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The Independent Crossword August 19 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword August 19 2026 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 56 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#
God involved in aggressive act by desperately ill conman as presidentABRAHAMLINCOLN14Across1 StopCEASE5Across1 Drag with great effortLUG3Across4 Reading deskLECTERN7Across8 Mother-of-pearlNACRE5Across9 Old Testament priestELI3Across10 Mediterranean resort with hotel in bayNICHE5Across10 Edging around spot of unrest, runs into seven Roman rulersTRIUMVIRI9Across11 ConsequentlyTHEREFORE9Across11 Offer excessive backing for military service action?OVERARM7Across12 ThanklessnessINGRATITUDE11Across12 Check behind rocks for possible sign of distressSCREECH7Across13 Hardline communist, not a wetMOIST5Across14 Keep holding note, intermittently acerbic, for old newsreaderTOWNCRIER9Across16 ProgenyOFFSPRING9Across17 Officer's subordinate losing head after signal to pauseCOMMANDER9Across19 50-50 about a sports jacket featureLAPEL5Across20 IgnitedLIT3Across20 AlloyBRASS5Across21 Column of rising airTHERMAL7Across22 Ease when floating, for example, among marine mammalsSEALEGS7Across22 OwingDUE3Across23 Broken pieceSHARD5Across24 Splitting chocolate bar to be eaten by hazardBETWIXT7Across25 Way of putting one's foot down in support of countryPRONATION9Across27 Lord of most of Kent regionTHANE5Across28 Fat fool keeping almost emaciated First Lady very closeTHICKASTHIEVES14Across29

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
VisitorCALLER6Down1 Public saleAUCTION7Down2 I trace criminal drilling behind cellBACTERIUM9Down2 Scene of conflict a long while backARENA5Down3 UprightERECT5Down3 Had a go at casual worker after attending inspirational talkATTEMPTED9Down4 MercifulLENIENT7Down4 Private area's security measures no goodLOINS5Down5 LizardGECKO5Down5 Damaged manicure on left of digitsNUMERICAL9Down6 DoubtUNCERTAINTY11Down6 Share view of deforestation's impact?OPINE5Down7 DiscourageDETER5Down7 Not one in three, sadlyNEITHER7Down8 Impart knowledge during classINFORM6Down9 RetortRIPOSTE7Down13 PredicamentDILEMMA7Down14 PastimeHOBBY5Down15 Jazz on electronic record labelTRADEMARK9Down15 ImpassiveSTOLID6Down16 Effort to get section of Commons supporting Labour platformWORKBENCH9Down17 Criminal deceptionFRAUD5Down18 Point to pet I claim is abandonedIMPLICATE9Down18 Gratuities dry up where turds gather?CESSPIT7Down19 EstimateGUESS5Down19 Rubbish batch of small buns?LITTER6Down21 Portion of filo I added, served up as garnishAIOLI5Down23 Doesn't go to sleep on board shipSKIPS5Down24 Right winger the heart of AthleticTITLE5Down26

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, August 19, 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.