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The Independent Crossword August 15 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 106 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword August 15 2026 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 106 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#
Mechanical repetitionROTE4Across1 Nuts in AA to meet separatelyONEATATIME10Across1 BeneathUNDER5Across3 Snake-haired monster leaving cheese for writerZOLA4Across6 On a single occasionONCE4Across7 OratoryRHETORIC8Across8 English singer-songwriter whose albums include Sleep is for the Week and FTHCFRANKTURNER11Across9 NotwithstandingINSPITEOF9Across9 Andy Burnham is cross about a Liberal raising stockANIMALHUSBANDRY15Across10 50 with a king by unearthly American featureLAKEERIE8Across11 Work by Karl Marx whose first volume was published in 1867DASKAPITAL10Across12 Brazilian shantytownFAVELA6Across12 Protection from serviceman in ebbing tideAEGIS5Across12 A private communications network accessible only to members of a particular companyINTRANET8Across13 Astronomical cloudNEBULA6Across13 Italian dancer whose Strictly Come Dancing partners included Stephanie Beacham, Felicity Kendal and Edwina CurrieVINCENTSIMONE13Across14 Pole features in Room 101 making comebackICECAPS7Across14 English musician who came to fame as the lead singer and songwriter for Haircut One HundredNICKHEYWARD11Across15 Musical genreCLASSICAL9Across15 Latin poet of the Augustan age whose surviving work comprises four books of ElegiesPROPERTIUS10Across16 Slippery surface sends child into bridgeSKIDPAN7Across16 Wild sheep accompanies us in ancient cityEPHESUS7Across17 Plain brothBOUILLON8Across18 Swiss city that is home to the International Red CrossGENEVA6Across19 Granny seen in Dickens a godsendBONANZA7Across19 American model, actress, TV personality and businesswoman whose surname is BourretCAPRICE7Across20 Captains perhaps in privy at seaHEADS5Across20 Change directionTURN4Across20 Technical name for the backDORSUM6Across21 Sceptical as a good number remain we hearAGNOSTIC8Across21 ChirpTWEET5Across21 Percussion instrumentDRUM4Across22 Adventurer appointed the youngest-ever Chief Scout of the United Kingdom and Overseas Territories in 2009BEARGRYLLS10Across24 Ruler's order for backer briefly touring two statesWILLIAMOFORANGE15Across24 Exquisite morsel missed in savoury dishRARE4Across25 Star to rage when drunk grabs dressGRETAGARBO10Across26 Play by Harold Pinter first performed in April 1960THECARETAKER12Across26 English county whose administrative centre is DorchesterDORSET6Across28 1975 novel by Stephen King originally titled Second ComingSALEMSLOT9Across30 Italian word for 'nothing'NIENTE6Across32 A person living in a newly pioneered territory of the USFRONTIERSMAN12Across34 Much-capped Uruguayan international forward who joined Inter Miami from Grêmio in 2024LUISSUAREZ10Across36 Roman Emperor whose adopted son was HadrianTRAJAN6Across38 Captured Trojan commander exchanged for Cressida in William Shakespeare's play Troilus and CressidaANTENOR7Across39 Former name, until 1983, of Mutare, the third most populous city in ZimbabweUMTALI6Across40 Cricket captain who led Australia to fifteen of their record sixteen consecutive Test winsSTEVEWAUGH10Across44 The unintentional misuse of a word, named after a character in Sheridan's play The RivalsMALAPROPISM11Across46 Best Actor Oscar-winner for The Theory of EverythingEDDIEREDMAYNE13Across48 American singer, comedian and actor best remembered for the 1927 'talking picture' The Jazz SingerALJOLSON8Across50 The process of obstructing legislation by means of long speeches and other delaying tacticsFILIBUSTER10Across51 Singer who was a co-founder of the Pet Shop BoysNEILTENNANT11Across52

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Female no wife for Saudi neighbourOMAN4Down1 Igor ___, much-capped Russian international goalkeeper who has represented CSKA Moscow since making his senior debut in 2003AKINFEEV8Down1 Tough outer layerRIND4Down1 American visiting The Ritz all obey — volatile player?ELIZABETHTAYLOR15Down2 In philosophy, abstract properties, characteristics or relations that can be shared by multiple individual thingsUNIVERSALS10Down2 Similar things (Informal)THELIKE7Down2 Hint from artist forsaking daily grindTRACE5Down3 Long-running BBC documentary series whose theme music is Another Green World by Brian EnoARENA5Down3 Put into serviceUSE3Down3 Garments: those in which to sleep almost removed?TSHIRTS7Down4 Pilotless aircraftDRONE5Down4 American singer-songwriter who married Paul Simon in 1992EDIEBRICKELL12Down4 Any of two or more atoms with the same atomic number that contain different numbers of neutronsISOTOPE7Down5 PrecipitationRAINFALL8Down5 Overcome small albatross sometimes seen here?MASTERS7Down5 Port city in Hawke's Bay, New ZealandNAPIER6Down6 Intrude unlawfullyTRESPASS8Down6 Stage name of Christa Päffgen who sang on four songs on the Velvet Underground's debut albumNICO4Down7 One possibly retired hurt alongside opener?OLDAGEPENSIONER15Down7 British violinist born in Singapore in 1978VANESSAMAE10Down8 Significant hole in one by an old African?ABYSSINIAN10Down8 Caribbean sort to sight whaler up northBAHAMIAN8Down9 2003 computer-animated film about a clownfishFINDINGNEMO11Down9 GuiltlessINNOCENT8Down10 A white native of the Republic of South Africa, also called a BoerAFRIKANER9Down10 Be carefulWATCHOUT8Down11 ___ Girl, song that gave both Billy Joel and Westlife number one singlesUPTOWN6Down11 Ground where one welcomes island leaderEISENHOWER10Down13 Long pillowBOLSTER7Down14 One kills when elite troops stray from pathASSASSIN8Down15 TolerateABIDE5Down16 1959 top ten hit for Ricky NelsonITSLATE7Down17 Edge of a hatBRIM4Down17 Is it Ringo installing Ringoe as PM?STARMER7Down18 International sandwich shop franchise chain founded in 1983PRETAMANGER11Down18 IgnitedLIT3Down19 Assist insect outside close to sunken wellBENEFIT7Down19 In Greek mythology, a Titan who was divinity of the stream believed to flow around the earthOCEANUS7Down22 Seconds for good childSPROG5Down22 Revolutionary augury one found in movie?NEMO4Down23 2004 Mike Nichols film written by Patrick Marber, based on his award-winning 1997 play of the same nameCLOSER6Down23 A Greek wine which has been made for at least 2,000 yearsRETSINA7Down25 Historical county of Northern Ireland in which the Giant's Causeway is situatedANTRIM6Down27 The state capital of New MexicoSANTAFE7Down29 The author of Anne of Green GablesLMMONTGOMERY12Down31 2015 film based on a 2010 book by Michael LewisTHEBIGSHORT11Down33 A rotating spit on which meat, poultry, etc can be cookedROTISSERIE10Down35 British singer who won the third series of The X Factor in 2006LEONALEWIS10Down36 Musical term meaning without instrumental accompanimentACAPPELLA9Down37 Spider-Man's main love interestMARYJANE8Down41 Small, faint constellation whose name is Latin for 'lizard'LACERTA7Down42 The igneous rock that makes up the Giant's CausewayBASALT6Down43 In Greek mythology, the god of darkness, son of Chaos and brother of NightEREBUS6Down45 A carnivorous doglike mammal of Africa and South AsiaHYENA5Down47 Chocolate bar that originated in Sweden and Norway in 1953DAIM4Down49

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, August 15, 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.