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The Independent Crossword August 27 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 58 clues from the The Independent Crossword for August 27 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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ClueLetters#Answer
You shouldn't have holiday sex with wretched Keir to please yourself151 AcrossReveal answer → Sauce base41 AcrossReveal answer → Agitate44 AcrossReveal answer → One quits newspapers possibly drowning in sauce sooner or later79 AcrossReveal answer → Very large number89 AcrossReveal answer → To choke, losing heart in Wimbledon, is hard to explain710 AcrossReveal answer → Blog entry410 AcrossReveal answer → Vauxhall car approaching yard is off course611 AcrossReveal answer → Extremely cold (Informal)911 AcrossReveal answer → Made firm second date arranged with bombshell812 AcrossReveal answer → Republicans originally redacted models' faces714 AcrossReveal answer → Armed forces614 AcrossReveal answer → Evening meal615 AcrossReveal answer → Book of synonyms916 AcrossReveal answer → Extremely cool remix of Strokes' Last Nite for those that pay717 AcrossReveal answer → Series of novels419 AcrossReveal answer → The French certain to embrace current convenient opportunity720 AcrossReveal answer → Worshipped821 AcrossReveal answer → Tips from angry sub: "Trying your luck annoys readers wanting columns"721 AcrossReveal answer → United’s lead cut by player’s mistake ...822 AcrossReveal answer → Three, in cards422 AcrossReveal answer → Catch sight of423 AcrossReveal answer → ... short cross Rayan Aït-Nouri initially returned back to Donnarumma for City625 AcrossReveal answer → Who's licensed to kill twisted, barely legal kink?729 AcrossReveal answer → List of elite US students said to be doing well730 AcrossReveal answer → Professional representative could be awful charlatan getting cut repeatedly: first 12.5% of earnings1531 AcrossReveal answer →

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Labour introducing shifting scale that makes sparks fly91 DownReveal answer → Orderly looked after nurses close to sanatorium52 DownReveal answer → Man-eating monster42 DownReveal answer → Percussion instrument93 DownReveal answer → Third off price for ham?53 DownReveal answer → One beastly Conservative's unguarded kiss44 DownReveal answer → Faucet35 DownReveal answer → Key expert's cant in hearing55 DownReveal answer → TV show possibly exposed sporting star as one who gets high96 DownReveal answer → Calmly submissive86 DownReveal answer → Europeans disturbed by news on international lack of interest57 DownReveal answer → Type of cloud67 DownReveal answer → Cover of The Modern Age sampling Queen track58 DownReveal answer → Burden48 DownReveal answer → Imperturbable912 DownReveal answer → American woman who won five Grand Slam titles413 DownReveal answer → Draw out813 DownReveal answer → Character from The Odyssey that’s acidic?315 DownReveal answer → Grief615 DownReveal answer → Four times Sugar wasted capital in Baden-Württemberg916 DownReveal answer → Meloni's opener: "Trump's intelligence? Zero!"417 DownReveal answer → Reference line417 DownReveal answer → Seaweed418 DownReveal answer → Collar's missing a zip318 DownReveal answer → Insignificant banker's unacceptable service on the back of jet919 DownReveal answer → Era320 DownReveal answer → Half-hearted old Tory enforcer upset region in dispute522 DownReveal answer → Eagle going around after golf class523 DownReveal answer → Space kept by priest for fragrant resin524 DownReveal answer → New York city cops heading to apprehend animal526 DownReveal answer → Gay, maybe rampant and single!527 DownReveal answer → Huxley's soporific book on revolution428 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, August 27, 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.