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The Independent Crossword August 24 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword August 24 2026 answers. The Monday puzzle has 58 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#
Steel, for example, and half of that gold-plated?AUTHOR6Across1 PurchaseBUY3Across1 UnadornedPLAIN5Across3 People who dole out corporal punishment and kissesSMACKERS8Across4 Small bouquetCORSAGE7Across8 IntimidateDAUNT5Across9 Notoriously thirsty thespian drinking gallons in lake showed up againREEMERGED9Across10 RetinueTRAIN5Across10 Straighter French street runs through outskirts of TréguierTRUER5Across11 Hunting dogPOINTER7Across11 Hardened sap to offend another time?RESIN5Across12 Fish-eating birdHERRINGGULL11Across12 Bump into nasty Yankee apparentlyEVIDENTLY9Across13 Out of uniform, alien visitors taking breather inside woodsFORESTS7Across14 Long-necked animalGIRAFFE7Across16 Be paid to study but not back in schoolEARN4Across16 MolluscSNAIL5Across18 Cheeky devils - one's hugging representativeIMPS4Across19 Traffic light colourAMBER5Across20 French white wineCHABLIS7Across21 We'll shortly attend receptionWELCOME7Across21 Church taxTITHE5Across22 DramTOT3Across23 Royal gathering fell back where bench isCOURTROOM9Across24 Old Scottish lord occupying Elizabethan estateTHANE5Across25 Man introduced by retiring police officer displaying unique turn of phraseIDIOM5Across26 Custer essentially had soldiers close to fort position at bankSTATEMENT9Across27 Judge once more screening foreign fighter's record collectionREGISTRY8Across28 Core group of mariners trapped by bottom of boatKERNEL6Across29

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Skill in pursuit of express planeAIRCRAFT8Down1 BombardmentBARRAGE7Down1 LongYEARN5Down2 Half-heartedly confirm offering support for Tesla's valued helperTREASURE8Down2 DessertPUDDING7Down3 Expert putting head down and getting stuck into dealing with Neptune's orbitOCEAN5Down3 Grown-upADULT5Down4 When youth has gone, warehouse's initially replacing learner who helps with deliveriesMIDWIFE7Down5 CharacterNATURE6Down5 Crashing car halted building of churchCATHEDRAL9Down6 Rabbit's tailSCUT4Down6 In fairness, gave up drug first before completion of therapyEQUITY6Down7 DejectednessDESPONDENCY11Down7 Carrier picked up by exhausted services for homeless creaturesSTRAYS6Down8 Fliers postmaster general's carrying aroundEGRETS6Down9 Sports officialREFEREE7Down13 BrochureLEAFLET7Down14 Filled with horrorAGHAST6Down15 Occasionally call for assistance covering personal breakSOMETIMES9Down15 AutomatonROBOT5Down17 Originally, offers by upwardly mobile online marketplace confined to hospital foodSOYABEAN8Down17 SlopeSLANT5Down18 Base spread evenly over broken slatePEDESTAL8Down18 FinalLAST4Down19 Back amendment of Spooner’s, losing vote in the endSPONSOR7Down20 Aussie native's bill cut upWOMBAT6Down21 I reach out and it's more painfulACHIER6Down22 Excursion got uni in troubleOUTING6Down23 Article has limited space for subjectTHEME5Down25

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Monday, August 24, 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.