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The Independent Crossword August 26 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 56 clues from the The Independent Crossword for August 26 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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Flatulence of cricket team beginning to subside around November91 AcrossReveal answer → Nose (Informal)41 AcrossReveal answer → Compass point44 AcrossReveal answer → Premise of large book set in Highbury56 AcrossReveal answer → Metal currency48 AcrossReveal answer → Goal part89 AcrossReveal answer → Allowed actor initially to enter stage left59 AcrossReveal answer → Formal attire1210 AcrossReveal answer → A game point for champion910 AcrossReveal answer → Noted work?1011 AcrossReveal answer → Sort411 AcrossReveal answer → Starting late, foreigners bypassing one French city412 AcrossReveal answer → Apartment413 AcrossReveal answer → Perhaps Declan Donnelly content to scavenge or diet714 AcrossReveal answer → Match tactics having quietly ignored SE Asian players715 AcrossReveal answer → Relating to acid derived from gall nuts put into melting ice717 AcrossReveal answer → Crime prevention device1217 AcrossReveal answer → Army officer is common719 AcrossReveal answer → Contiguous820 AcrossReveal answer → Pull close to station in Barnsley?420 AcrossReveal answer → Depend421 AcrossReveal answer → Nuisance422 AcrossReveal answer → Awkwardly mention ear — it's one of a pair, the mirror image of the other1022 AcrossReveal answer → Delicate shot423 AcrossReveal answer → Weaken female leaving to provide finance for fur925 AcrossReveal answer → So far, simple to cycle in front of Tesla526 AcrossReveal answer → Made a mistake about western wine527 AcrossReveal answer → Nursing officer welcoming revolutionary English microwave source928 AcrossReveal answer →

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County flags51 DownReveal answer → Unit of weight52 DownReveal answer → Things struggling with fossil fuel waste92 DownReveal answer → Take effect (Informal)63 DownReveal answer → Reportedly, I adore residents of Battersea, part of London103 DownReveal answer → Spendthrift74 DownReveal answer → Times regularly queried showing synth-pop duo74 DownReveal answer → Family stopping small cat doing unhealthy activity75 DownReveal answer → Corsets55 DownReveal answer → Accumulate boomerangs in circle46 DownReveal answer → Stir up66 DownReveal answer → Evade57 DownReveal answer → Crop cloth covering snooker table, with money to replace balls, at first57 DownReveal answer → Negative critique of creative work regarding skilled worker98 DownReveal answer → Elaborate parade712 DownReveal answer → European chap worried about withdrawn photo's release1013 DownReveal answer → Fall614 DownReveal answer → Have to stop game in river914 DownReveal answer → Yorkshire valleys515 DownReveal answer → Sought by the police616 DownReveal answer → Royal dorm upset Dick Whittington?916 DownReveal answer → Excessive518 DownReveal answer → Prove bit of negligence in two companies718 DownReveal answer → Pinny519 DownReveal answer → Scrambled eggs in back of van can be restorative719 DownReveal answer → Shorebird is nameless stray521 DownReveal answer → Helping to release one in desert523 DownReveal answer → Lament almost lying about network424 DownReveal answer →

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