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The Independent Crossword April 16 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 53 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 53 clues from the The Independent Crossword for April 16 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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How you might get thing in a cryptic crossword?71 AcrossReveal answer → Cutlery item41 AcrossReveal answer → Irrigates63 AcrossReveal answer → One's inspired by something comforting in a psalm to find organ75 AcrossReveal answer → Cricketer128 AcrossReveal answer → Bases for judgment89 AcrossReveal answer → Country singer broadcast410 AcrossReveal answer → Follow410 AcrossReveal answer → Forever611 AcrossReveal answer → "Dab of cream works on wrinkles" — articles in magazine1011 AcrossReveal answer → In aircraft, beginning to take Krypton to Superman1012 AcrossReveal answer → Totally posh gaff on Eastenders313 AcrossReveal answer → Big cat gets man calling ground control814 AcrossReveal answer → Drive away614 AcrossReveal answer → Successor to Oscar Wilde staging primarily juicy stuff616 AcrossReveal answer → Duty list416 AcrossReveal answer → Marine crustacean818 AcrossReveal answer → Some mountain ranges around magical land618 AcrossReveal answer → Try piece of rigatoni as part of experiment820 AcrossReveal answer → Formal approval1221 AcrossReveal answer → Quince moved from Madrid to Rome, swallowing European lies about bug322 AcrossReveal answer → Cleaning cloth622 AcrossReveal answer → Pulse from bachelor, say, began after heart bypass1023 AcrossReveal answer → Type of cabbage423 AcrossReveal answer → Hotel offering party after trendy men ring back1025 AcrossReveal answer → Sun set to the west - how disappointing426 AcrossReveal answer → Entrance to sacred ground in pieces727 AcrossReveal answer → Dealers arrested in order to get rid of ecstasy728 AcrossReveal answer →

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Not as many51 DownReveal answer → Head of ITV rejected a pitch: 'Love Island Lover'92 DownReveal answer → Soft Italian cheese72 DownReveal answer → Time Keir reformed accessible transport53 DownReveal answer → Band 'Kiss' gets permit74 DownReveal answer → Clumsy74 DownReveal answer → Bring to bear55 DownReveal answer → Petrolhead short of fuel drove one finally for a spin76 DownReveal answer → Infertile76 DownReveal answer → One laid down and procreated, wanting love for a change97 DownReveal answer → Swerve47 DownReveal answer → Occasionally, mind recalls model58 DownReveal answer → Change cast: Tarantino must139 DownReveal answer → Panther712 DownReveal answer → Exalted713 DownReveal answer → Nasty old boy with no debts acquiring Twitter now915 DownReveal answer → Staying power715 DownReveal answer → Assumed name517 DownReveal answer → Online influencer's woke, wanting content Mr Beast put out917 DownReveal answer → Bit of moussaka spilling in space to stay719 DownReveal answer → Wander419 DownReveal answer → Jousting weapon520 DownReveal answer → One listing characters: Harry, Ron, or Hermione?721 DownReveal answer → Hate one about to feed five thousand522 DownReveal answer → Fed up with views shifting to the right on computer524 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, April 16, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.