The Independent Crossword August 26 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword August 26 2026 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 56 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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Flatulence of cricket team beginning to subside around NovemberWINDINESS9Across1 Nose (Informal)CONK4Across1 Compass pointWEST4Across4 Premise of large book set in HighburyLEMMA5Across6 Metal currencyCOIN4Across8 Goal partCROSSBAR8Across9 Allowed actor initially to enter stage leftLEGAL5Across9 Formal attireEVENINGDRESS12Across10 A game point for championAPOLOGIST9Across10 Noted work?SETTOMUSIC10Across11 SortTYPE4Across11 Starting late, foreigners bypassing one French cityLENS4Across12 ApartmentFLAT4Across13 Perhaps Declan Donnelly content to scavenge or dietGEORDIE7Across14 Match tactics having quietly ignored SE Asian playersGAMELAN7Across15 Relating to acid derived from gall nuts put into melting iceELLAGIC7Across17 Crime prevention deviceBURGLARALARM12Across17 Army officer is commonGENERAL7Across19 ContiguousADJACENT8Across20 Pull close to station in Barnsley?TOWN4Across20 DependRELY4Across21 NuisancePEST4Across22 Awkwardly mention ear — it's one of a pair, the mirror image of the otherENANTIOMER10Across22 Delicate shotDINK4Across23 Weaken female leaving to provide finance for furUNDERMINE9Across25 So far, simple to cycle in front of TeslaASYET5Across26 Made a mistake about western wineERRED5Across27 Nursing officer welcoming revolutionary English microwave sourceMAGNETRON9Across28

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County flagsWILTS5Down1 Unit of weightOUNCE5Down2 Things struggling with fossil fuel wasteNIGHTSOIL9Down2 Take effect (Informal)KICKIN6Down3 Reportedly, I adore residents of Battersea, part of LondonISLEOFDOGS10Down3 SpendthriftWASTREL7Down4 Times regularly queried showing synth-pop duoERASURE7Down4 Family stopping small cat doing unhealthy activitySMOKING7Down5 CorsetsSTAYS5Down5 Accumulate boomerangs in circleLOOP4Down6 Stir upFOMENT6Down6 EvadeDODGE5Down7 Crop cloth covering snooker table, with money to replace balls, at firstMAIZE5Down7 Negative critique of creative work regarding skilled workerARTISANAL9Down8 Elaborate paradePAGEANT7Down12 European chap worried about withdrawn photo's releaseEMANCIPATE10Down13 FallTUMBLE6Down14 Have to stop game in riverGREATOUSE9Down14 Yorkshire valleysDALES5Down15 Sought by the policeWANTED6Down16 Royal dorm upset Dick Whittington?LORDMAYOR9Down16 ExcessiveUNDUE5Down18 Prove bit of negligence in two companiesCONFIRM7Down18 PinnyAPRON5Down19 Scrambled eggs in back of van can be restorativeGINSENG7Down19 Shorebird is nameless strayWADER5Down21 Helping to release one in desertRATON5Down23 Lament almost lying about networkGRID4Down24

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, August 26, 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.