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The Independent Crossword April 22 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 54 clues from the The Independent Crossword for April 22 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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Study indications characteristic in body of water north-west of Iceland131 AcrossReveal answer → Recess31 AcrossReveal answer → Defeat43 AcrossReveal answer → Bird of prey45 AcrossReveal answer → Maybe onion is to cry over48 AcrossReveal answer → Up-to-date79 AcrossReveal answer → Spits next to hat? It makes me speechless109 AcrossReveal answer → Extemporise510 AcrossReveal answer → Dribble excitedly over upper-class American singer810 AcrossReveal answer → Part of a passenger ship1311 AcrossReveal answer → Delivery from first of youthful employees unwrapped611 AcrossReveal answer → Circumspect712 AcrossReveal answer → Extinguish most of blaze next to small trees1013 AcrossReveal answer → Goodness, one's a yes, at first416 AcrossReveal answer → Disappearance of brightness not good417 AcrossReveal answer → Spirit suppressed by nudist, ill at ease1018 AcrossReveal answer → Ownerless found objects1318 AcrossReveal answer → Rise to great height in Persia, somehow620 AcrossReveal answer → Devout520 AcrossReveal answer → Cargo721 AcrossReveal answer → Gets nice flies in branch of biology822 AcrossReveal answer → Cervine animal422 AcrossReveal answer → Second-hand423 AcrossReveal answer → Live troll oddly ignored American convict, current leader who partied with young girls1024 AcrossReveal answer → Plaything324 AcrossReveal answer → Jelly portion in tea garden426 AcrossReveal answer → Deprived and unhappy in bed? Call Edward1327 AcrossReveal answer →

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Arm muscle61 DownReveal answer → Betray 20 in Rome?111 DownReveal answer → Milfoil62 DownReveal answer → No problem, mostly, to kick out professional of high rank52 DownReveal answer → Long note53 DownReveal answer → Suffering US heading for transformation93 DownReveal answer → On reflection, I would spot content of fake sport that's not breathtaking?74 DownReveal answer → Decorative design and handicraft134 DownReveal answer → Scruffy final character in Breakfast at Tiffany's eviscerated55 DownReveal answer → It sprinkles holy water in breathing apparatus, according to initiates96 DownReveal answer → Slumbering66 DownReveal answer → Body part seen in northern resort from time to time37 DownReveal answer → Japanese drama67 DownReveal answer → Give way68 DownReveal answer → Stretcher produced after basic dental works1112 DownReveal answer → Oppose613 DownReveal answer → Site Celts developed to produce plums914 DownReveal answer → Brainless614 DownReveal answer → Boffin, one enthralled by exotic insect in street?915 DownReveal answer → Distant615 DownReveal answer → Zero616 DownReveal answer → Aristocracy617 DownReveal answer → Indication Rita perhaps married woman in Rome719 DownReveal answer → Step519 DownReveal answer → Got better, and stopped losing head521 DownReveal answer → Back in Belfast with a north German accent523 DownReveal answer → Stop being flexible when naked325 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, April 22, 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.