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The Independent Crossword October 19 2024 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 112 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword October 19 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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RaisedBRED4Across1 Theatrical partROLE4Across4 AuthoriseSANCTION8Across8 Type of horseROAN4Across9 See 14THELEGENDOFTHEHOLYDRINKER25Across9 Hostility from Shakespeare afflicted?ILLWILL7Across10 Reasoned expositionRATIONALE9Across10 Popular northern haunt of 9?INN3Across11 1850 novel by Charles Kingsley written in sympathy with the Chartist movementALTONLOCKE10Across11 1959 British film based on a novel of the same name by John BraineROOMATTHETOP12Across12 Without exceptionTOAMAN6Across12 Times journalist finally seen by American theologianERASTUS7Across12 1965 American Civil War film starring James Stewart, Doug McClure and Katherine RossSHENANDOAH10Across13 State of healthFETTLE6Across14 English cricketer who played in 78 Test matches, 1937-57, with a batting average of 50.06DENISCOMPTON12Across14 King Herod on telly frightened Dicky? He's in that Olmi film!THELEGENDOFTHEHOLYDRINKER25Across14 Michael ___, British playwright best known for Noises OffFRAYN5Across15 Suffer from insufficient energy?UNDERGO7Across15 Light coastal windSEABREEZE9Across16 In law, the threat of attack to another person followed by actual attackASSAULTANDBATTERY17Across16 Rotter to pass club porter?CADDIE6Across16 One girl going astray with roué is anything but 28IRRELIGIOUS11Across19 Form of American music that evolved in southwest Louisiana in the early 19th centuryZYDECO6Across20 SMS messageTEXT4Across20 SchooledEDUCATED8Across21 Squirrel's nestDREY4Across22 Former subpostmaster played by Toby Jones in a 2024 ITV seriesALANBATES9Across22 SeaweedKELP4Across23 Happy maybe to receive information initially not delivered?UNSAID6Across23 Is it the viviparous blenny Pelé suggests?EELPOUT7Across24 1990 sequel to the 1974 film Chinatown, directed by and starring Jack NicholsonTHETWOJAKES11Across25 More from Jock in West?MAE3Across26 Addictive narcotic drug derived from the leaves of an Andean shrubCOCAINE7Across27 Woman Chloe the Lioness keepsETHEL5Across27 Basketball player for whom Nike created a signature shoeMICHAELJORDAN13Across28 Operatic melody about large countryALGERIA7Across29 Pick up new ratingNAB3Across30 Pair consuming beer, two shakes and Italian portPALERMO7Across31 Sea in N Europe, connected with the North Sea by the Skaggerak, Kattegat and OresundBALTIC6Across31 Russian leader embracing Eastern Time sees lightLENIENT7Across32 In fencing, a call to adopt a defensive stance in readiness for an attack or boutENGARDE7Across32 Constellation between Pegasus and Draco in the Milky WayCYGNUS6Across33 Women's individual pursuit champion at the 2008 Olympics in BeijingREBECCAROMERO13Across36 Genus of cacti that includes the prickly pearOPUNTIA7Across37 The capital of South DakotaPIERRE6Across38 ITV drama series originally conceived as a vehicle for Nick Berry in 1992HEARTBEAT9Across40 A papal ambassador to a foreign government or courtNUNCIO6Across42 Former Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur footballer who won 109 caps for the Netherlands between 2001 and 2013RAFAELVANDERVAART17Across44 See 25THETWOJAKES11Across48 Noël Coward play featuring the character Madame ArcatiBLITHESPIRIT12Across51 Brazilian-born Spanish international striker who was at Chelsea between 2014 and 2017DIEGOCOSTA10Across53 Pierre ___, author of the plays Le Barbier de Séville, Le Mariage de Figaro and La Mère coupableBEAUMARCHAIS12Across54 Mother-in-law (eventually) of Fred Vincy in George Eliot's novel MiddlemarchSUSANGARTH10Across55

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Ready to bat where opener dismissed: that's made senseADDEDUP7Down1 Robert J ___, American filmmaker who directed and produced the 1922 documentary film Nanook of the NorthFLAHERTY8Down1 Admit NHS is appallingly inconsistentHITANDMISS10Down2 American singer best known for his 1972 hit I Can See Clearly NowJOHNNYNASH10Down2 HarvestREAP4Down2 Society girl runs — smooth mover?SKATER6Down3 City in Michigan that was the birthplace of General MotorsFLINT5Down3 ProprietyDECORUM7Down3 Emerge bearing child close to natural philosopherARISTOTLE9Down4 1980 single by Motörhead that spent 12 weeks in the UK Singles ChartACEOFSPADES11Down4 End a phone callRINGOFF7Down4 Immature insectLARVA5Down5 In the Old Testament, the first wife of Jacob and elder sister of Rachel, his second wifeLEAH4Down5 Spree for example writer recalledBINGE5Down5 EncircledGIRT4Down6 Criminal drooled about a fabulously rich cityELDORADO8Down6 Canadian darts player nicknamed Darth MapleJOHNPART8Down6 Bug of the family Miridae, most of which feed on plant tissues, causing damage to cropsCAPSID6Down7 KneecapPATELLA7Down7 Down this? Any number entering holePINT4Down7 Undercover agent in car of your dreams?SLEEPER7Down8 Italian word for eightOTTO4Down8 A senior Byzantine court title that was bestowed on the sons or sons-in-law of reigning emperorsDESPOT6Down9 Song from the musical Annie originally written as Replay (The Way We Live Now) for the 1970 short film ReplayTOMORROW8Down10 Drink matCOASTER7Down11 House near Ambleside in the Lake District that was the home of William Wordsworth from 1813 until his death in 1850RYDALMOUNT10Down12 Childcare facilityNURSERY7Down13 Curtain accessoryTIEBACK7Down15 Jockey who rode Generous to victory in the 1991 DerbyALANMUNRO9Down17 Communion tableALTAR5Down17 See 26MANONDESSOURCES15Down17 Actor who played the title role in the 1964 film Zorba the GreekANTHONYQUINN12Down18 Yes-men always so pleasant?AGREEABLE9Down18 Needle caseETUI4Down18 Face coveringVEIL4Down19 Canadian singer-songwriter and painter born Roberta Joan Anderson in 1943JONIMITCHELL12Down19 Topless Canterbury pilgrim in some light banterRAILLERY8Down20 Inspirational woman in gym with unnamed doctorEUTERPE7Down21 The legendary sword of King ArthurEXCALIBUR9Down21 What cat uses when hunting bird in south?STEALTH7Down22 The capital of RomaniaBUCHAREST9Down23 ___ Sharks, rugby team who now play their matches in SalfordSALE4Down24 Paul ___, actor best known for the TV sitcoms The Good Life, Yes Minister and Yes, Prime MinisterEDDINGTON9Down26 Male 5-9 did you say? In Pagnol's work?MANONDESSOURCES15Down26 A heavy section of trimmed tree trunk thrown in competition at Highland gamesCABER5Down27 Princess in Greek mythology chained to a rock as a sacrifice to a sea monster and saved from death by PerseusANDROMEDA9Down29 Bob Marley's middle nameNESTA5Down30 See 2JOHNNYNASH10Down34 Spirit whose name is German for "noisy ghost"POLTERGEIST11Down35 One of the founders of Vermont, and leaders of the Green Mountain Boys, with his brother EthanIRAALLEN8Down39 In England and Wales until 1974, one of the senior members of a local council, elected by other councillorsALDERMAN8Down41 2010 ITV drama series starring Keeley Hawes as DSI Martha LawsonIDENTITY8Down43 Ancient Greek town that overlooked the naval battle in 31 BC at which Octavian's fleet under Agrippa defeated that of Mark Antony and CleopatraACTIUM6Down45 A domesticated South American cud-chewing mammal closely related to the llamaALPACA6Down46 Tax formerly levied on property by a local authority in the UKRATES5Down47 A name of God in the Old TestamentADONAI6Down49 See 12RYDALMOUNT10Down50 In the Old Testament, son of Isaac and Rebecca and twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthrightESAU4Down52 Norfolk market town close to the border with SuffolkDISS4Down53

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, October 19, 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.