The Independent Crossword August 18 2026 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 53 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword August 18 2026 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 53 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#

Like a mother bird swallowed by heartless mammalMATERNAL8Across1 Scottish lakeLOCH4Across1 Loud noiseDIN3Across4 Soft copper retiringCUSHY5Across5 Spanish rice dishPAELLA6Across8 TakeACCEPT6Across9 Sensational learner freed after universityLURID5Across9 One-piece work garmentBOILERSUIT10Across10 Work on spike in sound machine's outputPINKNOISE9Across10 Last of hare sprang and ran offELOPED6Across11 Republican first lady to rip into ministerREVEREND8Across12 Group of seven musiciansSEPTET6Across12 Get on with photos, having secured right clothesBOARDSHORTS11Across13 Small stonePEBBLE6Across13 SociableGREGARIOUS10Across15 Computer club loses backingMAC3Across16 Disease of felinesCATFLU6Across18 Wild unclothed periodERA3Across18 RenownedFAMOUS6Across19 Spread, if melting over steakFILETMIGNON11Across19 Female sheepEWE3Across20 Back of the neckNAPE4Across21 Muse about work, boring friends endlesslyCALLIOPE8Across21 To annoy deer, cut grass backRANKLE6Across22 Pennsylvania city pursuing absurd new mega zooMENAGERIE9Across25 Decreases caddie's burdenIRONS5Across26 Starters of certain horizontal entries (seven) help around enclosing, striking the centreCHESSOPENINGS13Across27

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#

Flexible English isle up to support shopping complexMALLEABLE9Down1 GemstoneOPAL4Down2 Swimmer clipped part of motorTURBO5Down2 Large flatfishHALIBUT7Down3 Soldiers finished eating hot duckREDHEAD7Down3 WharvesDOCKS5Down4 Alto records wide rangeALPS4Down4 Admit company head's squeezed head of financeCONFESS7Down5 WeddingNUPTIALS8Down5 Mired in kerfuffle punching cross superheroSPIDERMAN9Down6 Zodiac signSAGITTARIUS11Down6 Give up gym, stripping to exercise toplessYIELD5Down7 Rain-resistant clothingWATERPROOFS11Down7 Forgotten in Nice, a dilapidated rentalUNLEARNT8Down8 ReductionDECREASE8Down11 A children's game run through immediatelyATAGLANCE9Down14 Groom's attendantBESTMAN7Down14 Base fellow essentially mainlining wineHELIPORT8Down15 Social blunderGAFFE5Down16 Scams nurse with suspicious agreementCONSENSUS9Down17 Dispose ofDUMP4Down17 Loud band with extremely egregious haircutsFRINGES7Down19 Current translation of Narnia from the Middle EastIRANIAN7Down20 Performer to share amplifier with another?COMIC5Down21 Popular first pair of knickers to haveKNOWN5Down23 Wee partridge's introduction?PEEP4Down24

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