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The Independent Crossword April 10 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword April 10 2026 answers. The Friday puzzle has 54 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#
Film actress about to enter gala eventBACALL6Across1 Small hole in the skinPORE4Across1 MeadowLEA3Across3 Departure location’s pretentiousness before journeyAIRSTRIP8Across4 Area for reportersPRESSBOX8Across7 Public disorderRIOT4Across8 Type of pictureLANDSCAPE9Across9 Patrons unexpectedly elect to retain right of possessionCLIENTELE9Across10 Tea popular in a number of cafes, perhapsCHAIN5Across11 Simple organismAMOEBA6Across12 Confusion about piano or wind instrumentPIPE4Across12 Fellows suppressing wrong number, keeping one hidden for a long timeMILLENNIUM10Across13 Request for reliefAPPEAL6Across13 Top class deal arranged and maintained by country’s foremost soldiers, repeatedlyCREMEDELACREME14Across15 Record player partTURNTABLE9Across15 State of mindMOOD4Across18 Editorial comment describing provocative questions - clear it needs editingLEADINGARTICLE14Across18 Roman Catholic dignitaryCARDINAL8Across19 Broad flat fishRAY3Across20 Boat partKEEL4Across21 Absurd rail works receiving allocated quantityIRRATIONAL10Across22 Worker ate about noonHAND4Across24 Flavoursome plant in the Bible for you and meTHYME5Across26 One loved working of animator around end of CinderellaINAMORATA9Across27 Sound of phone ultimately jarring during start of religious chantRINGTONE8Across28 Apparently weak figure having quiet power around borderSHRIMP6Across29

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Pig meatPORK4Down1 Second set of cards in haversackBACKPACK8Down1 DeterminationRESOLVE7Down2 Disable cold water movementCRIPPLE7Down2 Not strictLAX3Down3 Insect damaging to human life, initiallyLUNAMOTH8Down3 Main arteryAORTA5Down4 I had top removed from concrete - perfectIDEAL5Down5 CopiousABUNDANT8Down5 Less than adequate discount, perhapsSECONDRATE10Down6 PosyNOSEGAY7Down6 Line is buried in many sheets of paper? It shows what actually happensREALISM7Down7 A plan involving an upset in American territoryPANAMA6Down8 Reviewed one idea about power, like tragic king?OEDIPEAN8Down9 Sheath for a swordSCABBARD8Down10 Strong feelingEMOTION7Down11 ImmaturePUERILE7Down14 Fully prepared to study Irish poet, mostly covering time overseas at the outsetREADYTOEAT10Down14 Additional clauseRIDER5Down16 A practical scientist, perhaps, welcoming a US statesman?ALABAMAN8Down16 Froth on drink? See male tucking in beamHEADLAMP8Down17 Horizontal barRAIL4Down17 That, in archaic fashion, is linked to peer near the beginningEARLYON7Down19 BashfulCOY3Down19 Indian bread apparently in discussion supported by IndiaCHAPATI7Down20 Man, tense, embraced by man that’s nearMISTER6Down21 Something not wanted soaring round one’s headONION5Down23 See 3LUNAMOTH8Down25

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, April 10, 2026. 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.