The Independent Crossword April 18 2026 Answers

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Below are all 115 clues from the The Independent Crossword for April 18 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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Animal hair31 AcrossReveal answer → Liberal spreading often a good thing for soil51 AcrossReveal answer → Style63 AcrossReveal answer → Reason to limit beer consumption94 AcrossReveal answer → Agile entertainer77 AcrossReveal answer → Smile broadly48 AcrossReveal answer → Participate in part of rally led by former student79 AcrossReveal answer → Picture129 AcrossReveal answer → Division of Nature is sued for unoriginal publication710 AcrossReveal answer → Italian mathematician who popularised the decimal system in Europe1710 AcrossReveal answer → Optimistic611 AcrossReveal answer → Adjoining areas where hundreds and thousands might be gathered?811 AcrossReveal answer → Genus of plants in which the flowers are produced in a spadix surrounded by a spathe412 AcrossReveal answer → Store mostly underwear in front of vacant repository612 AcrossReveal answer → Long-stemmed vegetable613 AcrossReveal answer → Dutch actor who played replicant Roy Batty in the 1982 film Blade Runner1113 AcrossReveal answer → Carmaker's headquarters514 AcrossReveal answer → Four crotchet beats to the bar in music1014 AcrossReveal answer → Approaching on foot, women off for term's opening lecture915 AcrossReveal answer → English composer whose 32 symphonies include the large-scale Gothic Symphony1315 AcrossReveal answer → Sweat1216 AcrossReveal answer → Stokes notices Carson's beginning to spin deliveries917 AcrossReveal answer → English city whose Latin name was Lindum717 AcrossReveal answer → In baseball, a division of the game consisting of a turn at bat and a turn in the field for each side618 AcrossReveal answer → Pen name of the American novelist and humorist Samuel Langhorne Clemens919 AcrossReveal answer → Agitate419 AcrossReveal answer → Bono's second song reignited loyal hearts519 AcrossReveal answer → Juvenile's released at jail620 AcrossReveal answer → Revealed720 AcrossReveal answer → Tyrant621 AcrossReveal answer → English singer whose surname is Adkins521 AcrossReveal answer → Organ of sight322 AcrossReveal answer → Gentle entertainment at river, lying around eating tree nuts822 AcrossReveal answer → Tree also known as the trembling poplar522 AcrossReveal answer → Stimulating milky beverage made from the dried leaves of the South American tree Ilex paraguariensis923 AcrossReveal answer → Strong and popular type of pain relief drug725 AcrossReveal answer → The capital of the Central African Republic626 AcrossReveal answer → Coot's positive universities can provide stimulation726 AcrossReveal answer → Environmentally conscious film involves no finance expert927 AcrossReveal answer → Histrionics from a mardy bum not unknown528 AcrossReveal answer → The Croatian name for Croatia830 AcrossReveal answer → Middlesex town that became part of the London Borough of Hillingdon in 1965 and was the erstwhile home of EMI Records532 AcrossReveal answer → Location of the first signing of a treaty between Maori Chiefs and the British Crown in 1840 whose name means 'weeping waters' in Maori833 AcrossReveal answer → The large Indian antelope Boselaphus tragocamelus634 AcrossReveal answer → Italian name for sponge fingers, an important ingredient in the dessert tiramisu935 AcrossReveal answer → In Greek mythology, an enchantress who detained Odysseus on her island and turned his men into swine536 AcrossReveal answer → See 441139 AcrossReveal answer → City in the Netherlands, in central Gelderland province, close to Het Loo, the summer residence of the Dutch royal family941 AcrossReveal answer → Former New Zealand batsman who scored the fastest double century in Test cricket against England in Christchurch in 20021144 AcrossReveal answer → Market town on the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire associated with "a fine lady upon a white horse" in a well-known nursery rhyme745 AcrossReveal answer → 1931 novel by Aldous Huxley set in the London of AD 25401347 AcrossReveal answer → Robin ___, Rude Mechanical in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream who plays the part of Moonshine in the performance of Pyramus and Thisbe1050 AcrossReveal answer → 1798 oratorio by Joseph Haydn considered by many to be his masterpiece1151 AcrossReveal answer → Island in the Pacific Ocean that is the largest and southernmost of the Marianas453 AcrossReveal answer → Former county of England formed in 1974 from parts of Durham and Yorkshire954 AcrossReveal answer → Any one of eight bicuspid teeth in the human adult855 AcrossReveal answer →

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Student changing into top from M&S makes promiscuous one horny51 DownReveal answer → English theatre director who founded the Liverpool Everyman Theatre and ran the RSC for 13 years101 DownReveal answer → Wild51 DownReveal answer → Shut, leaderless, small cafe sadly suffers blow to reputation92 DownReveal answer → Small biting insect commonly found near stagnant water42 DownReveal answer → Coffee variety72 DownReveal answer → The Mrs and I disturbed people seeking peace and quiet73 DownReveal answer → Amphibian of the family Hylidae with long toes ending in adhesive discs which assist in climbing83 DownReveal answer → Become developed63 DownReveal answer → Period of darkness54 DownReveal answer → Trump experienced this therapy, one with electric charge, following stumble104 DownReveal answer → In the Old Testament, Moses' successor who led the Israelites in the conquest of Canaan64 DownReveal answer → Incident75 DownReveal answer → Play by Alfred Jarry that opened and closed in Paris on December 10, 189665 DownReveal answer → Slice of toast or not? Struggling to decide45 DownReveal answer → 1997 film starring Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube and Jon Voight86 DownReveal answer → Greatest amount possible76 DownReveal answer → Folding love note after a doctor visits76 DownReveal answer → Max ___, German boxer who was world heavyweight champion between 1930 and 193297 DownReveal answer → Muppet Movie's selling point perhaps57 DownReveal answer → European organisation hosts jolly for all98 DownReveal answer → A cocked hat with two points68 DownReveal answer → 1815 novel by Sir Walter Scott subtitled The Astrologer129 DownReveal answer → Poison710 DownReveal answer → Fictional material in the 1961 Disney film The Absent-Minded Professor which gave its name to a 1997 remake711 DownReveal answer → In Greek mythology, the only Amazon known to have married712 DownReveal answer → Respire712 DownReveal answer → Loud blow to indicate the start of hostilities?1013 DownReveal answer → South American king provided crystal meth for prostitute914 DownReveal answer → Instance714 DownReveal answer → Noiseless615 DownReveal answer → Electronic system for the transfer and storage of telephone messages916 DownReveal answer → Bits of information on European country written by local916 DownReveal answer → Fragment517 DownReveal answer → Publish518 DownReveal answer → American on horseback corralling soldiers in city718 DownReveal answer → Priest off the rails with opioid ultimately barred719 DownReveal answer → In Greek mythology, a woman participant in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus619 DownReveal answer → Radio and TV personality who co-presented the ITV children's show Magpie from 1977 to 1980, replacing Douglas Rae920 DownReveal answer → Came across ducks imitating person521 DownReveal answer → Moroccan port which became the centre of an international incident in 1911 when a gunboat arrived to protect German interests621 DownReveal answer → Theatre taking up a lot of time?523 DownReveal answer → Black Chinese tea whose name came to be associated with an inferior grade524 DownReveal answer → Lied about where cheese comes from?424 DownReveal answer → The SI derived unit of magnetic flux density525 DownReveal answer → Best picture at the 2000 Oscars927 DownReveal answer → 1980 Rupert Holmes single known as "The Piña Colada Song"628 DownReveal answer → Country whose capital is Stockholm629 DownReveal answer → Popular song written by Noel Gay and Ralph Butler for the show The Little Dog Laughed1231 DownReveal answer → A white grape grown in the Burgundy region of France and elsewhere, used for making wine1037 DownReveal answer → 1969 road movie written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Terry Southern938 DownReveal answer → Chinese puzzle in which shapes are formed from a square cut up into seven pieces740 DownReveal answer → American actor whose films include 12 Angry Men and Sweet Bird of Youth, for which he won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar842 DownReveal answer → Jonathan ___, BBC Radio 5 Live's main tennis reporter from 2002 to 2013743 DownReveal answer → City and port in Connecticut that is the seat of Yale University844 DownReveal answer → Agency of the United Nations that sponsors programmes to promote education, communication, the arts, etc646 DownReveal answer → Robert ___, American film director whose works include Nashville and Short Cuts648 DownReveal answer → Rock band from "29 Down" whose biggest hit was the 1986 single The Final Countdown649 DownReveal answer → Metallic element with the chemical symbol Fe452 DownReveal answer →

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