Category: The Independents Jumbo General Crossword Answers
| Page 1 of 98 | Crossword Buzz Answers
The Independents Jumbo General Crossword Answers -23-March-2024 |
The Independents Jumbo General Crossword Answers -16-March-2024 |
The Independents Jumbo General Crossword Answers -9-March-2024 |
- 1.Japanese port almost completely destroyed by the second atomic bomb dropped by the US in 1945
- 2.A former French gold coin worth 20 francs
- 3.American gangster who led a Prohibition-era crime syndicate in Chicago
- 4.1985 novel by Bret Easton Ellis named after a song by Elvis Costello
- 5.Animals that have all four limbs specialised for walking
- 6.Coniferous tree with needle-like evergreen leaves and erect barrel-shaped cones
- 7.Coral island of Japan, the largest of the Ryukyu Islands
- 8.Canadian city that is capital of Alberta
- 9.Argentine tennis player who won the women's singles title at the US Open in 1990
- 10.An elementary school in France
- 11.Eastern dish of spiced rice
- 12.Kate Bush single that reached number five in the UK chart in 1980
- 13.The capital of Cape Verde
- 14.Small edible marine decapod crustacean with a long tail and two pairs of pincers
- 15.Sport played by the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers, for example
- 16.Mineral form of mercuric sulphide that is the main commercial source of mercury
- 17.A medium-sized smooth-haired breed of dog with a short nose and a docked tail
- 18.1973 Western film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood
- 19.2001 fantasy novel by Neil Gaiman whose central character is Shadow
- 20.Private research university in California founded in 1891
- 21.1984 Joe Dante film starring Zach Galligan and Phoebe Cates
- 22.A drink made with advocaat and lemonade
- 23.Well-known Neapolitan song written in 1898 by Giovanni Capurro and Eduardo di Capua
- 24.The second largest city in Pakistan
- 25.US state whose capital is Topeka
- 26.Caribbean island divided into Haiti and the Dominican Republic
- 27.The largest electronic screen-based equity securities trading market in the United States
- 28.Novel by Leo Tolstoy published in serial instalments from 1873 to 1877
- 29.In cricket, a fielder who stands a little way behind and to the offside of the wicketkeeper
- 30.June 21 in Canada, celebrating the First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples of Canada
- 31.A stock comic character originating in the commedia dell'arte, usually represented in diamond-patterned multicoloured tights and a black mask
- 32.1929 German silent film directed by G W Pabst and starring Louise Brooks
- 33.In Ulster, a dish of mashed potatoes and spring onions or leeks
- 34.The first film the Marx Brothers made for MGM after their departure from Paramount
- 35.Genus of plants that includes the spurges and poinsettia
- 36.London station opened in 1863 as the terminus of the original Metropolitan Railway
- 37.Scottish castle purchased by Queen Victoria's consort Prince Albert in 1852
- 38.Form of Islam practised by guitarist Richard Thompson
- 39.The kitchen of a ship, boat or aircraft
- 40.Former name of the Polish city of Gdansk
- 41.The legal alias of the Archbishops of York
- 42.The first black footballer to represent England in a full international match
- 43.American guitarist who died in London in 1970
- 44.Oscar-winning actress whose children include Kate Hudson
- 45.Guitarist whose groups included Cream and Blind Faith
- 46.The Italian word for coffee
- 47.Song by Ray Charles, released as a single in 1959
- 48.David ___, English bowls champion who won the Commonwealth Games singles bowls championship on four occasions
- 49.Island and county off the northwest coast of Wales known as Ynys Môn in Welsh
- 50.The guitarist in Led Zeppelin
- 51.River giving its name to what is usually considered the first battle of the Crimean War
- 52.An antimicrobial substance applied to living tissue to reduce the possibility of infection
- 53.Island country in the eastern Caribbean Sea whose capital is Castries
- 54.Nontechnical name for the clavicle
- 55.Italian former footballer, awarded the Ballon d'Or in 1969, who became an MEP
- 56.A small usually ornamented case for holding needles, cosmetics, or other small articles
- 57.The southern school of Buddhism, literally "the teaching of the elders"
- 58.A wall or jetty built out from a riverbank or seashore to control erosion
- 59.James ___, British prime minister from 1976 to 1979
- 60.Rubén ___, Nicaraguan poet who initiated the Spanish-American literary movement known as modernismo
- 61.English rugby league footballer named Man of Steel for the 2020 season
- 62.English blues guitarist who founded Fleetwood Mac
- 63.BBC drama series in which Nigel Le Vaillant originally played the central role
- 64.1990 sci-fi film starring Tim Matheson, Charlton Heston and Peter Boyle
- 65.A clergyman attached to a cathedral who is not a member of the chapter
- 66.1976 live album by Bob Dylan
- 67."___ is fatal only to the mediocre” (Albert Camus)
- 68.Thoroughfare in New York City famous for its theatres
- 69.Bass guitarist of The Who who died in 2002
- 70.Vaslav ___, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer of Polish descent who died in 1950
- 71.The brightest star in the constellation Lyra
- 72.Laurent ___, French cyclist who won the Tour de France twice, in 1983 and 1984
- 73.In ancient Greece, a passionate choral hymn in honour of Dionysus
- 74.A toxic silvery-white metallic element of the lanthanide series, occurring principally in monazite
- 75.A word imputing a characteristic to a noun or pronoun
- 76.American author and poet, best remembered for his accounts of pioneering life in California
- 77.One of the royal cities of the Canaanites, called "the glory of Israel" by Micah
- 78.A sulphur-containing amino acid important in the metabolism of fats
- 79.The head of government of Ireland
- 80.The second album by U2, released in 1981
- 81.Sam ___, American actor after whom a theatre next to the Globe Theatre in London is named
- 82.Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist who co-founded the band Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills
- 83.The NW division of Oceania, which includes the Mariana, Caroline, Marshall, and Kiribati island groups, and Nauru Island
- 84.BBC TV sitcom set in a small-town café in Nazi-occupied France during WWII
- 85.The official currency unit of Indonesia
- 86.French brandy distilled from the remains of grapes pressed for wine-making
- 87.The bow of a vessel
- 88.Colourless gas with a chlorine-like odour, formed by an electric discharge in oxygen
- 89.The annual flowering plant love-in-a-mist
- 90.Village in Hertfordshire best known for its film and TV studios
- 91.Genus of yeasts including one which causes thrush
- 92.1963 novel by Alistair MacLean filmed by John Sturges in 1968
- 93.Oscar-winning 1935 film directed by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur that was Noel Coward's film debut in a speaking role
- 94.Stage name of Ian Fraser Kilmister of Hawkwind and Motörhead
- 95.Invitational international ice hockey tournament held on five occasions between 1976 and 1991
- 96.1979 album by Rainbow on which Ritchie Blackmore was reunited with Deep Purple bandmate Roger Glover
- 97.The anterior portion of the brain of vertebrates, also called the telencephalon
- 98.Chief executive of the entertainment company Syco
- 99.Scottish guitarist and singer-songwriter who was a member of the folk groups The Boys of the Lough and Five Hand Reel
- 100.American actor who was married to actresses Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie
- 101.Social science associated with Margaret Mead and Bronislaw Malinowski
- 102.Former Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer created a baron in 2020
- 103.1988 children's novel by Roald Dahl
- 104.The sixth-largest city in Israel
- 105.Term popularised by the practice of Dr Adolf Lorenz of Vienna at the beginning of the 20th century
- 106.The third planet from the sun
- 107.A statue, obelisk, column, etc. cut from one block of stone
- 108.Australian tennis player who won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, including Wimbledon in 1964 and 1965
- 109.Black grape used in winemaking whose name literally means "young blackbird"
- 110.Darren ___, former England footballer who played for Portsmouth, Spurs, Birmingham City, Wolves and Bournemouth
- 111.Disgraced cyclist who won the Tour de France in a record-breaking seven consecutive years
- 112.Industrial town in South Yorkshire whose football team are nicknamed The Tykes
- 113.Historical German county and duchy located between the Harz Mountains and the river Elbe
- 114.A white ground of plaster and size used to prepare panels or canvas for painting
- 115.Nickname of British Vice Admiral Edward Vernon
- 116.Silk, wool, rayon, or cotton fabric with a transversely corded surface
- 117.Juan ___, general elected three times as President of Argentina
- 118.The most popular cheese in the United Kingdom
- 119.The skin of a peach or grape, for example
- 120.Name given to Castilian nobleman Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar
- 121.Plant that decays to form peat
- 122.Home/personal computer produced by Commodore in 1977
- 123.Jackson 5 single that topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1970
- 124.Area in South East England between the North and the South Downs
- 125.The diameter of the opening through which light passes in an optical instrument such as a camera
- 126.Song by Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul and Anne-Marie that was the 2016 Christmas number one
- 127.Another name for Calvary
- 128.The capital of Niger
- 129.British pianist made a Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1941
- 130.Sax ___, pen name of English novelist Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward, best remembered for his series of novels featuring Dr Fu Manchu
- 131.The ancient capital of Assyria, on the River Tigris
- 132.Song written by Jimmy Webb in 1968, first recorded by Glen Campbell
- 133.Town in Monmouthshire whose racecourse became the regular venue of the Welsh National in 1949
- 134.American TV sci-fi drama series, created by Tim Kring, that ran from 2006 to 2010
- 135.Former name for Madagascar
- 136.Variety of quartz, used as a gemstone, also called smoky quartz
- 137.In the Old Testament, son of Boaz and Ruth who was the father of Jesse
- 138.Village in the Dominican Republic considered the first formal European settlement in the New World, founded by Christopher Columbus during his second voyage in 1493
- 139.The first act to reach number one in the UK Singles Chart with their first three releases
- 140.1977 album by David Bowie
- 141.Compact masses of hardened fungal mycelium containing food reserves
- 142.Punishment imposed by church authority as a condition of absolution
- 143.Stage name of American rapper, record producer and actor Kamaal Ibn John Fareed, who was born Jonathan Davis
- 144.Northern oceanic diving bird with black-and-white plumage and a long narrow bill
- 145.Jewish official at the court of Artaxerxes, king of Persia, after whom a book of the Old Testament is named
- 146.First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945
- 147.A member of a Central American Indian people who dominated the valley of Mexico from about 950 until overrun by the Aztecs in 1160 AD
- 148.The Battle of ___, fought in 1862, was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history
- 149.Hollow cylindrical body part that connects the middle ear with the nasopharynx
- 150.A very fine resinous powder, especially of cuttlefish bone, formerly used to dry ink