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The Independent Crossword April 23 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 52 clues from the The Independent Crossword for April 23 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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ClueLetters#Answer
In a short time41 AcrossReveal answer → Multitude43 AcrossReveal answer → Date leaves for tastier dinner, we hear44 AcrossReveal answer → Sea creature protects a bit of land46 AcrossReveal answer → Hairy swinger opening hotel57 AcrossReveal answer → Notional mark to one's credit127 AcrossReveal answer → Laconic59 AcrossReveal answer → Wedding guest trashed basement after dropping an E79 AcrossReveal answer → Mean, for example710 AcrossReveal answer → Struggle611 AcrossReveal answer → Bats agreed to welcome black hawk after name change711 AcrossReveal answer → Old dad ultimately upset one's left home512 AcrossReveal answer → Turkey gobbles behind short male bullies?913 AcrossReveal answer → Globe613 AcrossReveal answer → Club supporters of course part of the furniture715 AcrossReveal answer → Originator of theory's sore over hypothetical particle716 AcrossReveal answer → Scottish emblem716 AcrossReveal answer → Era518 AcrossReveal answer → Mark Antony's second only to bloody revolutionary chief918 AcrossReveal answer → Declaration at wedding also exposed loved ones519 AcrossReveal answer → European plug stopping phone receiving text720 AcrossReveal answer → Vegetables1220 AcrossReveal answer → At liberty421 AcrossReveal answer → Stretchy Scrabble piece covers multiple spaces722 AcrossReveal answer → Farm building422 AcrossReveal answer → A bunch of seamstresses sabotaging spinning jennies?523 AcrossReveal answer → Military sphere supposedly sending third of weapons to the front424 AcrossReveal answer → Regiment kept in the dark loses heart425 AcrossReveal answer →

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ClueLetters#Answer
Stand-in101 DownReveal answer → Those inside second home misspend now and then cut back101 DownReveal answer → Smell52 DownReveal answer → Stingy individual back on cheaper booze42 DownReveal answer → Worship53 DownReveal answer → Rolls with wedges, maybe?63 DownReveal answer → Many characters of a certain age put on these74 DownReveal answer → Banal74 DownReveal answer → Ancient people some spot playing around – is Methuselah one?135 DownReveal answer → Ill65 DownReveal answer → Hold-up56 DownReveal answer → One charged after boosting of two vehicles initially tried taking off117 DownReveal answer → Leather shorts with braces108 DownReveal answer → Perhaps Benjamin Button arranged loan in obscure language138 DownReveal answer → A couple of postgraduates penning article on movement's figure study1110 DownReveal answer → Captain712 DownReveal answer → Ancient city infiltrating large state again works on paper1014 DownReveal answer → Verse614 DownReveal answer → Light brown515 DownReveal answer → On sites for puzzling, most like the Inquisitor717 DownReveal answer → String517 DownReveal answer → Popular breakfast show on the radio618 DownReveal answer → Musical drama519 DownReveal answer → I spy it go snap or squash?421 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, April 23, 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.