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The Independent Crossword September 14 2024 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 116 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword September 14 2024 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 116 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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English poet, painter, and printmaker whose works include Songs of Innocence and of ExperienceWILLIAMBLAKE12Across1 OvaEGGS4Across1 DistinctionCALIBRE7Across4 Privy Seals: a function of CharlesCAROLEAN8Across7 Journey of the type that brings the characters in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales togetherPILGRIMAGE10Across8 Legendary king of the BritonsARTHUR6Across8 SportsgroundsSTADIA6Across9 A point in timePERIOD6Across9 Storage tankRESERVOIR9Across10 Damsel fails to conceal identitySELF4Across10 Caught you blocking pitch about stuff in meetingFULFILLING10Across11 Check on limits of safety practiceSYSTEM6Across12 MistakeERROR5Across12 Oratorio by William Walton first performed in 1931BELSHAZZARSFEAST16Across13 SupplementADDTO5Across13 Lens care solution?CLEANSER8Across14 Caretaker of Hogwarts in J K Rowling's Harry Potter storiesARGUSFILCH10Across14 The ancient Roman name for the Isle of WightVECTIS6Across15 Reports of bastards besieging peacekeepersSOUNDS6Across15 Unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a poundOUNCE5Across16 The original American restaurantINDIAN6Across16 Opera by Giuseppe Verdi originally titled Violetta, after the main characterLATRAVIATA10Across17 CowardlySPINELESS9Across17 1956 film for which Yul Brynner won a Best Actor OscarTHEKINGANDI11Across18 Leaving city, Eccles packs a lot of ice for twistsCRINKLES8Across19 Attractively unusualQUAINT6Across20 StupidityIDIOCY6Across21 Clothing scraps less feminine after time?TIGHTS6Across21 Japanese warrior casteSAMURAI7Across22 What the D of CND stands forDISARMAMENT11Across22 Badger's burrowSETT4Across23 Clashing as mad chemist dispensed liberallyMISMATCHED10Across23 Train app used regularly when heading west to find partnerPAIR4Across24 Cash put up will be invested in churchCHANGE6Across25 Alterations extended, ignoring German customsREWRITES8Across26 A Tyrolean peasant dress with a full gathered skirt and fitted bodiceDIRNDL6Across26 The capital of the German state of Baden-WürttembergSTUTTGART9Across27 The capital and largest city of Saudi ArabiaRIYADH6Across29 The capital of GabonLIBREVILLE10Across30 Suburban area in Surrey that forms a borough with EpsomEWELL5Across31 Nickname of French fashion designer Gabrielle ChanelCOCO4Across32 Indonesian island whose capital is DenpasarBALI4Across34 See 14ARGUSFILCH10Across35 Unfinished opera by Alexander BorodinPRINCEIGOR10Across36 American multinational computer company founded by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates in 1977 as Software Development Laboratories (SDL)ORACLE6Across39 An inlet between North Mainland and Northmavine on ShetlandSULLOMVOE9Across41 Shakespeare tragedy set in DenmarkHAMLET6Across42 English rock band founded by singer, guitarist and principal songwriter Bill Nelson in 1972BEBOPDELUXE11Across43 Singer whose 60s hits included Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini and Sealed with a KissBRIANHYLAND11Across45 A syringe or needle for injecting beneath the skinHYPODERMIC10Across48 David ___, author of the plays Glengarry Glen Ross and Speed-the-PlowMAMET5Across51 Printing method in which the impression is made onto an intermediate surface which transfers it to the paperOFFSET6Across53 Wilfred ___, Nigerian midfielder who joined Leicester City from Genk in 2017NDIDI5Across56 David Lean film that won seven Oscars, including Best PictureLAWRENCEOFARABIA16Across57 Name for the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and ConnecticutNEWENGLAND10Across58 1888 symphonic suite by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov based on The Book of One Thousand and One NightsSCHEHERAZADE12Across59

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Grass boosting energy? HardlyBARELY6Down1 Game often linked with failure, initiallyGOLF4Down2 The ancient Greek goddess of peaceIRENE5Down2 Young femaleGIRL4Down2 A smoke Dutch finds fragrantPERFUMED8Down3 See 54FRANZLISZT10Down3 Brisk musical movementSCHERZO7Down3 Hours spent working - those on a plane?UPTIME6Down4 Actor whose films include Big Daddy, The Wedding Singer and Punch-Drunk LoveADAMSANDLER11Down4 Stroke gentlyCARESS6Down4 SheenLUSTRE6Down5 Extension for student going abroad around NovemberPROLONGING10Down5 Anti-tank weapon named after a musical instrument popularised in the 1930s by radio comedian Bob BurnsBAZOOKA7Down5 Cry of approvalBRAVO5Down6 Attack unexpectedly, once up and runningPOUNCEON8Down6 City in Ohio nicknamed "Rubber Capital of the World"AKRON5Down6 Move abroadEMIGRATE8Down7 Gustave ___, French structural engineer who built a tower in Paris that bears his nameEIFFEL6Down7 A hard smooth lustrous structure occurring on the inner surface of the shell of a clam or oysterPEARL5Down8 Upset about courage quietly deserting, fortune not favouring oneNOLUCK6Down8 Actress best known for playing Sharon Watts in EastEndersLETITIADEAN11Down9 Naval commissioned officer rank senior to CommodoreREARADMIRAL11Down10 ExercisesPRESSUPS8Down11 1971 Rod Stewart single that topped the UK and US chartsMAGGIEMAY9Down11 Transliteration for the Urdu and Persian word for meat, used in Indian cookeryGOSHT5Down12 Somehow meant to run eventTOURNAMENT10Down13 RejectDISMISS7Down14 Tin and lead alloyPEWTER6Down15 Recited passage in a normal waySTRAIGHT8Down15 Zodiac signGEMINI6Down16 Record low after school reviewNOTEDOWN8Down17 One woman's husband falling for anotherESTHER6Down18 Haunch boneILIUM5Down18 The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical by James Rado and Gerome RagniHAIR4Down19 Rabbit's tailSCUT4Down19 Permissive landlord?LETTER6Down20 Raft used by Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl in his 1947 expedition across the Pacific OceanKONTIKI7Down20 The form of the molecular structure of DNADOUBLEHELIX11Down21 Secure remuneration for speech in capitalTAIPEI6Down22 Neil Diamond song that gave The Monkees their only UK number one singleIMABELIEVER11Down23 Marquis de Sade obviously enjoyed this offering from the boulangeriePAIN4Down24 Album by Badfinger on which the song Without You first appearedNODICE6Down24 Inflammation of a sebaceous gland of the eyelidSTYE4Down25 Telly ___, actor who played the title role in the TV series KojakSAVALAS7Down27 Generic name for any syrup made during the refining of sugar caneTREACLE7Down28 Town in County Tipperary whose name means "honey meadow"CLONMEL7Down32 1976 Brian De Palma film based on a novel by Stephen KingCARRIE6Down33 American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter whose surname at birth was ChristianFREDDIEKING11Down35 Multihulled sailing vessel found primarily in the Malay Archipelago and the South PacificPROA4Down36 Prehistoric giant marine reptile whose name means "fish lizard"ICHTHYOSAUR11Down37 See 9LETITIADEAN11Down38 Large tropical reptile whose species include mugger and freshwater varietiesCROCODILE9Down40 Any of the spore-bearing gills of a mushroomLAMELLA7Down44 Turkish city on the Orantes river that was an early centre of ChristianityANTIOCH7Down46 French city that is the capital of the Somme department in PicardieAMIENS6Down47 Department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of France named after a river that runs through itYONNE5Down49 County of Wales from 1974 to 1996CLWYD5Down50 Hebrew prophet of the late 8th century BC called "The Morasthite"MICAH5Down52 Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist and teacher whose works include Eine Faust-SymphonieFRANZLISZT10Down54 Legendary king of the Britons, preceded by Urianus and succeeded by Cledaucus, as recounted by Geoffrey of MonmouthELIUD5Down55

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, September 14, 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.