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The Independent Crossword September 21 2024 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 116 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword September 21 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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Is aware ofKNOWS5Across1 One bites firm end of figCOG3Across1 Old ripe bananas with decent chopped nuts getting tastedEXPERIENCED11Across3 OutlawedBANNED6Across4 Domestic itemIRONINGBOARD12Across7 EarringsHOOPS5Across9 Stores delivering Russian carsLARDERS7Across9 The secret identity of Don Diego de la Vega, a fictional character created in 1919 by Johnston McCulleyZORRO5Across9 Leave some lettuce on? NoHEADOFF7Across10 DistinguishedEMINENT7Across10 The plant Convallaria majalis, which has spikes of white bell-shaped flowersLILYOFTHEVALLEY15Across10 HurryHASTEN6Across11 Dish made by male artists?RAMEN5Across11 Broken by bread, ultimately toaster fails special checksROADTESTS9Across12 SelectedCHOSEN6Across13 Trucks by which spaghetti's eaten?FORKLIFTS9Across13 The sixth book in the Mr Men series by Roger HargreavesMRBUMP6Across14 1969 film by Federico Fellini, loosely based on Petronius's work of the same nameSATYRICON9Across15 Side of letter I forgot to writeCHIPS5Across16 TheoreticallyONPAPER7Across16 A climate pattern that occurs across the tropical Pacific Ocean roughly every five yearsELNINO6Across16 1970 film by Michelangelo Antonioni with a soundtrack featuring Pink Floyd and the Grateful DeadZABRISKIEPOINT14Across17 American guy crosses river and leavesCHARD5Across18 ReligionFAITH5Across18 BackboneSPINALCOLUMN12Across19 Spooner's work with butter brand reveals a craft of sortsOILTANKER9Across20 A series of three related worksTRILOGY7Across20 ClaimALLEGE6Across20 Greek hero of the Trojan War who killed himself when Achilles' armour was given to OdysseusAJAX4Across21 TopicTHEME5Across21 Former volunteers retired in California, chasing a whiff of flowers?BOTANICAL9Across22 Witold ___, Polish composer and conductor whose works include the orchestral song-cycle Chantefleurs et chantefablesLUTOSLAWSKI11Across22 Horse that won the 1953 DerbyPINZA5Across23 Junk that is put on potato in ScotlandTATIE5Across24 Japanese cartoon films of which Spirited Away is the highest-grossing exampleANIME5Across25 The only settlement on, and as such, the capital of, the Pitcairn IslandsADAMSTOWN9Across26 Drink cold water before date, excitedlyICEDTEA7Across26 Clown enthusiast that mimics a horseCOCONUT7Across27 Passages coated with brown, sticky stuff beginning to dry, becoming stuck-upTOFFEENOSED11Across28 Fish from Marillion's penultimate album's outCOD3Across29 Rover model in which Andy Rouse won the 1984 British Saloon Car ChampionshipVITESSE7Across29 A best-selling 1974 novel by Len DeightonSPYSTORY8Across32 Old English coin worth five shillingsCROWN5Across34 Another name for the Greek classical hero HerculesHERACLES8Across35 Norman hero of the First Crusade who played a prominent part in the capture of Jerusalem in 1099TANCRED7Across36 Novel by Erich Segal published on Valentine's Day in 1970LOVESTORY9Across37 See 31 DownJOSEPHHAYDN11Across38 Actress sister of Sinéad and Sorcha CusackNIAMH5Across42 Large body of fresh water in Perth and Kinross at whose eastern end the River Tummel beginsLOCHRANNOCH11Across44 A member of a South American Indian people whose empire centred on PeruINCA4Across47 2015 film featuring Daniel Craig in his fourth performance as James BondSPECTRE7Across48 1925 novel by F Scott Fitzgerald set during the summer of 1922THEGREATGATSBY14Across50 Giorgio ___, Italian fashion designer who studied medicine at the University of Milan for three yearsARMANI6Across51 Auguste ___, French chef at London's Savoy Hotel in the last decade of the 19th centuryESCOFFIER9Across52 1987 film starring Mickey Rourke and Faye Dunaway that is a semi-autobiography of Charles BukowskiBARFLY6Across54 Federal subject of Russia whose capital is GroznyCHECHENREPUBLIC15Across56 Thomas ___, author of the first picaresque novel in English, The Unfortunate Traveller, or the Life of Jack WiltonNASHE5Across57

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Heating stoked coal on one fire almost turning coldCALORIFIC9Down1 Country whose capital is BakuAZERBAIJAN10Down1 HonourKNIGHTHOOD10Down1 Sauce made from fish and ... um ... that's itGARUM5Down2 Language almost identical to Hindi in basic structure and grammarURDU4Down2 ScentedODOROUS7Down2 Endless roulade, initially eaten in a frenzy, then leftETERNAL7Down3 Any cell that is suspended in a fluid, such as erythrocytes and leucocytesCORPUSCLE9Down3 Secret agentsSPIES5Down3 Show-off that's more 'sophisticated' rejecting last bit of sandwichPOSER5Down4 Christian festival celebrated on November 1ALLSAINTSDAY12Down4 LargerBIGGER6Down4 Stone implementNEOLITH7Down5 Judges drunk by about 1:50 in ReadingREHEARSAL9Down5 See 39DUCKBILLEDPLATYPUS18Down5 See 55RUSHHOUR8Down6 WeirdEERIE5Down6 The last ice-cream portion is bigger, potentiallyELASTIC7Down6 Is it used to eat Chinese pork? YesCHOPSTICK9Down7 King of England whose mother was Mary, Queen of ScotsJAMESI6Down7 Australian city, capital of New South WalesSYDNEY6Down8 Wiltshire landmarkSTONEHENGE10Down8 Mess up the topping for summer puddingsDUFFS5Down8 Writer of histories and annals of the Roman EmpireTACITUS7Down11 Doc Brown's dog in the Back to the Future filmsEINSTEIN8Down12 StretchEXPANSE7Down12 The state capital of NebraskaLINCOLN7Down13 Have a go at and complain - it's a British traditionROASTBEEF9Down14 FitSEIZURE7Down14 The natural order of things in Iceland?FOODCHAIN9Down15 Young salmonGRILSE6Down15 Part of the eyePUPIL5Down17 Given too much seafood? Finally, the diet is abandoned!SURFEITED9Down17 Be buoyantFLOAT5Down18 British art rock band whose debut single was Virginia PlainROXYMUSIC9Down18 Where one might eat catch taken in by high tideDINETTE7Down19 1981 top ten single by ToyahIWANTTOBEFREE13Down19 Soldier on LSD that works to achieve neutralityANTACID7Down21 One-litre bar bottles producedBUILT5Down22 The ___, private hospital in Roehampton best known for treating celebrities for addictionPRIORY6Down23 Vanilla Ice samples guitar partsLICKS5Down23 Department of France, in Picardy region, whose capital is LaonAISNE5Down24 Weight I put on top of cement mixerTONIC5Down25 City on the coast of S China that was a Portuguese overseas province until 1999MACAO5Down27 George ___, American actor best known for playing Norm Peterson in CheersWENDT5Down28 Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wineEUCHARIST9Down30 Austrian composer who wrote the oratorios The Creation and The SeasonsJOSEPHHAYDN11Down31 Small edible marine decapod crustacean with a long tail and two pairs of pincersPRAWN5Down33 Peninsula containing the countries of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia and SomaliaHORNOFAFRICA12Down35 The amphibious Australian egg-laying mammal Ornithorhynchus anatinusDUCKBILLEDPLATYPUS18Down39 1984 David Bowie top ten hit, loosely inspired by Eddie CochranBLUEJEAN8Down40 Nontechnical name for the femurTHIGHBONE9Down41 A sound recording disc used for demonstration or other short-term purposesACETATE7Down43 Dead skin, especially that round the base of a fingernail or toenailCUTICLE7Down45 Real first name of "Shaggy" in the Scooby-Doo cartoonsNORVILLE8Down46 Any coniferous tree of the genus PiceaSPRUCE6Down48 Chinese system of exercise and self-defence, using balance and co-ordination with minimum effortTAICHI6Down49 Points value of the brown ball in snookerFOUR4Down53 1998 film starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker that spawned two sequelsRUSHHOUR8Down55

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, September 21, 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.