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The Independent Crossword April 3 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 56 clues from the The Independent Crossword for April 3 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
Book is chilling about power and muscle61 AcrossReveal answer → Method31 AcrossReveal answer → Agitate43 AcrossReveal answer → Clearly friends will welcome Bishop before end of day84 AcrossReveal answer → Planet47 AcrossReveal answer → Jumping game88 AcrossReveal answer → Justice of the peace109 AcrossReveal answer → Checks, excluding following 2959 AcrossReveal answer → Fake booze tucked into by sister, 29910 AcrossReveal answer → Article in wrought iron, exotic source of abrasion1111 AcrossReveal answer → I initially considered you hostile312 AcrossReveal answer → Edible mollusc612 AcrossReveal answer → 29 quite soon sorted out, skipping an over813 AcrossReveal answer → Type of sports match613 AcrossReveal answer → 29 turned up: last characters? The French615 AcrossReveal answer → Intuitive understanding1015 AcrossReveal answer → Fruitful818 AcrossReveal answer → 29 moves in game618 AcrossReveal answer → Operatic song420 AcrossReveal answer → Group in charge penning a line regarding display of shields820 AcrossReveal answer → Explosive device421 AcrossReveal answer → Consume322 AcrossReveal answer → University publisher and college at university323 AcrossReveal answer → Gin or rum? Be frank: this is scarcely bubbly at all1124 AcrossReveal answer → Broadcast i.e. a Donald, with an affected voice?926 AcrossReveal answer → Chlorine not to be used? That’s a blow527 AcrossReveal answer → Seasonal problem play by Coward828 AcrossReveal answer → Anagram, perhaps, seen in Easter?629 AcrossReveal answer →

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ClueLetters#Answer
Enfold41 DownReveal answer → Runs into version of blues quite lacking it in American show91 DownReveal answer → Face veil72 DownReveal answer → Tricky clue, with pen filling space for working?72 DownReveal answer → Health resort33 DownReveal answer → Work up series 2953 DownReveal answer → Deduce54 DownReveal answer → Long story? End almost here, last bit to go, on reflection65 DownReveal answer → Hill of colliery refuse85 DownReveal answer → Iberia? Portugal and Spain almost all in sun, possibly96 DownReveal answer → Include76 DownReveal answer → French composer and American composer not finished with Australia77 DownReveal answer → Delectable years on corporation, though not at first58 DownReveal answer → Concise810 DownReveal answer → Not in favour of retaining form of light artistic tool610 DownReveal answer → Record player pick-up711 DownReveal answer → Nom de plume714 DownReveal answer → Arizona city: comments about person who is late here?914 DownReveal answer → Stringed instrument516 DownReveal answer → Feature of a big mall, perhaps, or a castle, possibly916 DownReveal answer → Nub417 DownReveal answer → Servant on the spot, turning up during supper?617 DownReveal answer → Trivial lie319 DownReveal answer → Blasphemy? I’m a matter for regret around Close in Carlisle719 DownReveal answer → Underhand opening for Dean and Prior to dismiss Priest721 DownReveal answer → 29 days? Upset about that622 DownReveal answer → Chromium remains in accident523 DownReveal answer → Money: enticement to set about crossword at the outset525 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, April 3, 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.