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The Independent Crossword August 20 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 53 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 53 clues from the The Independent Crossword for August 20 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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I jettison crop that's failed one screening131 AcrossReveal answer → Pleated collar41 AcrossReveal answer → Meadow33 AcrossReveal answer → Manner of walking47 AcrossReveal answer → Performer’s trial performance88 AcrossReveal answer → Slow at thinking, displays a bit of power48 AcrossReveal answer → How setter might contact boss on a mobile application109 AcrossReveal answer → Tense and easily upset129 AcrossReveal answer → On air, was a show host judged against somebody else?810 AcrossReveal answer → Collapse611 AcrossReveal answer → Go along with firm parliamentarian - lobby must be eviscerated612 AcrossReveal answer → Clinging mollusc613 AcrossReveal answer → Bust rioting punk brat813 AcrossReveal answer → Haul a weary ass regularly, or every time?615 AcrossReveal answer → Resentment1215 AcrossReveal answer → Husband about to crash photo of speech617 AcrossReveal answer → Bountiful818 AcrossReveal answer → Carve manger in Xmas decoration, avoiding the edges819 AcrossReveal answer → Rocky outcrop420 AcrossReveal answer → Roman street artist swallows good drug621 AcrossReveal answer → Arithmetical problem321 AcrossReveal answer → Bird's home422 AcrossReveal answer → Encourage onboard medical professionals823 AcrossReveal answer → Ordering mashed quince in shells of Senegalese nutmeg1025 AcrossReveal answer → Heartless, trite ancient god427 AcrossReveal answer → Stan's deaf - Tess possibly shows loyalty1328 AcrossReveal answer →

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Epic want solo pared down on one instrument71 DownReveal answer → Freshwater fish51 DownReveal answer → Happy to share opinions upon Stoke undergoing an earthquake92 DownReveal answer → Tiredness72 DownReveal answer → Record tenants removing walls53 DownReveal answer → Boy33 DownReveal answer → Fancy jacket time for everyone on social media site34 DownReveal answer → Change54 DownReveal answer → Finished performing Tosca in protective gear?95 DownReveal answer → Idiom85 DownReveal answer → Buddhist chant supports old Ugandan saying56 DownReveal answer → Living room66 DownReveal answer → Internet troublemaker initially explains young loony's off this?77 DownReveal answer → Altruistic810 DownReveal answer → Small detachments of troops severely criticised about Italy’s uprising711 DownReveal answer → Astonished612 DownReveal answer → Liberated a French church Diane renovated914 DownReveal answer → Eyeglass714 DownReveal answer → Residue516 DownReveal answer → Colonist's religious outfit - tiny according to Spooner916 DownReveal answer → Arrow part517 DownReveal answer → European condition found in that woman's cows, ...718 DownReveal answer → Unit of electrical resistance319 DownReveal answer → ... chickens, bats and man out of sorts720 DownReveal answer → Look around you for light dressing522 DownReveal answer → Correct audio for ceremony524 DownReveal answer → Cretan's height of impertinence, disregarding Athenian's introductions326 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, August 20, 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.