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The Independent Crossword August 20 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 53 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword August 20 2026 answers. The Thursday 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#
I jettison crop that's failed one screeningPROJECTIONIST13Across1 Pleated collarRUFF4Across1 MeadowLEA3Across3 Manner of walkingGAIT4Across7 Performer’s trial performanceAUDITION8Across8 Slow at thinking, displays a bit of powerWATT4Across8 How setter might contact boss on a mobile applicationTEXTEDITOR10Across9 Tense and easily upsetHIGHLYSTRUNG12Across9 On air, was a show host judged against somebody else?COMPARED8Across10 CollapseCAVEIN6Across11 Go along with firm parliamentarian - lobby must be evisceratedCOMPLY6Across12 Clinging molluscLIMPET6Across13 Bust rioting punk bratBANKRUPT8Across13 Haul a weary ass regularly, or every time?ALWAYS6Across15 ResentmentHARDFEELINGS12Across15 Husband about to crash photo of speechPHONIC6Across17 BountifulGENEROUS8Across18 Carve manger in Xmas decoration, avoiding the edgesINSCRIBE8Across19 Rocky outcropCRAG4Across20 Roman street artist swallows good drugVIAGRA6Across21 Arithmetical problemSUM3Across21 Bird's homeNEST4Across22 Encourage onboard medical professionalsSURGEONS8Across23 Ordering mashed quince in shells of Senegalese nutmegSEQUENCING10Across25 Heartless, trite ancient godBAAL4Across27 Stan's deaf - Tess possibly shows loyaltySTEADFASTNESS13Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Epic want solo pared down on one instrumentPIANOLA7Down1 Freshwater fishROACH5Down1 Happy to share opinions upon Stoke undergoing an earthquakeOUTSPOKEN9Down2 TirednessFATIGUE7Down2 Record tenants removing wallsENTER5Down3 BoyLAD3Down3 Fancy jacket time for everyone on social media siteTUX3Down4 ChangeALTER5Down4 Finished performing Tosca in protective gear?OVERCOATS9Down5 IdiomPARLANCE8Down5 Buddhist chant supports old Ugandan sayingIDIOM5Down6 Living roomLOUNGE6Down6 Internet troublemaker initially explains young loony's off this?TROLLEY7Down7 AltruisticSELFLESS8Down10 Small detachments of troops severely criticised about Italy’s uprisingDETAILS7Down11 AstonishedAMAZED6Down12 Liberated a French church Diane renovatedUNCHAINED9Down14 EyeglassMONOCLE7Down14 ResidueDREGS5Down16 Colonist's religious outfit - tiny according to SpoonerWORKERBEE9Down16 Arrow partSHAFT5Down17 European condition found in that woman's cows, ...HEIFERS7Down18 Unit of electrical resistanceOHM3Down19 ... chickens, bats and man out of sortsBANTAMS7Down20 Look around you for light dressingGAUZE5Down22 Correct audio for ceremonyRIGHT5Down24 Cretan's height of impertinence, disregarding Athenian's introductionsIDA3Down26

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