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The Independent Crossword April 28 2026 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 56 clues from the The Independent Crossword for April 28 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
Miscreant left after vandalising car I'm in81 AcrossReveal answer → Culinary herb41 AcrossReveal answer → Consuming63 AcrossReveal answer → Book about processes65 AcrossReveal answer → Type of art exhibit127 AcrossReveal answer → Excessively39 AcrossReveal answer → Important person (Informal)910 AcrossReveal answer → Unusually half-hearted copper isn't a senior officer910 AcrossReveal answer → Following detailed stratagem detective keeps up the average work511 AcrossReveal answer → Wear occasionally chosen for baby412 AcrossReveal answer → Disconnect612 AcrossReveal answer → Smear613 AcrossReveal answer → Clumsily drop a clue including essential element of fingerprint police show?1013 AcrossReveal answer → Bachelor with deficiency - he won't make the first move514 AcrossReveal answer → Statesman in NATO I put ahead of elderly relative816 AcrossReveal answer → Lie916 AcrossReveal answer → Prepare318 AcrossReveal answer → Beyond the pale1219 AcrossReveal answer → Went over and put the lid back on819 AcrossReveal answer → Pagan god with northern character from the past521 AcrossReveal answer → Bad-tempered621 AcrossReveal answer → Burden422 AcrossReveal answer → Knockout stuff - cool, extremely raffish tailored fashion1024 AcrossReveal answer → Conservative spouted air in speech425 AcrossReveal answer → Romance at 30,000 feet maybe not unknown528 AcrossReveal answer → Explosive charge that's directed to cause pain - mine?929 AcrossReveal answer → Dismounts after cycling with little impact630 AcrossReveal answer → Soprano perhaps keeps from speaking about new tenor with hesitant expression831 AcrossReveal answer →

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Bluff, extremely cheerful fellow provided sandwiches51 DownReveal answer → Fell asleep101 DownReveal answer → Survive72 DownReveal answer → Place in office where you might find a donkey doing no work72 DownReveal answer → Speech of praise63 DownReveal answer → Thought "perfect" would be a bit too much43 DownReveal answer → Vessel's battery discharging poorly64 DownReveal answer → Express disapproval34 DownReveal answer → Hangman's halter55 DownReveal answer → Meal cooked outdoors86 DownReveal answer → Tolerated low-pitched distortion after line cut96 DownReveal answer → Scotsman may wear this cross around old bishop77 DownReveal answer → Snuggling up in cleanest lingerie88 DownReveal answer → Unremitting108 DownReveal answer → Advertising? Sugar coating determining what the customer pays79 DownReveal answer → Moisture in the air811 DownReveal answer → Refuse container714 DownReveal answer → Obtain615 DownReveal answer → Lay claim to typographic arrangement abandoned by Associated Press915 DownReveal answer → Passenger ship517 DownReveal answer → Elegant words said before meal, not needing any more before the end817 DownReveal answer → City strike not ending quickly718 DownReveal answer → Phoning the ministry?720 DownReveal answer → Male swan320 DownReveal answer → Dismiss lure, cryptically722 DownReveal answer → Seminar can arbitrarily cut obscure matters623 DownReveal answer → Firebrand ruler once accepting honour526 DownReveal answer → Only men invited stay ages after the last couples leave427 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, April 28, 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.