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The Independent Crossword August 18 2026 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 53 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 53 clues from the The Independent Crossword for August 18 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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Like a mother bird swallowed by heartless mammal81 AcrossReveal answer → Scottish lake41 AcrossReveal answer → Loud noise34 AcrossReveal answer → Soft copper retiring55 AcrossReveal answer → Spanish rice dish68 AcrossReveal answer → Take69 AcrossReveal answer → Sensational learner freed after university59 AcrossReveal answer → One-piece work garment1010 AcrossReveal answer → Work on spike in sound machine's output910 AcrossReveal answer → Last of hare sprang and ran off611 AcrossReveal answer → Republican first lady to rip into minister812 AcrossReveal answer → Group of seven musicians612 AcrossReveal answer → Get on with photos, having secured right clothes1113 AcrossReveal answer → Small stone613 AcrossReveal answer → Sociable1015 AcrossReveal answer → Computer club loses backing316 AcrossReveal answer → Disease of felines618 AcrossReveal answer → Wild unclothed period318 AcrossReveal answer → Renowned619 AcrossReveal answer → Spread, if melting over steak1119 AcrossReveal answer → Female sheep320 AcrossReveal answer → Back of the neck421 AcrossReveal answer → Muse about work, boring friends endlessly821 AcrossReveal answer → To annoy deer, cut grass back622 AcrossReveal answer → Pennsylvania city pursuing absurd new mega zoo925 AcrossReveal answer → Decreases caddie's burden526 AcrossReveal answer → Starters of certain horizontal entries (seven) help around enclosing, striking the centre1327 AcrossReveal answer →

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Flexible English isle up to support shopping complex91 DownReveal answer → Gemstone42 DownReveal answer → Swimmer clipped part of motor52 DownReveal answer → Large flatfish73 DownReveal answer → Soldiers finished eating hot duck73 DownReveal answer → Wharves54 DownReveal answer → Alto records wide range44 DownReveal answer → Admit company head's squeezed head of finance75 DownReveal answer → Wedding85 DownReveal answer → Mired in kerfuffle punching cross superhero96 DownReveal answer → Zodiac sign116 DownReveal answer → Give up gym, stripping to exercise topless57 DownReveal answer → Rain-resistant clothing117 DownReveal answer → Forgotten in Nice, a dilapidated rental88 DownReveal answer → Reduction811 DownReveal answer → A children's game run through immediately914 DownReveal answer → Groom's attendant714 DownReveal answer → Base fellow essentially mainlining wine815 DownReveal answer → Social blunder516 DownReveal answer → Scams nurse with suspicious agreement917 DownReveal answer → Dispose of417 DownReveal answer → Loud band with extremely egregious haircuts719 DownReveal answer → Current translation of Narnia from the Middle East720 DownReveal answer → Performer to share amplifier with another?521 DownReveal answer → Popular first pair of knickers to have523 DownReveal answer → Wee partridge's introduction?424 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, August 18, 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.