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The Independent Crossword April 25 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 109 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword April 25 2026 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 109 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#
Tall grass stalkREED4Across1 Church passagewayAISLE5Across3 FuryRAGE4Across7 We had initially identified the camouflaged birdWHITEHEAD9Across7 SufficientADEQUATE8Across8 Roman procurator of Judaea who ordered the crucifixion of JesusPONTIUSPILATE13Across9 Discovered large American pheasantARGUS5Across9 LinkedASSOCIATED10Across9 Vehicle from 60s I turned behind abruptlyMINICAB7Across11 Headgear made from fruit worn by dancer originallyBANDANA7Across12 Imposed settlementDIKTAT6Across12 The common European bird Pyrrhula pyrrhulaBULLFINCH9Across12 Extremely hazy about program's contentHAPPY5Across13 ModerniseUPDATE6Across13 Clear out messy desk and go offSKEDADDLE9Across14 The first woman, according to the Old TestamentEVE3Across14 A short piece of instrumental music that is improvisatoryIMPROMPTU9Across15 Toy weaponPEASHOOTER10Across15 Port in Liguria that is the chief naval base in ItalyLASPEZIA8Across16 Stockholder is ready for business, withholding nothingPEN3Across16 Swedish-born actor whose films include The Exorcist and Star Wars: The Force AwakensMAXVONSYDOW11Across17 Wedding day ultimately ruined after bride's heart rejected somewhere in WalesGWYNEDD7Across17 SpitefulVENOMOUS8Across18 American painter, printmaker and filmmaker who claimed that "in the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes"ANDYWARHOL10Across18 Some military advisors lying about global revolutionDAY3Across19 Small nailBRAD4Across20 Research facility in front of assembly plant produces white mineralALABASTER9Across20 Cosmetics company founded in 1904 that was acquired by L'Oréal in the 1970sGARNIER7Across20 Root vegetableSWEDE5Across21 Word or phrase in which the letters of another word or phrase are rearrangedANAGRAM7Across21 Open letter to the French president from Émile Zola accusing the French government of anti-Semitism in the jailing of Alfred DreyfusJACCUSE7Across22 States opposed banning latest drugAVERS5Across22 Ballet leapJETE4Across22 More annoyed in rage rambling and raving at firstANGRIER7Across23 Covering that is primarily shielding workers in the ArcticHUSKIES7Across25 Jesse ___, Grammy award-winning American bluegrass mandolin player who has been a member of the Grand Ole Opry since 1964MCREYNOLDS10Across26 Cow is close to dead and extremely thin - not goodDAUNT5Across27 Essentially downy, we float freely around river?WATERFOWL9Across28 Leader of the Labour Party from 1983 to 1992NEILKINNOCK11Across29 Gog ___ Downs, range of low chalk hills south east of CambridgeMAGOG5Across32 English Renaissance dramatist whose satirical plays include The AlchemistBENJONSON9Across34 Cathedral city in North Yorkshire whose racecourse hosted Britain's first horse race for female jockeys in 1723RIPON5Across35 Croatian-born electrical engineer who discovered the principles of alternating currentsNIKOLATESLA11Across36 Anton Chekhov play that received its Moscow première in 1899 under the direction of Konstantin StanislavskiUNCLEVANYA10Across37 Elf in J R R Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings played by Orlando Bloom in Peter Jackson's film seriesLEGOLAS7Across39 Members of the Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of SolomonKNIGHTSTEMPLAR14Across41 North Devon seaside resort whose harbour is overlooked by Hillsborough HillILFRACOMBE10Across47 Area of a football pitch also known as the 18-yard boxPENALTYAREA11Across50 North American tree also called an ash-leaved mapleBOXELDER8Across52 1983 film starring Nick Nolte, Gene Hackman and Joanna Cassidy, set during the last days of the Nicaraguan revolutionUNDERFIRE9Across53 Acronym for a set of protocols enabling mobile phones and other radio devices to be connected to the InternetWAP3Across54 Dieterich ___, Danish composer and organist who influenced Bach and HandelBUXTEHUDE9Across55 First three words of a well-known acronym for the sequence of colours in a rainbowRICHARDOFYORK13Across56

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Went by water and set up trapsSWAM4Down1 Novel by Harper Lee published in July 2015GOSETAWATCHMAN14Down1 Quantity of paperREAM4Down1 British art rock band whose albums include Friend's Friend's Friend and The House on the HillAUDIENCE8Down2 Grunting beast rising up to capture small insect and a large mammalGIANTPANDA10Down2 StylishELEGANT7Down2 Nice and sore after gym classPEACHY6Down3 Brass instrument pitched in E flat developed in the 1840s by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe SaxALTOHORN8Down3 MimicAPE3Down3 British pop group whose hit singles include Deeper Shade of Blue and StompSTEPS5Down4 Steam bathSAUNA5Down4 Reliable striking king is fit to serve?EDIBLE6Down4 Grooved wheels that have a rope or cable threaded between them in a block and tacklePULLEYS7Down5 PleaENTREATY8Down5 Post also covering Northern TerritoryMAINLAND8Down5 The largest state of the USALASKA6Down6 Artificially-high singing voiceFALSETTO8Down6 Indian city featured in paragraphAGRA4Down6 Home of Saul, the first king of Israel, in the Old TestamentGIBEAH6Down7 Greek hero who was killed by Paris, who wounded him in the heelACHILLES8Down8 English spymaster heading fishy mission?EMBASSY7Down8 PolitenessCOURTESY8Down10 Surbiton street in which the Goods and the Leadbetters live in the sitcom The Good LifeTHEAVENUE9Down10 With an empty stomach, she of course eats plain trimmed ones on a rollSNAKEEYES9Down10 IndefatigableTIRELESS8Down11 Caribbean evergreen tree whose fruit has sweet yellow edible flesh and small black seedsPAPAYA6Down11 West African republic bordered by Senegal to the northGUINEABISSAU12Down13 Random answer in a pub quiz's last difficult roundHAPHAZARD9Down13 Long-lastingDURABLE7Down14 Australian music producer performed cover of Grease free on discsDIDGERIDOO10Down15 Product of combustionSMOKE5Down16 Government spies constrained by recent freezeGLACIATE8Down17 Snack barCAFE4Down17 Bears heading off in the distance we hearEARSHOT7Down18 Lyric poemODE3Down19 Common name for the toxic defoliant used by the US military during the Vietnam WarAGENTORANGE11Down19 Cast personnel in Hamilton?THROWN6Down21 Classify official document missing a couple of pagesASSORT6Down22 Merseyside village best known as the home of the Grand NationalAINTREE7Down23 The hindquarters of a quadruped, especially a horseCROUP5Down24 Swallow starts to glide low under gazeboGLUG4Down24 Island municipality in the Philippines known as "The Hidden Gem of Quezon"ALABAT6Down25 Listener's very depressed and aloneSOLO4Down26 Plant genus that includes love-in-a-mistNIGELLA7Down27 1972 Neil Diamond hit song inspired by the second movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto #21SONGSUNGBLUE12Down28 Japanese manufacturer of photographic equipment that merged with Minolta in 2003KONICA6Down30 Bolton Wanderers and England inside right credited with scoring the first ever Football League goal, in September 1888KENNYDAVENPORT14Down31 Gordon ___, character played by Michael Douglas in the 1987 film Wall Street and its 2010 sequelGEKKO5Down33 Roman road from Rome to Brindisi begun in 312 BCAPPIANWAY9Down38 A speech addressed to the audience by an actor at the end of a playEPILOGUE8Down40 Welsh village that hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1928, the only time it has been held in the RhonddaTREORCHY8Down42 First published work of the Danish philosopher Søren KierkegaardEITHEROR8Down44 See 51EDDIEANDTHEHOTRODS18Down45 Port city in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, home of the statue Pania of the ReefNAPIER6Down46 Model of car manufactured by Ford from 1976FIESTA6Down48 Pub rock band from Essex whose biggest hit, Do Anything You Wanna Do, was released under a shortened version of their nameEDDIEANDTHEHOTRODS18Down51

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, April 25, 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.