The Independent Crossword August 15 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 106 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 106 clues from the The Independent Crossword for August 15 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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Mechanical repetition41 AcrossReveal answer → Nuts in AA to meet separately101 AcrossReveal answer → Beneath53 AcrossReveal answer → Snake-haired monster leaving cheese for writer46 AcrossReveal answer → On a single occasion47 AcrossReveal answer → Oratory88 AcrossReveal answer → English singer-songwriter whose albums include Sleep is for the Week and FTHC119 AcrossReveal answer → Notwithstanding99 AcrossReveal answer → Andy Burnham is cross about a Liberal raising stock1510 AcrossReveal answer → 50 with a king by unearthly American feature811 AcrossReveal answer → Work by Karl Marx whose first volume was published in 18671012 AcrossReveal answer → Brazilian shantytown612 AcrossReveal answer → Protection from serviceman in ebbing tide512 AcrossReveal answer → A private communications network accessible only to members of a particular company813 AcrossReveal answer → Astronomical cloud613 AcrossReveal answer → Italian dancer whose Strictly Come Dancing partners included Stephanie Beacham, Felicity Kendal and Edwina Currie1314 AcrossReveal answer → Pole features in Room 101 making comeback714 AcrossReveal answer → English musician who came to fame as the lead singer and songwriter for Haircut One Hundred1115 AcrossReveal answer → Musical genre915 AcrossReveal answer → Latin poet of the Augustan age whose surviving work comprises four books of Elegies1016 AcrossReveal answer → Slippery surface sends child into bridge716 AcrossReveal answer → Wild sheep accompanies us in ancient city717 AcrossReveal answer → Plain broth818 AcrossReveal answer → Swiss city that is home to the International Red Cross619 AcrossReveal answer → Granny seen in Dickens a godsend719 AcrossReveal answer → American model, actress, TV personality and businesswoman whose surname is Bourret720 AcrossReveal answer → Captains perhaps in privy at sea520 AcrossReveal answer → Change direction420 AcrossReveal answer → Technical name for the back621 AcrossReveal answer → Sceptical as a good number remain we hear821 AcrossReveal answer → Chirp521 AcrossReveal answer → Percussion instrument422 AcrossReveal answer → Adventurer appointed the youngest-ever Chief Scout of the United Kingdom and Overseas Territories in 20091024 AcrossReveal answer → Ruler's order for backer briefly touring two states1524 AcrossReveal answer → Exquisite morsel missed in savoury dish425 AcrossReveal answer → Star to rage when drunk grabs dress1026 AcrossReveal answer → Play by Harold Pinter first performed in April 19601226 AcrossReveal answer → English county whose administrative centre is Dorchester628 AcrossReveal answer → 1975 novel by Stephen King originally titled Second Coming930 AcrossReveal answer → Italian word for 'nothing'632 AcrossReveal answer → A person living in a newly pioneered territory of the US1234 AcrossReveal answer → Much-capped Uruguayan international forward who joined Inter Miami from Grêmio in 20241036 AcrossReveal answer → Roman Emperor whose adopted son was Hadrian638 AcrossReveal answer → Captured Trojan commander exchanged for Cressida in William Shakespeare's play Troilus and Cressida739 AcrossReveal answer → Former name, until 1983, of Mutare, the third most populous city in Zimbabwe640 AcrossReveal answer → Cricket captain who led Australia to fifteen of their record sixteen consecutive Test wins1044 AcrossReveal answer → The unintentional misuse of a word, named after a character in Sheridan's play The Rivals1146 AcrossReveal answer → Best Actor Oscar-winner for The Theory of Everything1348 AcrossReveal answer → American singer, comedian and actor best remembered for the 1927 'talking picture' The Jazz Singer850 AcrossReveal answer → The process of obstructing legislation by means of long speeches and other delaying tactics1051 AcrossReveal answer → Singer who was a co-founder of the Pet Shop Boys1152 AcrossReveal answer →

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Female no wife for Saudi neighbour41 DownReveal answer → Igor ___, much-capped Russian international goalkeeper who has represented CSKA Moscow since making his senior debut in 200381 DownReveal answer → Tough outer layer41 DownReveal answer → American visiting The Ritz all obey — volatile player?152 DownReveal answer → In philosophy, abstract properties, characteristics or relations that can be shared by multiple individual things102 DownReveal answer → Similar things (Informal)72 DownReveal answer → Hint from artist forsaking daily grind53 DownReveal answer → Long-running BBC documentary series whose theme music is Another Green World by Brian Eno53 DownReveal answer → Put into service33 DownReveal answer → Garments: those in which to sleep almost removed?74 DownReveal answer → Pilotless aircraft54 DownReveal answer → American singer-songwriter who married Paul Simon in 1992124 DownReveal answer → Any of two or more atoms with the same atomic number that contain different numbers of neutrons75 DownReveal answer → Precipitation85 DownReveal answer → Overcome small albatross sometimes seen here?75 DownReveal answer → Port city in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand66 DownReveal answer → Intrude unlawfully86 DownReveal answer → Stage name of Christa Päffgen who sang on four songs on the Velvet Underground's debut album47 DownReveal answer → One possibly retired hurt alongside opener?157 DownReveal answer → British violinist born in Singapore in 1978108 DownReveal answer → Significant hole in one by an old African?108 DownReveal answer → Caribbean sort to sight whaler up north89 DownReveal answer → 2003 computer-animated film about a clownfish119 DownReveal answer → Guiltless810 DownReveal answer → A white native of the Republic of South Africa, also called a Boer910 DownReveal answer → Be careful811 DownReveal answer → ___ Girl, song that gave both Billy Joel and Westlife number one singles611 DownReveal answer → Ground where one welcomes island leader1013 DownReveal answer → Long pillow714 DownReveal answer → One kills when elite troops stray from path815 DownReveal answer → Tolerate516 DownReveal answer → 1959 top ten hit for Ricky Nelson717 DownReveal answer → Edge of a hat417 DownReveal answer → Is it Ringo installing Ringoe as PM?718 DownReveal answer → International sandwich shop franchise chain founded in 19831118 DownReveal answer → Ignited319 DownReveal answer → Assist insect outside close to sunken well719 DownReveal answer → In Greek mythology, a Titan who was divinity of the stream believed to flow around the earth722 DownReveal answer → Seconds for good child522 DownReveal answer → Revolutionary augury one found in movie?423 DownReveal answer → 2004 Mike Nichols film written by Patrick Marber, based on his award-winning 1997 play of the same name623 DownReveal answer → A Greek wine which has been made for at least 2,000 years725 DownReveal answer → Historical county of Northern Ireland in which the Giant's Causeway is situated627 DownReveal answer → The state capital of New Mexico729 DownReveal answer → The author of Anne of Green Gables1231 DownReveal answer → 2015 film based on a 2010 book by Michael Lewis1133 DownReveal answer → A rotating spit on which meat, poultry, etc can be cooked1035 DownReveal answer → British singer who won the third series of The X Factor in 20061036 DownReveal answer → Musical term meaning without instrumental accompaniment937 DownReveal answer → Spider-Man's main love interest841 DownReveal answer → Small, faint constellation whose name is Latin for 'lizard'742 DownReveal answer → The igneous rock that makes up the Giant's Causeway643 DownReveal answer → In Greek mythology, the god of darkness, son of Chaos and brother of Night645 DownReveal answer → A carnivorous doglike mammal of Africa and South Asia547 DownReveal answer → Chocolate bar that originated in Sweden and Norway in 1953449 DownReveal answer →

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