The Independent Crossword October 5 2024 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 109 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 109 clues from the The Independent Crossword for October 5 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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Journey41 AcrossReveal answer → Fellow abridged short pieces of writing81 AcrossReveal answer → Small arachnid43 AcrossReveal answer → British university expresses revolutionary argument65 AcrossReveal answer → Travelling bag47 AcrossReveal answer → Made ready88 AcrossReveal answer → Darling109 AcrossReveal answer → Guiding American group around empty house89 AcrossReveal answer → 1984 novel by Milan Kundera299 AcrossReveal answer → Comic that is beginning to ridicule councillor610 AcrossReveal answer → Warning611 AcrossReveal answer → Show letters implicating junior member of parliament512 AcrossReveal answer → Announce team in America913 AcrossReveal answer → Near the knuckle613 AcrossReveal answer → Game play outwardly involves chance614 AcrossReveal answer → 1974 satirical Western written and directed by Mel Brooks1414 AcrossReveal answer → Plot1015 AcrossReveal answer → TV Western series that featured the Cartwright family715 AcrossReveal answer → Detest crime that involves injuring men516 AcrossReveal answer → In psychoanalysis, the part of the mind that mediates between the conscious and the unconscious316 AcrossReveal answer → Name adopted by the Don't Make a Wave Committee in 19721017 AcrossReveal answer → The capital of the Bahamas618 AcrossReveal answer → A young woman of upper-class background who is presented to society919 AcrossReveal answer → Firm keeping nothing in store519 AcrossReveal answer → Heaven819 AcrossReveal answer → Guarantor undoubtedly voided treaty620 AcrossReveal answer → Burden420 AcrossReveal answer → Strong wind421 AcrossReveal answer → Athenian sculptor from the mid-5th century BC who worked almost exclusively in bronze522 AcrossReveal answer → Spool422 AcrossReveal answer → European marine fish of the family Triglidae723 AcrossReveal answer → High regard for each helping to host party923 AcrossReveal answer → 1953 play by R F Delderfield adapted into the 1956 film Now and Forever, directed by Mario Zampi1525 AcrossReveal answer → Author briefly encapsulating first person in intertwined strands526 AcrossReveal answer → Weird corona that's seen by Americans at night627 AcrossReveal answer → Gamble represented giving priority to adult accomplice's role828 AcrossReveal answer → Pin dubious statement on bias629 AcrossReveal answer → Sport named after the seat of the Duke of Beaufort in Gloucestershire929 AcrossReveal answer → Clubs put forward additional means of attack830 AcrossReveal answer → 1961 song by Ben E King, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller930 AcrossReveal answer → 1939 short novel by Christopher Isherwood set in Weimar Germany1535 AcrossReveal answer → Michel ___, French composer who won an Oscar for the song The Windmills of Your Mind from The Thomas Crown Affair737 AcrossReveal answer → Electronic sub-genre of dancehall music that originated in Jamaica during the 1980s538 AcrossReveal answer → An emulsion of water and fat used for softening and cleansing the skin941 AcrossReveal answer → The fourth largest city in Minnesota, birthplace of Bob Dylan643 AcrossReveal answer → US actor, director, poet, playwright, author and social activist who played Da Mayor in Spike Lee's 1989 film Do the Right Thing1045 AcrossReveal answer → Scarlet resinous secretion of a number of species of insects of the superfamily Coccoidea348 AcrossReveal answer → Pakistan's largest city749 AcrossReveal answer → Character in Jane Austen's novel Sense and Sensibility who seduces Colonel Brandon's 15-year-old ward, Eliza1450 AcrossReveal answer → The state capital of Nebraska751 AcrossReveal answer → Single from Wings' 1975 album Venus and Mars that reached reached number six in the UK and number one in the US2253 AcrossReveal answer →

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US state whose capital is Columbus41 DownReveal answer → Company knowledgable about way of obtaining discount?61 DownReveal answer → Wrongful act (Law)41 DownReveal answer → 1992 Woody Allen film featuring Judy Davis and Liam Neeson162 DownReveal answer → Wonder about brief high point for some time62 DownReveal answer → Stalemate72 DownReveal answer → The leading division or units of a military force83 DownReveal answer → Silenced and told the heartless rat off93 DownReveal answer → Commerce53 DownReveal answer → English critic, wit, and caricaturist whose works include Zuleika Dobson114 DownReveal answer → In good spirits84 DownReveal answer → Lead actor upset about new passionate speeches54 DownReveal answer → McFly's best-selling single115 DownReveal answer → Fencing sword45 DownReveal answer → Court fool66 DownReveal answer → Useful item worth little in board game?56 DownReveal answer → Fear of ___, 1973 novel by Erica Jong66 DownReveal answer → Drunk full of endless hogwash in final years87 DownReveal answer → Circus impresario played by Hugh Jackman in the 2017 film The Greatest Showman87 DownReveal answer → Character almost went astray in The Borders?88 DownReveal answer → The hoisting mechanism at the pithead of a mine88 DownReveal answer → Canadian prime minister from 1984 to 19931310 DownReveal answer → Extensive view810 DownReveal answer → Brief week in bed611 DownReveal answer → A formal baroque dance derived from the jig511 DownReveal answer → Artificial waterway in Egypt connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea912 DownReveal answer → Petty details612 DownReveal answer → Pale colour714 DownReveal answer → Conservative fool lives for drink615 DownReveal answer → In classical music, brilliance of execution715 DownReveal answer → Trap516 DownReveal answer → Dislike suggestion that abruptly upset some hosts916 DownReveal answer → Places one goes to play and bathe at respectable houses817 DownReveal answer → Prayer ending417 DownReveal answer → Barrier that hurt introduction of electric vehicle818 DownReveal answer → Sailing vessel418 DownReveal answer → Stage name of Christa Päffgen who sang on four songs of the Velvet Underground's debut album420 DownReveal answer → Like cast's second attempt for the audience621 DownReveal answer → In ballet, a position in which the arm and leg are extended to the side621 DownReveal answer → Timeless act or rock god?622 DownReveal answer → A member of a people who move from place to place to find pasture and food524 DownReveal answer → Came up behind nurses beginning to operate524 DownReveal answer → Famous philanthropist from The Netherlands receiving honour525 DownReveal answer → The last novel George Eliot completed1326 DownReveal answer → Fossil resin derived from extinct coniferous trees that often contains trapped insects527 DownReveal answer → A member of a Central American Indian people who dominated the valley of Mexico from their capital Tula from about 950-1160 AD628 DownReveal answer → Gian Carlo ___, composer of the classic Christmas opera Amahl and the Night Visitors731 DownReveal answer → The first murder victim, according to the Old Testament432 DownReveal answer → A nontechnical name for miliaria1133 DownReveal answer → Animated character created by Chuck Jones who attempts to catch The Road Runner1134 DownReveal answer → Brian ___, rugby player who captained the British and Irish Lions on their 2005 tour of New Zealand936 DownReveal answer → Sir Alec ___, actor whose films include The Bridge on the River Kwai and Star Wars839 DownReveal answer → See 21640 DownReveal answer → Ian ___, actor who plays Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings films and Magneto in the X-Men films842 DownReveal answer → A team sport of Native American origin844 DownReveal answer → Elevated open grassland in Southern Africa546 DownReveal answer → The rock band Budgie's second album, released in 1972, with cover art by Roger Dean647 DownReveal answer → French word for 'black'452 DownReveal answer →

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