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The Independent Crossword April 30 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 56 clues from the The Independent Crossword for April 30 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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Cycling round the real West End of London? Not Barking81 AcrossReveal answer → Cheery51 AcrossReveal answer → Floating marker44 AcrossReveal answer → Papers kept in small trophy somewhere in London66 AcrossReveal answer → Change57 AcrossReveal answer → Stretchy78 AcrossReveal answer → Maybe hiding from danger underground69 AcrossReveal answer → Intonation710 AcrossReveal answer → Professor suspected of murder seen at opera house before darkness finally falls810 AcrossReveal answer → Shy511 AcrossReveal answer → Stressed MP? Ease his stress911 AcrossReveal answer → Type of weapon1112 AcrossReveal answer → Ethiopian princess who dies in city square after being flayed413 AcrossReveal answer → Spent hours collecting good preliminary sketches615 AcrossReveal answer → Wasted time in British Library with old religious texts from the east617 AcrossReveal answer → Confess517 AcrossReveal answer → Place an order for tinned nuts618 AcrossReveal answer → Mark made by industrial waste, making large mark619 AcrossReveal answer → Expressionless719 AcrossReveal answer → Eared seal721 AcrossReveal answer → Harmful organism concealed by fingermark421 AcrossReveal answer → Military fabric colour522 AcrossReveal answer → Escort business used by a Conservative922 AcrossReveal answer → Owl's cry423 AcrossReveal answer → Fashion524 AcrossReveal answer → Posh car follows street walker825 AcrossReveal answer → Tree found in areas full of prickly plants after temperature's dropped626 AcrossReveal answer → East side of Leyton628 AcrossReveal answer → Cross-eyed brat thrown under the bus829 AcrossReveal answer →

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In short supply61 DownReveal answer → Wingless insects remain in a state of inactivity32 DownReveal answer → Illustrious52 DownReveal answer → Verity gets tense sitting next to David's great-grandmother53 DownReveal answer → Underpants73 DownReveal answer → The best placed card player from Athens led off with diamonds104 DownReveal answer → Explosion54 DownReveal answer → Former model making out65 DownReveal answer → Best75 DownReveal answer → Pornographic material is mounted at prime locations46 DownReveal answer → Interminable116 DownReveal answer → Dark humour spread thick97 DownReveal answer → Mad, mad ruler, not very progressive118 DownReveal answer → Cipher49 DownReveal answer → Out of energy, remain strong when waving red rag1112 DownReveal answer → Back complaint713 DownReveal answer → Item of bedding714 DownReveal answer → Theatrical chap provides accommodation for young man in 241014 DownReveal answer → Raised platform415 DownReveal answer → European articles give greater strength to this suggestion916 DownReveal answer → Cruel616 DownReveal answer → Distort518 DownReveal answer → Stage520 DownReveal answer → Second century Semite amulet620 DownReveal answer → Romp on a beach in Ibiza?523 DownReveal answer → Note pad424 DownReveal answer → Passion leads to intimate relations and unlimited sex327 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, April 30, 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.