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The Independent Crossword September 7 2024 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 110 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword September 7 2024 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 110 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#
Old firearmMUSKET6Across1 Married couple and lieutenant cuddling is stuff of fantasyWISHLIST8Across1 Place of eternal sufferingHELL4Across5 Plants beginning to cause rashCHIVES6Across5 Railway coachCARRIAGE8Across8 Improvised jazz singingSCAT4Across9 CalamitousCATACLYSMIC11Across10 Frenchman joined a union that's modernisedRENEWED7Across10 Playwright whose works include All My Sons, Death of a Salesman and The CrucibleARTHURMILLER12Across11 One directs former racketeer to replace iron with goldORDERER7Across11 CondimentPEPPER6Across12 Trump caught in a bad lie, perhapsROUGH5Across12 Actress who played Debs in the sitcom Men Behaving BadlyLESLIEASH9Across13 Soft silky yarnMOHAIR6Across14 The capital of SardiniaCAGLIARI8Across14 Cocktail at marriage, endless supply!MARGARITA9Across14 HaulierLORRYDRIVER11Across15 A column of rising air used by gliders to gain heightTHERMAL7Across15 Where to study bulls and bears, ferrets and fishBUSINESSSCHOOL14Across15 TV sitcom of the 1980s set in the fictional Maplins holiday campHIDEHI6Across16 The final opera by Richard StraussCAPRICCIO9Across17 Goalkeeper who played 172 games for Manchester City between 1997 and 2007NICKYWEAVER11Across18 Old piece of crust that's extremely drySUPERCONTINENT14Across18 Mound of sandDUNE4Across19 Song that gave Carole King a top 10 hit in the UK in 1962ITMIGHTASWELLRAINUNTILSEPTEMBER31Across20 OddPECULIAR8Across20 Not as muchLESS4Across21 WonderMARVEL6Across22 Tiny label read out by setter's too muchEXCESSIVE9Across22 Sun's beginning to disappear? Better take top off!UNCAP5Across24 Travel round state, fightingGOABOUT7Across25 English musician whose top ten singles include Budapest, Paradise and ShotgunGEORGEEZRA10Across25 Stop entertaining frightfully rude boreENDURED7Across26 See 45THEKRAKENWAKES14Across27 City on the French Riviera founded by Phocaeans from Marseille in about the 3rd century BCNICE4Across28 Key worker making some faulty pistonsTYPIST6Across28 Balance that bid showsSYMMETRY8Across29 A member of a Roman Catholic religious order founded by Ignatius Loyola in 1534JESUIT6Across30 New York-born conductor and composer whose film scores include The French Lieutenant's WomanCARLDAVIS9Across31 Nickname of the character Willard Barnes in the TV series DallasDIGGER6Across33 A pictorial representation of a facility on a computer systemICON4Across34 Augustus ___, the first person to find a Golden Ticket in Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryGLOOP5Across35 American tennis player who won both the Wimbledon and the Australian men's singles titles in 1951DICKSAVITT10Across37 1993 American film adaptation of a Pulitzer Prize-nominated John Guare play of the same name starring Stockard ChanningSIXDEGREESOFSEPARATION22Across40 1937 film directed by Robert J Flaherty and Zoltan Korda, based on a story from Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle BookELEPHANTBOY11Across42 1953 science fiction novel by John WyndhamTHEKRAKENWAKES14Across45 Book size resulting from folding a sheet of paper of a specified size to form eight leavesOCTAVO6Across47 The innermost layers of an organ or part, especially of a blood vesselINTIMAE7Across49 The guitarist in QueenBRIANMAY8Across50 1983 horror film starring Catherine Deneuve and David Bowie, based on a novel by Whitley StrieberTHEHUNGER9Across51 Province of Canada whose capital is FrederictonNEWBRUNSWICK12Across52

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Somewhere to hang hospital gown?WARDROBE8Down1 US sitcom whose guest stars have included Hillary Clinton, Adam Levine and Shania TwainBROADCITY9Down1 Suspend outrageous parodiesSENDUPS7Down2 King of Macedonia who was the father of Alexander the GreatPHILIPII8Down2 So as to surpriseUNAWARES8Down2 See 21 downLOW3Down3 1844 opera by Giuseppe Verdi, based on a play by Victor HugoERNANI6Down3 Buddhist principleKARMA5Down3 With Atropos and Lachesis, one of the three Fates in Greek mythologyCLOTHO6Down4 Stomach is churning with sodas — they make it soreSADOMASOCHISTS14Down4 Film advertTRAILER7Down4 CannabisHASHISH7Down5 Character created by David McKee for several children's books and an animated TV series on the BBCMRBENN6Down5 American actress whose films include Goodbye, Columbus and Love StoryALIMACGRAW10Down6 Heavy metalLEAD4Down6 Labour target regenerating after cuts at the topHYDRA5Down6 Character in Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel Gone with the Wind with whom Scarlett O'Hara is obsessedASHLEYWILKES12Down7 I got drunk after very briefly feeling highVERTIGO7Down7 Untidy stateMESS4Down7 Stage name of Derek William Dick, the former lead singer of the band MarillionFISH4Down8 Band run out of clothesSTREAK6Down8 Goran ___, footballer who in 2021 became the first Macedonian to score 100 goals in one of the top five European football leaguesPANDEV6Down9 Solver's wrong about end of puzzle? Count last wordsYOURSSINCERELY14Down9 Best Picture winner at the 2009 Oscars, directed by Kathryn BigelowTHEHURTLOCKER13Down10 Set freeLIBERATE8Down11 Protagonist of Margaret Atwood's Booker Prize-winning novel The Blind AssassinIRISCHASE9Down12 Swinger is one moaning, nakedHINGE5Down13 Great abilityPROWESS7Down13 Small amountMODICUM7Down14 EngrossedRAPT4Down16 Lines of dialogue between human and pigeon recordedHAIKU5Down16 LayaboutIDLER5Down17 Parks in reverse without aim, like an idiotSTUPIDLY8Down17 Solid with six facesCUBE4Down18 1973 play by Peter Shaffer about a young man who has a pathological fascination with horsesEQUUS5Down19 Relative docked when heading to plane to prepare for takeoffUNCLASP7Down19 Piece of work runs into barEXCERPT7Down20 Brawn won over rowing teamWEIGHT6Down21 City in Afghanistan on the Hari Rud RiverHERAT5Down21 Another name for a vizierWAZIR5Down22 The largest seaside resort in WalesLLANDUDNO9Down23 More than one nerd packs upSWOTS5Down23 1984 album by David BowieTONIGHT7Down24 Either of the two occasions, six months apart, when day and night are of equal lengthEQUINOX7Down26 Sun set to the east by 28, getting darkDIM3Down27 2015–16 English Premier League championsLEICESTERCITY13Down29 1993 film starring John Candy loosely based on the true story of the Jamaica national bobsleigh teamCOOLRUNNINGS12Down31 Range of over-the-counter medications originally manufactured by a family-owned company in Greensboro, North Carolina, from the late 19th centuryVICKS5Down32 The state capital of DelawareDOVER5Down33 Ric ___, bass guitarist in the bands Family, Blind Faith, Ginger Baker's Air Force and TrafficGRECH5Down35 The part of a cathedral or church east of the choir, in which the main altar is situatedPRESBYTERY10Down36 See 20 AcrossITMIGHTASWELLRAINUNTILSEPTEMBER31Down38 The third solo album by Van Morrison, released in 1970MOONDANCE9Down39 Dame Kiri ___, New Zealand soprano who sang at the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana SpencerTEKANAWA8Down41 The hard white substance that covers the crown of each toothENAMEL6Down43 Sheikh ___, Saudi Arabian minister of petroleum and mineral resources from 1962 to 1986YAMANI6Down44 ITV comedy series that starred Nicholas Lyndhurst and Janet DibleyTHETWOOFUS10Down45 The most watched TV channel in ItalyRAIUNO6Down46 See 45THETWOOFUS10Down48

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, September 7, 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.