The Independent Crossword April 29 2026 Answers
Wednesday puzzle · 50 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Independent Crossword April 29 2026 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 50 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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Click a clue for every answer it has ever hadClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Communicates with GodPRAYS5Across1
InsectBEE3Across4
Unit of lengthFOOT4Across7
In a haphazard mannerATRANDOM8Across8
Windows maybe get smeary points when tampered withOPERATINGSYSTEM15Across8
Very darkPITCHBLACK10Across9
Terrible, second-rate plugBAD3Across9
Upsetting the members of Generation X can be liberating, perhapsEXONERATING11Across10
That person’s closer to that one who’s next in lineTHEIR5Across11
Barrister, for exampleLAWYER6Across11
Large facility absorbing current debtLIABILITY9Across12
CoercionDURESS6Across12
LoathingABHORRENCE10Across14
Allowing the removal of vital fluid?LETTING7Across15
Card game players holding an aceCANASTA7Across17
Writing on wallsGRAFFITI8Across17
Mosque prayer leaderIMAM4Across18
Motor vehicleCAR3Across19
Hated corporate VIP given an appraisalEXECRATED9Across19
VisionSIGHT5Across20
A lot of beer bottles break in the middlePILES5Across20
Dozy people pay less heed, stupidlySLEEPYHEADS11Across21
Some sexagenarians - after retirement - entered a marathonRAN3Across24
Like a certain art style, say. It’s ionic, possiblyEXPRESSIONISTIC15Across25
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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
New e-car dented right in the middleDEADCENTRE10Down1
Rugby forwardPROP4Down1
Post-mortem examinationAUTOPSY7Down2
Work, and don’t go slowly!CAREER6Down2
Absent-minded personSCATTERBRAIN12Down3
Burner phone is less operationally tricky to begin with, and not too demandingPILOTLIGHT10Down3
CommonplaceBANAL5Down4
Ill-tempered individual thus turned upOGRE4Down4
Circular motion helping after the first hints of gout, yes?GYRATION8Down5
Casting out of spiritsEXORCISM8Down5
Little case in one truck from Sydney, heading northETUI4Down6
Branch of dentistryORTHODONTICS12Down6
Small cat bad for asthmatics, in all likelihoodSMOGGY6Down7
Test incorporating part of major road around a cityORBITAL7Down8
SavageBARBARIC8Down10
Sly agreement mostly not favouring church dignitaryARCHDEACON10Down13
StaggeringREELING7Down13
Doctor is truly in a state of isolationINSULARITY10Down14
ProposeOFFER5Down15
Burst in … burst in without an up-front excuse, ultimatelyIRRUPTED8Down16
DatumFACT4Down16
As a river starts to surge, everything nearby is consumedARSENIC7Down18
English flower festivalEASTER6Down19
Alcohol from India in former timesPASTIS6Down20
Big industry event in old post officeEXPO4Down22
Quiet section of posh US hotelHUSH4Down23
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, April 29, 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.