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The Independent Crossword August 12 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 51 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 51 clues from the The Independent Crossword for August 12 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
Rock group going downhill?131 AcrossReveal answer → Audible exhalations51 AcrossReveal answer → Golfer's cry44 AcrossReveal answer → Sportsground part127 AcrossReveal answer → Scrounge from bishop prior to arrest48 AcrossReveal answer → Neckwear item59 AcrossReveal answer → Blend still Champagne, say, around back of restaurant109 AcrossReveal answer → Instance710 AcrossReveal answer → God is a chicken in Spain610 AcrossReveal answer → Expensive611 AcrossReveal answer → Renowned revolutionary has an encounter in river811 AcrossReveal answer → Lively American relative's dangerous illness912 AcrossReveal answer → Type of dance music613 AcrossReveal answer → Beginning to document setter's fall414 AcrossReveal answer → Failed to take down broadcast415 AcrossReveal answer → Italian region716 AcrossReveal answer → A drink date that leads to conflict916 AcrossReveal answer → Humorous518 AcrossReveal answer → Office equipment item1219 AcrossReveal answer → Supporter on football pitch to attempt a record most initially ignored820 AcrossReveal answer → Charges420 AcrossReveal answer → Tiny amphibian belonging to me picked up621 AcrossReveal answer → Shout of approval521 AcrossReveal answer → Dicky learnt duet in cleaner's1023 AcrossReveal answer → Local man keeps cool424 AcrossReveal answer → Old tyrant uses handmaid's pants1325 AcrossReveal answer →

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Light shoes71 DownReveal answer → Returning more ashen, starts to suffer extreme setback71 DownReveal answer → Sorrow52 DownReveal answer → Stage naked ramble? It's allowed52 DownReveal answer → Small seal63 DownReveal answer → Popular English actor is heading directly into the wind73 DownReveal answer → Abandon74 DownReveal answer → Sewers sometimes require this decongestant, ultimately, long after parties154 DownReveal answer → Result in wife abandoning second shot?65 DownReveal answer → Summary55 DownReveal answer → Ox mince we fancy in part of America96 DownReveal answer → Take legal action against96 DownReveal answer → Frank is following on77 DownReveal answer → Sweet spread98 DownReveal answer → Moccasin-like shoes712 DownReveal answer → Mistakenly enter deli with limes on either side?913 DownReveal answer → Rodent714 DownReveal answer → Source of energy from Isle of Man fish stocks715 DownReveal answer → Short-sighted615 DownReveal answer → Book anaesthetists717 DownReveal answer → Clay rock517 DownReveal answer → Drug Republican from Rome, possibly, ignoring American718 DownReveal answer → Scold518 DownReveal answer → Blimey! Arsenal regularly making bloomer619 DownReveal answer → Hearts blocking French football club's corner522 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, August 12, 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.