The Independent Crossword August 23 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 50 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword August 23 2026 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 50 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#

Band tour on back of success on-line?STRIPE6Across1 ?MERCHANDISE11Across1 Propose splitting amount that's coughed upSPUTUM6Across4 Chirping insectCICADA6Across7 ExcellentSUPERB6Across8 Sheep anti/pro low cloudCONFORMIST10Across9 See noteWHITEGOODS10Across9 Backing lost for nosy US agencyNASA4Across10 ?JACK4Across11 Gay in Ghent so upset there are no barsANYTHINGGOES12Across11 Protruding part goddess squeezes back inHERNIA6Across13 PurchaseBUY3Across13 Explosive combat involved great sacrificeHECATOMB8Across14 KillSLAY4Across14 Walt Disney cartoon characterDONALDDUCK10Across15 Five plus Burgess, say, turned communist onceYUGOSLAV8Across16 Somewhat peculiar man in expensive clothesARMANI6Across18 Dairy productCHEESE6Across19 ?WALTER6Across20 Walter fixes shoes for Spooner's runsCOLLYWOBBLES12Across20 ?POSSESSIONS11Across21 Tool storeFILE4Across23 US cop that is blocking tunnel at groundLIEUTENANT10Across24 Cry quietly having dispatched one large lemon?YELLOW6Across25 Stimulating stuff from lead characters in naughty novel, I'm toldENZYME6Across26

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Break crockery upSTOP4Down1 PostMAIL4Down1 Those stopping football and cricket desistREFRAIN7Down2 AttainREACH5Down2 Maybe Labour overturned Liberal legislation's divisive featurePARTYWALL9Down3 CoreHEART5Down3 PosyNOSEGAY7Down4 Advice from below about where to fix ropePITON5Down5 UngodlyIMPIOUS7Down5 Stretched nurses down for shifts this eveningTONIGHT7Down6 Cross-Channel train serviceEUROSTAR8Down6 Chief planner furious about M1, forbidding bridgesMASTERMIND10Down7 Drone maybe brought into harbour after power failureMIGHTHAVEBEEN13Down8 AdversityHARDSHIP8Down10 Shapelessness misrepresented by outlinesNEBULOSITY10Down12 Dog boarding facilityKENNELS7Down12 Accept as trueBELIEVE7Down13 Fake tea the French turn brownCHARLATAN9Down15 Rolling uplandDOWNS5Down16 Fuel supply cook uncapped successfullyOILWELL7Down17 Stringed instrumentCELLO5Down17 SedimentLEES4Down18 Building work that near bores old PMMASONRY7Down19 OK without sealing airlock regularlyWILCO5Down21 Somebody catching cold at any timeONCE4Down22

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Sunday, August 23, 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.