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The Independent Crossword April 24 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword April 24 2026 answers. The Friday 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#
Central partCORE4Across1 Recap finding uranium in reservoirSUMUP5Across1 Herbal infusionTISANE6Across3 Take another look: it’s not exactly Air on a G String?BACKTRACK9Across4 Lose hopeDESPAIR7Across7 BoundaryLIMIT5Across8 Causes male to abandon slippers, leaving nothing in them?OCCASIONS9Across9 Old man turned and concealed garden pestAPHID5Across10 London cricket groundLORDS5Across10 LateOVERDUE7Across11 Item for bathroom and toilet getting fine expression of approvalLOOFAH6Across11 Cultural rebirthRENAISSANCE11Across12 Operate election involving the Church? That’s where things will come home to roostDOVECOTE8Across12 Place brewing the café-au-lait – or something stronger?CHATEAULAFITE13Across14 Turned my back in shame, wearing briefs - they’re rather shortUNDERPAYMENTS13Across17 GraduateALUMNUS7Across17 TastySAPID5Across19 Not out there and not empty - that’s only naturalINHERENT8Across19 Expensive car: BMW’s agreed with British newspaper (not half)JAGUAR6Across20 ClimbSCALE5Across21 HeartfeltEARNEST7Across22 A lot of team having the same set of beliefsCREDO5Across23 Small mammalWEASEL6Across23 Steps in, shaken, to limit new English incompetenceINEPTNESS9Across24 AnxietyFEAR4Across24 Hypocritical, I note, following religious educationINSINCERE9Across25 Acted the part of Oscar in small roleCAMEO5Across26

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Spike pursuing that woman carrying old Oxford tie?SHOELACE8Down1 EmbraceCUDDLE6Down1 Chances of hummus being dished up? About the sameMUCHOFAMUCHNESS15Down2 Part of a stepRISER5Down2 Italian ingredient: former essential component of mealsPASTA5Down3 Cat with mottled markingsTORTOISESHELL13Down3 Openings for blackmail – one’s agreed record of gamblingBOOK4Down4 OintmentSALVE5Down4 Views of the world – military bosses and soldiers cracking dams?COSMORAMAS10Down5 WanderingNOMADIC7Down5 Figure corporation should receive a prize for corruptionTRAPEZIUM9Down6 Sick feelingNAUSEA6Down6 Oxford establishment remains, spy getting a new source of inspiration with little hesitationASHMOLEANMUSEUM15Down7 I’d touch of nephritis in vital organKIDNEY6Down8 Long journeyTREK4Down9 TeachEDUCATE7Down13 Artist adopted by fashion designer in Spain in state of isolationQUARANTINE10Down13 Soak upABSORB6Down14 OvertakePASS4Down15 Cover that is inverted, turning red and blueEIDERDOWN9Down15 Chief journalistEDITOR6Down16 French are to urge end of Americano - in favour of this?ESPRESSO8Down16 Korean cuisine: I’m mostly smart going to capital of KoreaKIMCHI6Down18 RequirementsNEEDS5Down18 BitPIECE5Down20 Airport management keeping it soaring in high-level placeATTIC5Down21 Enthusiastic student’s cry that travels widely?MEME4Down22

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, April 24, 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.