The Independent Crossword October 19 2024 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 112 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 112 clues from the The Independent Crossword for October 19 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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Raised41 AcrossReveal answer → Theatrical part44 AcrossReveal answer → Authorise88 AcrossReveal answer → Type of horse49 AcrossReveal answer → See 14259 AcrossReveal answer → Hostility from Shakespeare afflicted?710 AcrossReveal answer → Reasoned exposition910 AcrossReveal answer → Popular northern haunt of 9?311 AcrossReveal answer → 1850 novel by Charles Kingsley written in sympathy with the Chartist movement1011 AcrossReveal answer → 1959 British film based on a novel of the same name by John Braine1212 AcrossReveal answer → Without exception612 AcrossReveal answer → Times journalist finally seen by American theologian712 AcrossReveal answer → 1965 American Civil War film starring James Stewart, Doug McClure and Katherine Ross1013 AcrossReveal answer → State of health614 AcrossReveal answer → English cricketer who played in 78 Test matches, 1937-57, with a batting average of 50.061214 AcrossReveal answer → King Herod on telly frightened Dicky? He's in that Olmi film!2514 AcrossReveal answer → Michael ___, British playwright best known for Noises Off515 AcrossReveal answer → Suffer from insufficient energy?715 AcrossReveal answer → Light coastal wind916 AcrossReveal answer → In law, the threat of attack to another person followed by actual attack1716 AcrossReveal answer → Rotter to pass club porter?616 AcrossReveal answer → One girl going astray with roué is anything but 281119 AcrossReveal answer → Form of American music that evolved in southwest Louisiana in the early 19th century620 AcrossReveal answer → SMS message420 AcrossReveal answer → Schooled821 AcrossReveal answer → Squirrel's nest422 AcrossReveal answer → Former subpostmaster played by Toby Jones in a 2024 ITV series922 AcrossReveal answer → Seaweed423 AcrossReveal answer → Happy maybe to receive information initially not delivered?623 AcrossReveal answer → Is it the viviparous blenny Pelé suggests?724 AcrossReveal answer → 1990 sequel to the 1974 film Chinatown, directed by and starring Jack Nicholson1125 AcrossReveal answer → More from Jock in West?326 AcrossReveal answer → Addictive narcotic drug derived from the leaves of an Andean shrub727 AcrossReveal answer → Woman Chloe the Lioness keeps527 AcrossReveal answer → Basketball player for whom Nike created a signature shoe1328 AcrossReveal answer → Operatic melody about large country729 AcrossReveal answer → Pick up new rating330 AcrossReveal answer → Pair consuming beer, two shakes and Italian port731 AcrossReveal answer → Sea in N Europe, connected with the North Sea by the Skaggerak, Kattegat and Oresund631 AcrossReveal answer → Russian leader embracing Eastern Time sees light732 AcrossReveal answer → In fencing, a call to adopt a defensive stance in readiness for an attack or bout732 AcrossReveal answer → Constellation between Pegasus and Draco in the Milky Way633 AcrossReveal answer → Women's individual pursuit champion at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing1336 AcrossReveal answer → Genus of cacti that includes the prickly pear737 AcrossReveal answer → The capital of South Dakota638 AcrossReveal answer → ITV drama series originally conceived as a vehicle for Nick Berry in 1992940 AcrossReveal answer → A papal ambassador to a foreign government or court642 AcrossReveal answer → Former Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur footballer who won 109 caps for the Netherlands between 2001 and 20131744 AcrossReveal answer → See 251148 AcrossReveal answer → Noël Coward play featuring the character Madame Arcati1251 AcrossReveal answer → Brazilian-born Spanish international striker who was at Chelsea between 2014 and 20171053 AcrossReveal answer → Pierre ___, author of the plays Le Barbier de Séville, Le Mariage de Figaro and La Mère coupable1254 AcrossReveal answer → Mother-in-law (eventually) of Fred Vincy in George Eliot's novel Middlemarch1055 AcrossReveal answer →

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Ready to bat where opener dismissed: that's made sense71 DownReveal answer → Robert J ___, American filmmaker who directed and produced the 1922 documentary film Nanook of the North81 DownReveal answer → Admit NHS is appallingly inconsistent102 DownReveal answer → American singer best known for his 1972 hit I Can See Clearly Now102 DownReveal answer → Harvest42 DownReveal answer → Society girl runs — smooth mover?63 DownReveal answer → City in Michigan that was the birthplace of General Motors53 DownReveal answer → Propriety73 DownReveal answer → Emerge bearing child close to natural philosopher94 DownReveal answer → 1980 single by Motörhead that spent 12 weeks in the UK Singles Chart114 DownReveal answer → End a phone call74 DownReveal answer → Immature insect55 DownReveal answer → In the Old Testament, the first wife of Jacob and elder sister of Rachel, his second wife45 DownReveal answer → Spree for example writer recalled55 DownReveal answer → Encircled46 DownReveal answer → Criminal drooled about a fabulously rich city86 DownReveal answer → Canadian darts player nicknamed Darth Maple86 DownReveal answer → Bug of the family Miridae, most of which feed on plant tissues, causing damage to crops67 DownReveal answer → Kneecap77 DownReveal answer → Down this? Any number entering hole47 DownReveal answer → Undercover agent in car of your dreams?78 DownReveal answer → Italian word for eight48 DownReveal answer → A senior Byzantine court title that was bestowed on the sons or sons-in-law of reigning emperors69 DownReveal answer → Song from the musical Annie originally written as Replay (The Way We Live Now) for the 1970 short film Replay810 DownReveal answer → Drink mat711 DownReveal answer → House near Ambleside in the Lake District that was the home of William Wordsworth from 1813 until his death in 18501012 DownReveal answer → Childcare facility713 DownReveal answer → Curtain accessory715 DownReveal answer → Jockey who rode Generous to victory in the 1991 Derby917 DownReveal answer → Communion table517 DownReveal answer → See 261517 DownReveal answer → Actor who played the title role in the 1964 film Zorba the Greek1218 DownReveal answer → Yes-men always so pleasant?918 DownReveal answer → Needle case418 DownReveal answer → Face covering419 DownReveal answer → Canadian singer-songwriter and painter born Roberta Joan Anderson in 19431219 DownReveal answer → Topless Canterbury pilgrim in some light banter820 DownReveal answer → Inspirational woman in gym with unnamed doctor721 DownReveal answer → The legendary sword of King Arthur921 DownReveal answer → What cat uses when hunting bird in south?722 DownReveal answer → The capital of Romania923 DownReveal answer → ___ Sharks, rugby team who now play their matches in Salford424 DownReveal answer → Paul ___, actor best known for the TV sitcoms The Good Life, Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister926 DownReveal answer → Male 5-9 did you say? In Pagnol's work?1526 DownReveal answer → A heavy section of trimmed tree trunk thrown in competition at Highland games527 DownReveal answer → Princess in Greek mythology chained to a rock as a sacrifice to a sea monster and saved from death by Perseus929 DownReveal answer → Bob Marley's middle name530 DownReveal answer → See 21034 DownReveal answer → Spirit whose name is German for "noisy ghost"1135 DownReveal answer → One of the founders of Vermont, and leaders of the Green Mountain Boys, with his brother Ethan839 DownReveal answer → In England and Wales until 1974, one of the senior members of a local council, elected by other councillors841 DownReveal answer → 2010 ITV drama series starring Keeley Hawes as DSI Martha Lawson843 DownReveal answer → Ancient Greek town that overlooked the naval battle in 31 BC at which Octavian's fleet under Agrippa defeated that of Mark Antony and Cleopatra645 DownReveal answer → A domesticated South American cud-chewing mammal closely related to the llama646 DownReveal answer → Tax formerly levied on property by a local authority in the UK547 DownReveal answer → A name of God in the Old Testament649 DownReveal answer → See 121050 DownReveal answer → In the Old Testament, son of Isaac and Rebecca and twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright452 DownReveal answer → Norfolk market town close to the border with Suffolk453 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, October 19, 2024. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.