The Independent Crossword August 14 2026 Answers
Friday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Independent Crossword August 14 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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Passionate American twisted foot during pause, beginning to limp offLUSTFUL7Across1
Diminutive of RichardDICK4Across1
DenLAIR4Across3
Stone interrupting ballet move? One may be letting off steamJETPIPE7Across5
Leave outOMIT4Across7
Server at MassALTARBOY8Across8
Sales deviceCARDREADER10Across9
Phi taking opening to include reverse of popular deviceMECHANISM9Across9
Emptied kitchen provided with latest in fashionable kitchen tool?KNIFE5Across10
Cumbrian river valley that’s perceived back to frontEDEN4Across11
Sheep's coatFLEECE6Across11
Dispensation of your pills including MDMA, with a degree of riskPERILOUSLY10Across12
Plumlike fruitDAMSON6Across13
Concluding words about one French cityAMIENS6Across14
Flowering plant: leave it to revert, surrounded by a lot of woodGODETIA7Across15
Rastafarian hairstyleDREADLOCKS10Across15
Husband keeps talking, dismissing foremost London team?HAMMERS7Across18
Unsweetened biscuitsCRACKERS8Across19
Undergo combustionBURN4Across20
Net trimmed aboard ship - backbreaking stuff?STRAWS6Across20
AskewAWRY4Across21
Unit of heredityGENE4Across22
Athlete flailing another armMARATHONER10Across22
Give ear to piano in advertisementPLUG4Across24
Discussion subject in honour of filmTOPIC5Across26
Bribe arranged in Ohio, offering notes in elevated positions?SOPRANINO9Across27
Philosopher’s stratagem involving singular linesRUSSELL7Across28
Poem’s energy reflected in English crossword featureECLOGUE7Across29
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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Dwelling placeDOMICILE8Down1
Tradesman avoids parking useless stuffLUMBER6Down1
CliqueCOTERIE7Down2
Busy parent very much taken by cricket club - more perturbed over masterSOCCERMOM9Down2
BigLARGE5Down3
Flustered state following drinkFLAP4Down3
Lingers over tucking into quantities of American wineLOITERS7Down4
Revered personIDOL4Down4
Avoiding politician, elected, though held in prisonJUMPING7Down5
CouplePAIR4Down5
Decide on a vocation to work the fast food till?TAKEORDERS10Down6
FilamentSTRAND6Down6
Struggles to get under one collection of invasive plantsIVIES5Down7
Hero of morality play, extremely beset by inversion of reputationEVERYMAN8Down8
InterpretCONSTRUE8Down10
Tooth layerENAMEL6Down12
Create place possibly from which article is taken - or where it may be stored?RECEPTACLE10Down13
GruesomeMACABRE7Down14
UnstableROCKY5Down16
NZ city almost recycled fabricTOWELLING9Down16
EndureLAST4Down17
Old King encountered old Queen - resistance showing here?OHMMETER8Down17
ForeheadBROW4Down18
America engaged in special survey, cut short, regarding the United States?SPOUSAL7Down19
Lovers’ encounter, initially under thoroughly wet part of church?STEEPLE7Down20
Shun Italian guy doffing capIGNORE6Down21
Drunken person leaving new parties on a mountainROPES5Down23
Poor bats: upside down amid defoliationTAIL4Down25
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, August 14, 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.