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The Independent Crossword April 5 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 53 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword April 5 2026 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 53 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#
Italian child leaving home with nothing shoots to eatBAMBOO6Across1 ?OLDMACDONALD12Across1 Macabre S Korean survival show shunned by American pressSQUIDGE7Across5 TenseONEDGE6Across8 French philosopherSARTRE6Across9 Yogi, say, won Barbera endless spoilsBROWNBEAR9Across9 Arm waving in front of driver with decapitated snakeWIPER5Across10 Tapering pillarOBELISK7Across10 Though less than satisfactory, what EV's range is?ASFARASITGOES13Across11 FoeENEMY5Across11 See noteWHEATFARMER11Across13 Settle back in bed? OK, reluctantlyDISPOSE7Across14 Strong cannabisSKUNK5Across16 Top part of UK for cider and nice appleSWEATER7Across16 Orpheus played for support underground, perhapsSHOREUP7Across17 Large heavy knifeMACHETE7Across18 Flog half of Scotch eggs, saving the lastSCOURGE7Across19 Exhume Caesar's heart with Catholic priest unconcernedDISINTERESTED13Across20 FurrowGROOVE6Across21 ?PAJOAD6Across22 Region of charged particles above the earthVANALLENBELT12Across23 Source of tea in tea cups?CHINA5Across23 Hot breezes please setter in salonHAIRSPRAY9Across24 Deadly sportsman twirling stick at amateurMATADOR7Across26 Penetrating offensive reported after call for peaceSHREWD6Across27

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Cool, trick answer entered upside downALOOF5Down2 Medieval weaponLONGBOW7Down2 Make criminal steal flip-flopsBAN3Down3 ArchetypeMODEL5Down3 Suspect severe cop exposed witness unintentionallyOVERSEE7Down4 Wood preservativeCREOSOTE8Down4 Cloud begins lifting around youSTRATUS7Down5 ExpelOUST4Down5 Disorderly house women left, lacking family values?UNWHOLESOME11Down6 Word made from initialsACRONYM7Down6 Duke vacated seat taken by needy customer at bankDEPOSITOR9Down7 ?DURUM5Down7 Make vase out of your mug?EARN4Down8 Wave's concave shape beneath hullsBRANDISH8Down9 Gall containing the wasp larvaOAKAPPLE8Down12 Smallest union member wobbly on his ladderRHODEISLAND11Down12 Helpful diner ordered in hurryFRIENDLY8Down13 ?EINKORN7Down14 Bank blown up in winter?SNOWDRIFT9Down15 Grenadier fishRATTAIL7Down15 Russian ballet companyKIROV5Down17 Potentially big game that woman starts with deep breathPANTHER7Down18 Type that is limited by small musclesSPECIES7Down19 Head coveringHIJAB5Down19 Foot partHEEL4Down20 Cast connected by phone to the audienceTHREW5Down21 Unreal opportunity, those backing this magic formula claimSCAM4Down22 Man tapped on the shoulder is turning back to customerSIR3Down25

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Sunday, April 5, 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.