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The Independent Crossword August 17 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 55 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword August 17 2026 answers. The Monday puzzle has 55 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#
Lovely lady more fabled when bareADORABLE8Across1 Coffin coverPALL4Across1 Large woody perennialTREE4Across3 A surge in activity catches learner outABLOOM6Across5 Rice, egg and fish dishKEDGEREE8Across7 Dutch cheeseEDAM4Across8 Cartilage in meatGRISTLE7Across9 Negotiate withdrawal after soldiers go AWOLTREAT5Across10 Much value for moneyAGOODDEAL9Across11 At no timeNEVER5Across11 Within enclosed chamber, metres inside, tie down stateside digging equipmentCLAMSHELL9Across12 Kentucky folk musicBLUEGRASS9Across13 By means of leaks, drained bottlesVIALS5Across14 Direct reorganisation of Welsh factoriesASTHECROWFLIES14Across15 LateTARDY5Across16 SubdueCHASTEN7Across17 Crazily, Trump worsened international speed of data captureWORDSPERMINUTE14Across18 Travel permitVISA4Across19 Writer of song wordsLYRICIST8Across20 Second-handUSED4Across22 Charitable person accommodates pariahLEPER5Across22 BurdenONUS4Across23 Big US donor's attendance restricted by what he calls checksBILLGATES9Across23 Platform One at northern station - note crushINSTAGRAM9Across25 That's the thing about poor grades, sonIDEST5Across26 Fergie returns to confront start of soccer troubleHARASS6Across27 First man to bring in flier for viewing African landmarkASWANDAM8Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
VersePOETRY6Down1 Supremo's order to a curate finally cancelledAUTOCRAT8Down1 Trace very old chopped hamOVERACT7Down2 InsulateLAG3Down2 School organisation cycling to get fitAPT3Down3 After thatTHEN4Down3 Part from grille a vent coversLEAVE5Down4 Mid-morning snackELEVENSES9Down4 Wheeled cartTROLLEY7Down5 Cockney chap was flipping covered in pearly tat, maybe being a nuisanceBEDEVILLING11Down6 OutmodedDATED5Down6 Took too much on at once, ultimatelyOVERATE7Down7 Attack using half of bullets, perhaps, in caseMOLEST6Down8 Most of religious community let down discipleFOLLOWER8Down9 Period of youth and inexperienceSALADDAYS9Down10 Toxophilite's sportARCHERY7Down12 Drug users mistakenly freed in talksSPEEDFREAKS11Down13 Dead languageLATIN5Down14 AgainstVERSUS6Down15 Borne up bed of glacier, suffering climbing injuryROPEBURN8Down16 Piece of paper?NEWSITEM8Down17 PleasedGLAD4Down18 One facing problem, weighed down by workOPPOSER7Down19 Wrong turn oddly heralds finish of economic improvementUPTREND7Down20 A bit raunchy? I show embarrassment outwardlyBLUISH6Down21 TinCAN3Down21 Trees in locations bisected by motorwayLIMES5Down24 Reportedly, you can get down from this mountainIDA3Down26

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Monday, August 17, 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.