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The Independent Crossword April 20 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 54 clues from the The Independent Crossword for April 20 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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Break into most of Burgundy, say, procured by barman?61 AcrossReveal answer → Hit hard51 AcrossReveal answer → Vocalise musically44 AcrossReveal answer → Chatted and reportedly drank after game84 AcrossReveal answer → Electrical component127 AcrossReveal answer → Saying58 AcrossReveal answer → Articles of dress79 AcrossReveal answer → Pass time, after hospital discharge, taking in lake's magnificence910 AcrossReveal answer → Prepared to smoke under the influence511 AcrossReveal answer → Edible tuber611 AcrossReveal answer → Dirty story-writing brothers to erase writing during get-together712 AcrossReveal answer → Compensate for613 AcrossReveal answer → Claimed to be distinguished714 AcrossReveal answer → Bar manager's initially done some cooking - hot pub grub, typically1415 AcrossReveal answer → Disseminate716 AcrossReveal answer → Seat518 AcrossReveal answer → Current position is broadcast, after employees took over by force internally1418 AcrossReveal answer → Type of boxer1219 AcrossReveal answer → Impel420 AcrossReveal answer → Subsequently521 AcrossReveal answer → Load of stuff, finally, to send away722 AcrossReveal answer → Giggle about W being X's predecessor724 AcrossReveal answer → Circles and discs circling rings525 AcrossReveal answer → Great number missing at disastrous rallies here926 AcrossReveal answer → Brutally taser mad Leo, first, and wild Olive828 AcrossReveal answer → Brunel meets Virginia in pub, but fruitlessly629 AcrossReveal answer →

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Justify71 DownReveal answer → Primate's pet project suppressed by President81 DownReveal answer → Treat badly52 DownReveal answer → Maybe 'electric' encapsulates it32 DownReveal answer → Trashy63 DownReveal answer → Happy to exchange one drop of Tabasco for thick sauce?93 DownReveal answer → Poseur74 DownReveal answer → Guy using blade decapitated pigs, lots having tail removed75 DownReveal answer → Compass point55 DownReveal answer → Healthy food's down around a pound56 DownReveal answer → Abolished86 DownReveal answer → Strap-on kinky Tina smeared in supposed protective agent117 DownReveal answer → Stand-in's responsibility to keep record68 DownReveal answer → South African’s taking on ten fighters69 DownReveal answer → Soak810 DownReveal answer → Move heavily on wheels712 DownReveal answer → It's blueprinted in us all: a mix of conceit and greed - not right!1113 DownReveal answer → Walk unsteadily714 DownReveal answer → Breakfast food615 DownReveal answer → Mistake comic actor once for one from Drury Lane?916 DownReveal answer → Strange Oriental leader, unstable Vladimir's mate817 DownReveal answer → Monk517 DownReveal answer → Ridge518 DownReveal answer → Criminal's crime?719 DownReveal answer → Vehicle driver heading off to board Yankee vessel620 DownReveal answer → Unendingly obey a power above, a god621 DownReveal answer → Periodically nomad seeks these sources of relief523 DownReveal answer → She's in the van327 DownReveal answer →

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Monday, April 20, 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.