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The Independent Crossword October 5 2024 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 109 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword October 5 2024 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 109 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#
JourneyTRIP4Across1 Fellow abridged short pieces of writingCHAPTERS8Across1 Small arachnidTICK4Across3 British university expresses revolutionary argumentBUSTUP6Across5 Travelling bagGRIP4Across7 Made readyPREPARED8Across8 DarlingSWEETHEART10Across9 Guiding American group around empty houseUSHERING8Across9 1984 novel by Milan KunderaTHEUNBEARABLELIGHTNESSOFBEING29Across9 Comic that is beginning to ridicule councillorVIZIER6Across10 WarningCAVEAT6Across11 Show letters implicating junior member of parliamentOWLET5Across12 Announce team in AmericaSTATESIDE9Across13 Near the knuckleRISQUE6Across13 Game play outwardly involves chancePLUCKY6Across14 1974 satirical Western written and directed by Mel BrooksBLAZINGSADDLES14Across14 PlotCONSPIRACY10Across15 TV Western series that featured the Cartwright familyBONANZA7Across15 Detest crime that involves injuring menABHOR5Across16 In psychoanalysis, the part of the mind that mediates between the conscious and the unconsciousEGO3Across16 Name adopted by the Don't Make a Wave Committee in 1972GREENPEACE10Across17 The capital of the BahamasNASSAU6Across18 A young woman of upper-class background who is presented to societyDEBUTANTE9Across19 Firm keeping nothing in storeHOARD5Across19 HeavenPARADISE8Across19 Guarantor undoubtedly voided treatySURETY6Across20 BurdenLOAD4Across20 Strong windGALE4Across21 Athenian sculptor from the mid-5th century BC who worked almost exclusively in bronzeMYRON5Across22 SpoolREEL4Across22 European marine fish of the family TriglidaeGURNARD7Across23 High regard for each helping to host partyADORATION9Across23 1953 play by R F Delderfield adapted into the 1956 film Now and Forever, directed by Mario ZampiTHEORCHARDWALLS15Across25 Author briefly encapsulating first person in intertwined strandsPLAIT5Across26 Weird corona that's seen by Americans at nightRACOON6Across27 Gamble represented giving priority to adult accomplice's roleABETMENT8Across28 Pin dubious statement on biasSKEWER6Across29 Sport named after the seat of the Duke of Beaufort in GloucestershireBADMINTON9Across29 Clubs put forward additional means of attackCLAYMORE8Across30 1961 song by Ben E King, Jerry Leiber and Mike StollerSTANDBYME9Across30 1939 short novel by Christopher Isherwood set in Weimar GermanyGOODBYETOBERLIN15Across35 Michel ___, French composer who won an Oscar for the song The Windmills of Your Mind from The Thomas Crown AffairLEGRAND7Across37 Electronic sub-genre of dancehall music that originated in Jamaica during the 1980sRAGGA5Across38 An emulsion of water and fat used for softening and cleansing the skinCOLDCREAM9Across41 The fourth largest city in Minnesota, birthplace of Bob DylanDULUTH6Across43 US actor, director, poet, playwright, author and social activist who played Da Mayor in Spike Lee's 1989 film Do the Right ThingOSSIEDAVIS10Across45 Scarlet resinous secretion of a number of species of insects of the superfamily CoccoideaLAC3Across48 Pakistan's largest cityKARACHI7Across49 Character in Jane Austen's novel Sense and Sensibility who seduces Colonel Brandon's 15-year-old ward, ElizaJOHNWILLOUGHBY14Across50 The state capital of NebraskaLINCOLN7Across51 Single from Wings' 1975 album Venus and Mars that reached reached number six in the UK and number one in the USLISTENTOWHATTHEMANSAID22Across53

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US state whose capital is ColumbusOHIO4Down1 Company knowledgable about way of obtaining discount?COUPON6Down1 Wrongful act (Law)TORT4Down1 1992 Woody Allen film featuring Judy Davis and Liam NeesonHUSBANDSANDWIVES16Down2 Wonder about brief high point for some timeAWHILE6Down2 StalemateIMPASSE7Down2 The leading division or units of a military forceVANGUARD8Down3 Silenced and told the heartless rat offTHROTTLED9Down3 CommerceTRADE5Down3 English critic, wit, and caricaturist whose works include Zuleika DobsonMAXBEERBOHM11Down4 In good spiritsCHEERFUL8Down4 Lead actor upset about new passionate speechesRANTS5Down4 McFly's best-selling singleALLABOUTYOU11Down5 Fencing swordEPEE4Down5 Court foolJESTER6Down6 Useful item worth little in board game?UTILE5Down6 Fear of ___, 1973 novel by Erica JongFLYING6Down6 Drunk full of endless hogwash in final yearsTWILIGHT8Down7 Circus impresario played by Hugh Jackman in the 2017 film The Greatest ShowmanPTBARNUM8Down7 Character almost went astray in The Borders?PARTERRE8Down8 The hoisting mechanism at the pithead of a mineHEADGEAR8Down8 Canadian prime minister from 1984 to 1993BRIANMULRONEY13Down10 Extensive viewPANORAMA8Down10 Brief week in bedLAWYER6Down11 A formal baroque dance derived from the jigGIGUE5Down11 Artificial waterway in Egypt connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Red SeaSUEZCANAL9Down12 Petty detailsTRIVIA6Down12 Pale colourSKYBLUE7Down14 Conservative fool lives for drinkCASSIS6Down15 In classical music, brilliance of executionBRAVURA7Down15 TrapSNARE5Down16 Dislike suggestion that abruptly upset some hostsANTIPATHY9Down16 Places one goes to play and bathe at respectable housesTHEATRES8Down17 Prayer endingAMEN4Down17 Barrier that hurt introduction of electric vehicleBAROUCHE8Down18 Sailing vesselYAWL4Down18 Stage name of Christa Päffgen who sang on four songs of the Velvet Underground's debut albumNICO4Down20 Like cast's second attempt for the audienceTAKETO6Down21 In ballet, a position in which the arm and leg are extended to the sideECARTE6Down21 Timeless act or rock god?STATUE6Down22 A member of a people who move from place to place to find pasture and foodNOMAD5Down24 Came up behind nurses beginning to operateAROSE5Down24 Famous philanthropist from The Netherlands receiving honourNOBEL5Down25 The last novel George Eliot completedDANIELDERONDA13Down26 Fossil resin derived from extinct coniferous trees that often contains trapped insectsAMBER5Down27 A member of a Central American Indian people who dominated the valley of Mexico from their capital Tula from about 950-1160 ADTOLTEC6Down28 Gian Carlo ___, composer of the classic Christmas opera Amahl and the Night VisitorsMENOTTI7Down31 The first murder victim, according to the Old TestamentABEL4Down32 A nontechnical name for miliariaPRICKLYHEAT11Down33 Animated character created by Chuck Jones who attempts to catch The Road RunnerWILEECOYOTE11Down34 Brian ___, rugby player who captained the British and Irish Lions on their 2005 tour of New ZealandODRISCOLL9Down36 Sir Alec ___, actor whose films include The Bridge on the River Kwai and Star WarsGUINNESS8Down39 See 2HUSBANDSANDWIVES16Down40 Ian ___, actor who plays Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings films and Magneto in the X-Men filmsMCKELLEN8Down42 A team sport of Native American originLACROSSE8Down44 Elevated open grassland in Southern AfricaVELDT5Down46 The rock band Budgie's second album, released in 1972, with cover art by Roger DeanSQUAWK6Down47 French word for 'black'NOIR4Down52

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, October 5, 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.