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The Independent Crossword April 3 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword April 3 2026 answers. The Friday puzzle has 56 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#
Book is chilling about power and muscleBICEPS6Across1 MethodWAY3Across1 AgitateSTIR4Across3 Clearly friends will welcome Bishop before end of dayPALPABLY8Across4 PlanetMARS4Across7 Jumping gameLEAPFROG8Across8 Justice of the peaceMAGISTRATE10Across9 Checks, excluding following 29REBUS5Across9 Fake booze tucked into by sister, 29CONUNDRUM9Across10 Article in wrought iron, exotic source of abrasionEXCORIATION11Across11 I initially considered you hostileICY3Across12 Edible molluscCOCKLE6Across12 29 quite soon sorted out, skipping an overQUESTION8Across13 Type of sports matchCUPTIE6Across13 29 turned up: last characters? The FrenchPUZZLE6Across15 Intuitive understandingPERCEPTION10Across15 FruitfulPROLIFIC8Across18 29 moves in gameENIGMA6Across18 Operatic songARIA4Across20 Group in charge penning a line regarding display of shieldsHERALDIC8Across20 Explosive deviceBOMB4Across21 ConsumeEAT3Across22 University publisher and college at universityCUP3Across23 Gin or rum? Be frank: this is scarcely bubbly at allSPIRITLEVEL11Across24 Broadcast i.e. a Donald, with an affected voice?ADENOIDAL9Across26 Chlorine not to be used? That’s a blowCLOUT5Across27 Seasonal problem play by CowardHAYFEVER8Across28 Anagram, perhaps, seen in Easter?TEASER6Across29

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
EnfoldWRAP4Down1 Runs into version of blues quite lacking it in American showBURLESQUE9Down1 Face veilYASHMAK7Down2 Tricky clue, with pen filling space for working?CUBICLE7Down2 Health resortSPA3Down3 Work up series 29POSER5Down3 DeduceINFER5Down4 Long story? End almost here, last bit to go, on reflectionAENEID6Down5 Hill of colliery refuseSLAGHEAP8Down5 Iberia? Portugal and Spain almost all in sun, possiblyPENINSULA9Down6 IncludeCONTAIN7Down6 French composer and American composer not finished with AustraliaBERLIOZ7Down7 Delectable years on corporation, though not at firstYUMMY5Down8 ConciseSUCCINCT8Down10 Not in favour of retaining form of light artistic toolCRAYON6Down10 Record player pick-upTONEARM7Down11 Nom de plumePENNAME7Down14 Arizona city: comments about person who is late here?TOMBSTONE9Down14 Stringed instrumentCELLO5Down16 Feature of a big mall, perhaps, or a castle, possiblyESCALATOR9Down16 NubGIST4Down17 Servant on the spot, turning up during supper?MENIAL6Down17 Trivial lieFIB3Down19 Blasphemy? I’m a matter for regret around Close in CarlisleIMPIETY7Down19 Underhand opening for Dean and Prior to dismiss PriestDEVIOUS7Down21 29 days? Upset about thatRIDDLE6Down22 Chromium remains in accidentCRASH5Down23 Money: enticement to set about crossword at the outsetLUCRE5Down25

About this puzzle

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