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The Independent Crossword August 17 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 55 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 55 clues from the The Independent Crossword for August 17 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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Lovely lady more fabled when bare81 AcrossReveal answer → Coffin cover41 AcrossReveal answer → Large woody perennial43 AcrossReveal answer → A surge in activity catches learner out65 AcrossReveal answer → Rice, egg and fish dish87 AcrossReveal answer → Dutch cheese48 AcrossReveal answer → Cartilage in meat79 AcrossReveal answer → Negotiate withdrawal after soldiers go AWOL510 AcrossReveal answer → Much value for money911 AcrossReveal answer → At no time511 AcrossReveal answer → Within enclosed chamber, metres inside, tie down stateside digging equipment912 AcrossReveal answer → Kentucky folk music913 AcrossReveal answer → By means of leaks, drained bottles514 AcrossReveal answer → Direct reorganisation of Welsh factories1415 AcrossReveal answer → Late516 AcrossReveal answer → Subdue717 AcrossReveal answer → Crazily, Trump worsened international speed of data capture1418 AcrossReveal answer → Travel permit419 AcrossReveal answer → Writer of song words820 AcrossReveal answer → Second-hand422 AcrossReveal answer → Charitable person accommodates pariah522 AcrossReveal answer → Burden423 AcrossReveal answer → Big US donor's attendance restricted by what he calls checks923 AcrossReveal answer → Platform One at northern station - note crush925 AcrossReveal answer → That's the thing about poor grades, son526 AcrossReveal answer → Fergie returns to confront start of soccer trouble627 AcrossReveal answer → First man to bring in flier for viewing African landmark828 AcrossReveal answer →

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Verse61 DownReveal answer → Supremo's order to a curate finally cancelled81 DownReveal answer → Trace very old chopped ham72 DownReveal answer → Insulate32 DownReveal answer → School organisation cycling to get fit33 DownReveal answer → After that43 DownReveal answer → Part from grille a vent covers54 DownReveal answer → Mid-morning snack94 DownReveal answer → Wheeled cart75 DownReveal answer → Cockney chap was flipping covered in pearly tat, maybe being a nuisance116 DownReveal answer → Outmoded56 DownReveal answer → Took too much on at once, ultimately77 DownReveal answer → Attack using half of bullets, perhaps, in case68 DownReveal answer → Most of religious community let down disciple89 DownReveal answer → Period of youth and inexperience910 DownReveal answer → Toxophilite's sport712 DownReveal answer → Drug users mistakenly freed in talks1113 DownReveal answer → Dead language514 DownReveal answer → Against615 DownReveal answer → Borne up bed of glacier, suffering climbing injury816 DownReveal answer → Piece of paper?817 DownReveal answer → Pleased418 DownReveal answer → One facing problem, weighed down by work719 DownReveal answer → Wrong turn oddly heralds finish of economic improvement720 DownReveal answer → A bit raunchy? I show embarrassment outwardly621 DownReveal answer → Tin321 DownReveal answer → Trees in locations bisected by motorway524 DownReveal answer → Reportedly, you can get down from this mountain326 DownReveal answer →

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