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The Independent Crossword August 23 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 50 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 50 clues from the The Independent Crossword for August 23 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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Across

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ClueLetters#Answer
Band tour on back of success on-line?61 AcrossReveal answer → ?111 AcrossReveal answer → Propose splitting amount that's coughed up64 AcrossReveal answer → Chirping insect67 AcrossReveal answer → Excellent68 AcrossReveal answer → Sheep anti/pro low cloud109 AcrossReveal answer → See note109 AcrossReveal answer → Backing lost for nosy US agency410 AcrossReveal answer → ?411 AcrossReveal answer → Gay in Ghent so upset there are no bars1211 AcrossReveal answer → Protruding part goddess squeezes back in613 AcrossReveal answer → Purchase313 AcrossReveal answer → Explosive combat involved great sacrifice814 AcrossReveal answer → Kill414 AcrossReveal answer → Walt Disney cartoon character1015 AcrossReveal answer → Five plus Burgess, say, turned communist once816 AcrossReveal answer → Somewhat peculiar man in expensive clothes618 AcrossReveal answer → Dairy product619 AcrossReveal answer → ?620 AcrossReveal answer → Walter fixes shoes for Spooner's runs1220 AcrossReveal answer → ?1121 AcrossReveal answer → Tool store423 AcrossReveal answer → US cop that is blocking tunnel at ground1024 AcrossReveal answer → Cry quietly having dispatched one large lemon?625 AcrossReveal answer → Stimulating stuff from lead characters in naughty novel, I'm told626 AcrossReveal answer →

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Break crockery up41 DownReveal answer → Post41 DownReveal answer → Those stopping football and cricket desist72 DownReveal answer → Attain52 DownReveal answer → Maybe Labour overturned Liberal legislation's divisive feature93 DownReveal answer → Core53 DownReveal answer → Posy74 DownReveal answer → Advice from below about where to fix rope55 DownReveal answer → Ungodly75 DownReveal answer → Stretched nurses down for shifts this evening76 DownReveal answer → Cross-Channel train service86 DownReveal answer → Chief planner furious about M1, forbidding bridges107 DownReveal answer → Drone maybe brought into harbour after power failure138 DownReveal answer → Adversity810 DownReveal answer → Shapelessness misrepresented by outlines1012 DownReveal answer → Dog boarding facility712 DownReveal answer → Accept as true713 DownReveal answer → Fake tea the French turn brown915 DownReveal answer → Rolling upland516 DownReveal answer → Fuel supply cook uncapped successfully717 DownReveal answer → Stringed instrument517 DownReveal answer → Sediment418 DownReveal answer → Building work that near bores old PM719 DownReveal answer → OK without sealing airlock regularly521 DownReveal answer → Somebody catching cold at any time422 DownReveal answer →

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