The Independent's Jumbo Crossword 12 August 2023 Answers

Please find below all the The Independent's Jumbo Crossword 12 August 2023 Answers. This is one of the most popular crossword puzzles available for both online and in print version. Today's puzzle (12 August 2023) has a total of 56 crossword clues. If you are stuck and are looking for help then you have come to the right place.

B The Collector e

10G

11G

12A

13R

Royal elf created by J R R Tolkien and played by Cate Blanchett in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film series

Metal alloy consisting primarily of copper usually with tin as the main additive

Temperature scale in which the melting and boiling points of water are 0 and 80 degrees respectively

Shrub of the genus Elaeagnus with an olive-like fruit

A thin slice of meat usually veal coated with egg and breadcrumbs and fried

England football manager at Euro 96

10B

11L

12E

13S

Alcoholic drink made by fermenting honey and water usually with spices added

1989 Australian thriller film starring Sam Neill filmed around the Great Barrier Reef

Island state in the Indian Ocean whose capital is Port Louis

The period of time permitted by commercial usage for the redemption of foreign bills of exchange

Rock group in which Jools Holland came to fame as a keyboard player

Song with which Sam Ryder represented the UK at the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest

African country whose capital is Nairobi

Celtic punk band fronted by Shane MacGowan

Horny protuberance on a horse's fetlocks

Horse that Bob Champion rode to victory in the 1981 Grand National

Legendary British city in Arthurian legends that is the home of Elaine

D A Bridge Too Far u

D Glad All Over r

Greek hero who wandered for ten years after the siege of Troy

Annual Asian plant Cannabis sativa whose tough fibres are used to make canvas and rope

Captain of the England cricket team for 45 Test matches from 1999 to 2003

10S

11A

12I

13N

1947 novella by John Steinbeck whose central character is called Kino

BBC TV sitcom set in a small-town café in Nazi-occupied France during WWII

A colourless oily pungent poisonous liquid used in the manufacture of dyes plastics pharmaceuticals and explosive

T Pleuronectes platessa h

Lead singer of Tyrannosaurus Rex later T Rex

Debut single by The Honeycombs that topped the UK chart in 1964

10I

11G

12H

13T

A team sport of Native American origin

Fantasy world created by C S Lewis

English actor who starred in the sitcoms [Doctor in the House Mind Your Language] and

10S

The capital of the former province of West Pakistan

O Emma r

10A

11X

An aromatic compound derived from phenol found in coal tar and creosote

Former National Hunt jockey who was Champion Jockey eight times (including one title shared with John Francome)

10A

11M

12O

13R

14E

Rupert Brooke poem that begins If I should die think only this of me

10R

An area of interlocking basalt columns in County Antrim the result of volcanic eruption

10S

11E

12W

13A

14Y

Supreme commander of a fleet or navy

A squirrel's nest

A Hans Christian Andersen c

Either of the points in the elliptical orbit of a planet or comet where it is closest to or furthest from the sun

Dr Seuss character played on screen by Jim Carrey in a 2000 film

Cocktail originally served at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix

10N

11R

12I

13S

14E

1989 film starring Dolly Parton Olympia Dukakis Shirley MacLaine Sally Field Julia Roberts and Daryl Hannah

10O

11L

12I

13A

14S

A fast German vessel carrying guns and torpedoes in World War II

The oldest city in Germany

2000 film that starred Jamie Bell in the title role

10O

11T

Dance troupe who made their debut on Top of the Pops in 1968

10E

English rap music project led by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Mike Skinner

10S

English singer songwriter and model who released her eponymous debut album in 2017

A Walking in Memphis m

Small fort or earthwork especially to defend a bridge pass etc.

An oriental pipe also called a hubble-bubble

Swedish aerospace and defence company that began manufacturing cars in 1945

A venomous snake of the family that includes the cobras coral snakes and mambas

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Facts and Figures

There are a total of 56 clues in the 12 August 2023 The Independent's Jumbo Crossword puzzle.
The shortest answer is MEAD which contains 4 Characters.
Alcoholic drink made by fermenting honey and water usually with spices added is the crossword clue of the shortest answer.
The longest answer is PETERSCUDAMORE which contains 14 Characters.
Former National Hunt jockey who was Champion Jockey eight times (including one title shared with John Francome) is the crossword clue of the longest answer.
The unused letters in 12 August 2023 The Independent's Jumbo Crossword puzzle are