN13Across37 Another name for corianderCILANTRO8Across38 The capital of GreeceATHENS6Across41 The Japanese art of fencingKENDO5Across44 Former England cricket captain who was one of the team captains on the BBC quiz They Think It's All Over from 1995 to 2003DAVIDGOWER10Across45 Former Surrey and England captain who was Chairman of the England cricket selectors from 1982 to 1989PETERMAY8Across47 Actor who played Johnny Cash in the film Walk the LineJOAQUINPHOENIX14Across49 New Zealand-born cricketer who hit an unbeaten 135 to win the Ashes Test at Headingley in 2019BENSTOKES9Across51 Former England cricket captain who overtook Wally Hammond as the most prolific Test batsmanCOLINCOWDREY12Across53 American editor and author who was editor-in-chief of Esquire magazine throughout the 1970s and 1980s and founding editor of Esquire UK in 1990LEEEISENBERG12Across56 Tree whose edible green kernels are used in ice creamsPISTACHIO9Across57

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Former producer of The Jam close to getting pregnantEXPECTING9Down1 European country that existed from October 1918 to January 1993CZECHOSLOVAKIA14Down1 Possibly writing a note on part of tableRADON5Down2 A pictorial representation of a facility on a computer systemICON4Down2 RunwayAIRSTRIP8Down2 Upstanding Conservative chasing cat with medium-sized ballsTOMMYROT8Down3 Mineral that is the chief source of leadGALENA6Down3 Specialised corner of the marketNICHE5Down3 One serves three queensCATERER7Down4 Yorkshire valleysDALES5Down4 Willo the ___, TV cartoon series narrated by Kenneth Williams featuring the characters Mavis Cruet and Evil EdnaWISP4Down4 Defenders during indirect free kicks and pensMARKERS7Down5 Scottish snooker player who won the first of his four world titles in 1998JOHNHIGGINS11Down5 CaptivateENTHRAL7Down5 In the Old Testament, a recognised scholar and teacher of the Jewish LawSCRIBE6Down6 Non-specificGENERAL7Down6 Music about horse leading a race at the endREGGAE6Down6 Small nailTACK4Down7 Canadian city that is the capital of ManitobaWINNIPEG8Down7 Make heavy weather of disbanding riots around the church and M&SICESTORMS9Down7 Title of Iranian kings including the Achaemenid dynasty which unified PersiaSHAH4Down8 Famous reason for tears at bedtime?NOTED5Down8 A burning torch, as used in night processionsFLAMBEAU8Down9 Exactly (of a time)ONTHEDOT8Down11 The rough skin of certain sharks and rays, used as an abrasiveSHAGREEN8Down11 The fruit of the oak treeACORN5Down13 Fencer's warningENGARDE7Down13 Endnote written by EU academic bringing up setter's monikerPSEUDONYM9Down14 Small snacksNIBBLES7Down14 Well-shaken Prosecco cracked open by unknown contraptionCRYOSCOPE9Down16 Go intoENTER5Down16 Iridaceous plant also called a sword lilyGLADIOLUS9Down17 Neverland residents, terribly bossy lot, but others may be found around hereLOSTBOYS8Down17 EntombINTER5Down17 Bluish-white metalZINC4Down18 ___ de paume, French ball-and-court game that was a medal event at the 1908 Summer OlympicsJEU3Down18 Spice cocktail drunk up by second of two secretariesPAPRIKA7Down20 See 22HUEANDCRY9Down20 Treatable bum ulcer lanced by sailorCURABLE7Down21 Duo comprising brothers Pat and Greg Kane best known for their 1987 top ten hit Labour of LoveHUEANDCRY9Down22 Chet, wasted, supported by backing tracks in nightclubs?TECHNO6Down22 Worker that's turned on by stink-infested rubbishROBOT5Down23 1923 French silent film, directed by Abel Gance, that used then-revolutionary lighting techniquesLAROUE6Down24 Member of a Mexican Indian people who established a great empire that was overthrown by Cortés in the early 16th centuryAZTEC5Down25 Amoral maniac losing a toothMOLAR5Down25 City and port in Shiribeshi, Hokkaido, Japan, northwest of SapporoOTARU5Down27 Sayeeda ___, baroness who co-chaired the Conservative Party from 2010 to 2012WARSI5Down29 Any of two or more physical forms in which an element can existALLOTROPE9Down30 Adele's first number one single in the UKSOMEONELIKEYOU14Down31 Jim's dog in Friday Night DinnerWILSON6Down32 Belgian town in West Flanders province that was completely destroyed in World War IYPRES5Down34 Best Actor Oscar-winner for Leaving Las VegasNICOLASCAGE11Down36 British racehorse trainer who trained the Oaks winners Ouija Board and Snow FairyEDDUNLOP8Down40 Medieval courtyard house in Sutton Courtenay bought by David Astor in 1958THEABBEY8Down42 A female sheepEWE3Down43 Sport using small light canoe-like boatsKAYAKING8Down44 The French word for wineVIN3Down46 The innermost of Jupiter's known moonsMETIS5Down48 A kind of quartz, usually red in colour, used as a gemstoneJASPER6Down49 An oriental pipe also called a hubble-bubbleHOOKAH6Down50 Russian for 'no'NYET4Down52 Graham ___, former member of The Hollies best known for his collaboration with David Crosby and Stephen StillsNASH4Down54 Anders ___, 18th-century Swedish botanist after whom a popular herbaceous perennial plant is namedDAHL4Down55

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, November 9, 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.