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The Independent Crossword April 20 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword April 20 2026 answers. The Monday 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#
Break into most of Burgundy, say, procured by barman?BREACH6Across1 Hit hardWHACK5Across1 Vocalise musicallySING4Across4 Chatted and reportedly drank after gameGOSSIPED8Across4 Electrical componentCIRCUITBOARD12Across7 SayingADAGE5Across8 Articles of dressCLOTHES7Across9 Pass time, after hospital discharge, taking in lake's magnificenceSPLENDOUR9Across10 Prepared to smoke under the influenceLITUP5Across11 Edible tuberPOTATO6Across11 Dirty story-writing brothers to erase writing during get-togetherBEGRIME7Across12 Compensate forOFFSET6Across13 Claimed to be distinguishedMADEOUT7Across14 Bar manager's initially done some cooking - hot pub grub, typicallyBANGERSANDMASH14Across15 DisseminateDIFFUSE7Across16 SeatCHAIR5Across18 Current position is broadcast, after employees took over by force internallySTATEOFAFFAIRS14Across18 Type of boxerMIDDLEWEIGHT12Across19 ImpelURGE4Across20 SubsequentlyLATER5Across21 Load of stuff, finally, to send awayPACKOFF7Across22 Giggle about W being X's predecessorTWITTER7Across24 Circles and discs circling ringsLOOPS5Across25 Great number missing at disastrous rallies hereNUREMBERG9Across26 Brutally taser mad Leo, first, and wild OliveOLEASTER8Across28 Brunel meets Virginia in pub, but fruitlesslyINVAIN6Across29

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
JustifyWARRANT7Down1 Primate's pet project suppressed by PresidentBUSHBABY8Down1 Treat badlyABUSE5Down2 Maybe 'electric' encapsulates itEEL3Down2 TrashyKITSCH6Down3 Happy to exchange one drop of Tabasco for thick sauce?CONDIMENT9Down3 PoseurSHOWOFF7Down4 Guy using blade decapitated pigs, lots having tail removedOARSMAN7Down5 Compass pointNORTH5Down5 Healthy food's down around a poundSALAD5Down6 AbolishedSCRAPPED8Down6 Strap-on kinky Tina smeared in supposed protective agentPATRONSAINT11Down7 Stand-in's responsibility to keep recordDEPUTY6Down8 South African’s taking on ten fightersBOXERS6Down9 SoakSATURATE8Down10 Move heavily on wheelsTRUNDLE7Down12 It's blueprinted in us all: a mix of conceit and greed - not right!GENETICCODE11Down13 Walk unsteadilySTAGGER7Down14 Breakfast foodCEREAL6Down15 Mistake comic actor once for one from Drury Lane?MUFFINMAN9Down16 Strange Oriental leader, unstable Vladimir's mateESTRAGON8Down17 MonkFRIAR5Down17 RidgeCREST5Down18 Criminal's crime?OFFENCE7Down19 Vehicle driver heading off to board Yankee vesselARTERY6Down20 Unendingly obey a power above, a godAPOLLO6Down21 Periodically nomad seeks these sources of reliefOASES5Down23 She's in the vanEVA3Down27

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