The Independent Crossword April 18 2026 Answers

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Below are all the The Independent Crossword April 18 2026 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 115 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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Animal hairFUR3Across1 Liberal spreading often a good thing for soilMULCH5Across1 StyleMANNER6Across3 Reason to limit beer consumptionRATIONALE9Across4 Agile entertainerACROBAT7Across7 Smile broadlyGRIN4Across8 Participate in part of rally led by former studentOBSERVE7Across9 PictureILLUSTRATION12Across9 Division of Nature is sued for unoriginal publicationREISSUE7Across10 Italian mathematician who popularised the decimal system in EuropeLEONARDOFIBONACCI17Across10 OptimisticUPBEAT6Across11 Adjoining areas where hundreds and thousands might be gathered?ENSUITES8Across11 Genus of plants in which the flowers are produced in a spadix surrounded by a spatheARUM4Across12 Store mostly underwear in front of vacant repositoryPANTRY6Across12 Long-stemmed vegetableCELERY6Across13 Dutch actor who played replicant Roy Batty in the 1982 film Blade RunnerRUTGERHAUER11Across13 Carmaker's headquartersSEATS5Across14 Four crotchet beats to the bar in musicCOMMONTIME10Across14 Approaching on foot, women off for term's opening lectureTALKINGTO9Across15 English composer whose 32 symphonies include the large-scale Gothic SymphonyHAVERGALBRIAN13Across15 SweatPERSPIRATION12Across16 Stokes notices Carson's beginning to spin deliveriesCSECTIONS9Across17 English city whose Latin name was LindumLINCOLN7Across17 In baseball, a division of the game consisting of a turn at bat and a turn in the field for each sideINNING6Across18 Pen name of the American novelist and humorist Samuel Langhorne ClemensMARKTWAIN9Across19 AgitateSTIR4Across19 Bono's second song reignited loyal heartsSONNY5Across19 Juvenile's released at jailIMMURE6Across20 RevealedEXPOSED7Across20 TyrantDESPOT6Across21 English singer whose surname is AdkinsADELE5Across21 Organ of sightEYE3Across22 Gentle entertainment at river, lying around eating tree nutsOPERETTA8Across22 Tree also known as the trembling poplarASPEN5Across22 Stimulating milky beverage made from the dried leaves of the South American tree Ilex paraguariensisYERBAMATE9Across23 Strong and popular type of pain relief drugINTENSE7Across25 The capital of the Central African RepublicBANGUI6Across26 Coot's positive universities can provide stimulationIMPULSE7Across26 Environmentally conscious film involves no finance expertECONOMIST9Across27 Histrionics from a mardy bum not unknownDRAMA5Across28 The Croatian name for CroatiaHRVATSKA8Across30 Middlesex town that became part of the London Borough of Hillingdon in 1965 and was the erstwhile home of EMI RecordsHAYES5Across32 Location of the first signing of a treaty between Maori Chiefs and the British Crown in 1840 whose name means 'weeping waters' in MaoriWAITANGI8Across33 The large Indian antelope Boselaphus tragocamelusNILGAI6Across34 Italian name for sponge fingers, an important ingredient in the dessert tiramisuSAVOIARDI9Across35 In Greek mythology, an enchantress who detained Odysseus on her island and turned his men into swineCIRCE5Across36 See 44NATHANASTLE11Across39 City in the Netherlands, in central Gelderland province, close to Het Loo, the summer residence of the Dutch royal familyAPELDOORN9Across41 Former New Zealand batsman who scored the fastest double century in Test cricket against England in Christchurch in 2002NATHANASTLE11Across44 Market town on the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire associated with "a fine lady upon a white horse" in a well-known nursery rhymeBANBURY7Across45 1931 novel by Aldous Huxley set in the London of AD 2540BRAVENEWWORLD13Across47 Robin ___, Rude Mechanical in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream who plays the part of Moonshine in the performance of Pyramus and ThisbeSTARVELING10Across50 1798 oratorio by Joseph Haydn considered by many to be his masterpieceTHECREATION11Across51 Island in the Pacific Ocean that is the largest and southernmost of the MarianasGUAM4Across53 Former county of England formed in 1974 from parts of Durham and YorkshireCLEVELAND9Across54 Any one of eight bicuspid teeth in the human adultPREMOLAR8Across55

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Student changing into top from M&S makes promiscuous one hornyMOOSE5Down1 English theatre director who founded the Liverpool Everyman Theatre and ran the RSC for 13 yearsTERRYHANDS10Down1 WildFERAL5Down1 Shut, leaderless, small cafe sadly suffers blow to reputationLOSESFACE9Down2 Small biting insect commonly found near stagnant waterGNAT4Down2 Coffee varietyROBUSTA7Down2 The Mrs and I disturbed people seeking peace and quietHERMITS7Down3 Amphibian of the family Hylidae with long toes ending in adhesive discs which assist in climbingTREEFROG8Down3 Become developedMATURE6Down3 Period of darknessNIGHT5Down4 Trump experienced this therapy, one with electric charge, following stumbleREELECTION10Down4 In the Old Testament, Moses' successor who led the Israelites in the conquest of CanaanJOSHUA6Down4 IncidentEPISODE7Down5 Play by Alfred Jarry that opened and closed in Paris on December 10, 1896UBUROI6Down5 Slice of toast or not? Struggling to decideTORN4Down5 1997 film starring Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube and Jon VoightANACONDA8Down6 Greatest amount possibleMAXIMUM7Down6 Folding love note after a doctor visitsORIGAMI7Down6 Max ___, German boxer who was world heavyweight champion between 1930 and 1932SCHMELING9Down7 Muppet Movie's selling point perhapsASSET5Down7 European organisation hosts jolly for allEVERYBODY9Down8 A cocked hat with two pointsBICORN6Down8 1815 novel by Sir Walter Scott subtitled The AstrologerGUYMANNERING12Down9 PoisonCYANIDE7Down10 Fictional material in the 1961 Disney film The Absent-Minded Professor which gave its name to a 1997 remakeFLUBBER7Down11 In Greek mythology, the only Amazon known to have marriedANTIOPE7Down12 RespireBREATHE7Down12 Loud blow to indicate the start of hostilities?FLASHPOINT10Down13 South American king provided crystal meth for prostituteSACRIFICE9Down14 InstanceEXAMPLE7Down14 NoiselessSILENT6Down15 Electronic system for the transfer and storage of telephone messagesVOICEMAIL9Down16 Bits of information on European country written by localGENITALIA9Down16 FragmentSCRAP5Down17 PublishISSUE5Down18 American on horseback corralling soldiers in cityTORONTO7Down18 Priest off the rails with opioid ultimately barredSTRIPED7Down19 In Greek mythology, a woman participant in the orgiastic rites of DionysusMAENAD6Down19 Radio and TV personality who co-presented the ITV children's show Magpie from 1977 to 1980, replacing Douglas RaeTOMMYBOYD9Down20 Came across ducks imitating personMETOO5Down21 Moroccan port which became the centre of an international incident in 1911 when a gunboat arrived to protect German interestsAGADIR6Down21 Theatre taking up a lot of time?ARENA5Down23 Black Chinese tea whose name came to be associated with an inferior gradeBOHEA5Down24 Lied about where cheese comes from?DELI4Down24 The SI derived unit of magnetic flux densityTESLA5Down25 Best picture at the 2000 OscarsGLADIATOR9Down27 1980 Rupert Holmes single known as "The Piña Colada Song"ESCAPE6Down28 Country whose capital is StockholmSWEDEN6Down29 Popular song written by Noel Gay and Ralph Butler for the show The Little Dog LaughedRUNRABBITRUN12Down31 A white grape grown in the Burgundy region of France and elsewhere, used for making wineCHARDONNAY10Down37 1969 road movie written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Terry SouthernEASYRIDER9Down38 Chinese puzzle in which shapes are formed from a square cut up into seven piecesTANGRAM7Down40 American actor whose films include 12 Angry Men and Sweet Bird of Youth, for which he won a Best Supporting Actor OscarEDBEGLEY8Down42 Jonathan ___, BBC Radio 5 Live's main tennis reporter from 2002 to 2013OVEREND7Down43 City and port in Connecticut that is the seat of Yale UniversityNEWHAVEN8Down44 Agency of the United Nations that sponsors programmes to promote education, communication, the arts, etcUNESCO6Down46 Robert ___, American film director whose works include Nashville and Short CutsALTMAN6Down48 Rock band from "29 Down" whose biggest hit was the 1986 single The Final CountdownEUROPE6Down49 Metallic element with the chemical symbol FeIRON4Down52

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, April 18, 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.