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The Independent Crossword September 28 2024 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 116 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword September 28 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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Shout of disapprovalBOO3Across4 DefeatBEAT4Across5 EnfoldWRAP4Across6 Wrap we hasten to cookENSWATHE8Across7 Ways to package doughnut affecting qualityPATHOS6Across8 1927 German expressionist film directed by Fritz LangMETROPOLIS10Across9 StrifeDISCORD7Across9 Pale purpleMAUVE5Across10 Singer and actor who married Nancy Barbato, Ava Gardner and Mia FarrowFRANKSINATRA12Across11 Projection of cartilage in the neckADAMSAPPLE10Across11 Current time to retire for Macron or possible White House resident?INUIT5Across11 Wanting run, Victor Borge's heading past camperWINNEBAGO9Across12 Either a lark or a gull in springtime?APRILFOOL9Across13 BBC TV drama series that ran from 1971 to 1980THEONEDINLINE13Across13 Filmed auditionSCREENTEST10Across14 Team given one of Pep's tips - be brave!MANUP5Across14 Harold ___, 1924 Olympic 100m champion depicted in the 1981 film Chariots of FireABRAHAMS8Across14 1999 American teen romantic comedy starring Heath Ledger, loosely based on Shakespeare's The Taming of the ShrewTENTHINGSIHATEABOUTYOU22Across15 Act half-heartedly boxing fighter, old one like Achilles?DEMIGOD7Across15 Mountain ashROWAN5Across18 Group defending Alaba's header, with cheers from Barcelona maybeCATALAN7Across18 ExperienceUNDERGO7Across19 'The Explosive Blonde' in the first of 10 films starring Ann Sothern, based on the 1935 novel Dark Dame by Wilson CollisonMAISIE6Across19 AA member, say, I installed in cooler roomATTIC5Across19 English county that was abolished in 1996AVON4Across20 Man in the street knocked back drink with melting ice, drinking litres behind barJOEPUBLIC9Across20 Circular tentYURT4Across20 A young unfledged pigeonSQUAB5Across21 Rotary fileBURR4Across21 Young goatKID3Across22 What lovers do in luxury car is topsROLLNECKS9Across23 Plant from which opium is obtainedPOPPY5Across23 Ethan's coat put on back-to-front?ENDON5Across25 A song I composed? Miss this for musical entertainmentSAIGON6Across26 Hero-worshipper behind Obama, initially, or BushOLEANDER8Across27 Jaroslav ___, Czech novelist and short-story writer who wrote The Good Soldier SchweikHASEK5Across27 Dutch violinist and conductor noted for his January 1 concerts with the Johann Strauss OrchestraANDRRIEU8Across29 1980 hit single by Roxy Music, subtitled There's a Band Playing On the RadioOHYEAH6Across30 Country whose capital is ReykjavikICELAND7Across31 Poet and playwright whose works include The Waste Land and Murder in the CathedralTSELIOT7Across34 England Men's Test cricket captain from 2017 to 2022JOEROOT7Across36 Commercial and industrial city in northwestern Germany with a major port on the River WeserBREMEN6Across38 Genus of plants that includes the spurges and poinsettiaEUPHORBIA9Across39 1984 musical, with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny AnderssonCHESS5Across42 The former English name for the Roman consul, orator and writer CiceroTULLY5Across44 American hickory tree with edible nutsPECAN5Across45 A member of a South American Indian people whose empire centred on PeruINCA4Across46 1974 David Essex hit single that was his only US chart successROCKON6Across47 Country whose capital is BanguiCENTRALAFRICANREPUBLIC22Across51 Japanese video game corporation founded as a card company in 1889NINTENDO8Across54 Colourless corrosive liquid whose formula is H2SO4SULPHURICACID13Across56 Book of the Old Testament traditionally ascribed to the prophet JeremiahLAMENTATIONS12Across60 Country whose capital is WellingtonNEWZEALAND10Across61

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County known as "The Garden of England"KENT4Down1 Island nation adopting incredibly wise candidate for high officeLEWISANDHARRIS14Down1 Web-footed birdGOOSE5Down1 Department of France whose capital is MezieresARDENNES8Down2 Provider, wasting energy once, recycles paper the wrong wayISSUER6Down2 HaphazardRANDOM6Down2 Slovenian town that hosted the World Rowing Championships for the fourth time in 2011BLED4Down3 Like a lazy, indolent slacker, say, given no slack over branch of philosophyTAUTOLOGIC10Down3 VictoryTRIUMPH7Down3 American sports channel owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company and Hearst CommunicationsESPN4Down4 Hack probing new line-up of hot rock groupTHEWHO6Down4 Dwell (Archaic)BIDE4Down4 Play by Victoria Wood first performed in 1978TALENT6Down5 Hail Roman supporting Republican PartyRAVE4Down5 VegetablesBROADBEANS10Down5 Ukrainian figure skater who was the 1994 Olympic ladies ChampionOKSANABAIUL11Down6 Flying metal planes flying around without personnelSHRAPNEL8Down6 Like betterPREFER6Down7 Character from French pantomime with a whitened face, white costume and pointed hatPIERROT7Down7 Philistine city-state that was home to GoliathGATH4Down8 Senior diplomatAMBASSADOR10Down8 Discern extremely rare jackets using a single pin in retail areaSHOPPINGCENTRE14Down9 Spanish in Libya's capital swan around outside togetherENBLOC6Down10 An alloy of copper and zinc used as imitation goldPINCHBECK9Down10 A feather or plastic attachment fitted to a dart to give it stability in the airFLIGHT6Down11 Communications code word for the letter RROMEO5Down12 Into errorASTRAY6Down12 Drawings etcARTWORK7Down13 One remarkably aged wine in thisMETHUSELAH10Down14 1996 Suede song that is their biggest selling singleTRASH5Down15 Zodiac signTAURUS6Down15 Means to be heard, entertaining earl with improbable irony, perhapsMETALLIC8Down16 Penniless (Informal)BROKE5Down16 A spiral-horned African antelopeNYALA5Down16 The distinctive fleshy wattle that hangs from the top of the beak of the male turkeySNOOD5Down17 Make low dive after emptying plane, banking roughlyDEJECT6Down17 ClaspHOLD4Down17 The main vocalist and songwriter of RadioheadTHOMYORKE9Down18 East African runner maintaining small store on a farmENSILE6Down21 Would-be fancy car filled by BobbyLADIDA6Down22 The capital of EcuadorQUITO5Down22 Greek philosopher who founded the Academy in AthensPLATO5Down24 Oscar slicing bean for a fresh starterNOOB4Down24 British fashion retailer founded by Tom Singh in Taunton in 1969NEWLOOK7Down25 The extinct flightless bird Raphus cucullatusDODO4Down26 1975 horror fiction novel by Stephen King, originally entitled Second ComingSALEMSLOT9Down28 Island on which Prince Philip was bornCORFU5Down32 1880 novel by Émile Zola, the ninth instalment in the 20-volume Les Rougon-Macquart seriesNANA4Down33 A dark reddish-brown pigment obtained from the inky secretion of the cuttlefishSEPIA5Down35 French tennis player who was nicknamed "the Crocodile"RENELACOSTE11Down37 West African republic whose capital is Porto NovoBENIN5Down40 A communal meal in the early Christian church commemorating the Last SupperAGAPE5Down41 Any cell that is suspended in a fluid, such as erythrocytes and leucocytesCORPUSCLE9Down42 A member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno of CitiumSTOIC5Down43 The most successful Chilean football club, based in Macul, SantiagoCOLOCOLO8Down48 Sobriquet of Erik Lehnsherr, played by Ian McKellen and Michael Fassbender in the X-Men film seriesMAGNETO7Down49 Comic character, created and performed by Spike Milligan in The Goon ShowECCLES6Down50 Genus of shrubs that includes the heaths and some heathersERICA5Down52 Port in Russia, on the River Don, 30 miles from the Sea of AzovROSTOV6Down53 River on which Middlesbrough standsTEES4Down55 First name of the protagonist of the animated TV series King of the HillHANK4Down57 Arthur ___, the first manager to lead Tottenham Hotspur to the First Division Championship titleROWE4Down58 Schoolgirl who won the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest with All Kinds of EverythingDANA4Down59

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, September 28, 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.